Recognize
You have to listen to the music of life. Most people only hear the dissonances. based on Theodor Fontane - German writer (1819-1898), freely adapted from a letter, published in "Werke, Schriften und Briefe. 4. Abteilung", Volume II (1978)
People
Recognize genius
A lot of times people think they’re crazy. But in that craziness we see genius. And those are the people we're making tools for. Steve Jobs - American company founder: Apple (1955-2011), in his speech at the "Macworld-Expo" in Boston, Massachussets (August 6th, 1997)
Disciplina vel misericordia
There is much wanting both to discipline and to compassion, if one be had without the other. Disciplina vel misericordia multum destituitur, si una sine altera teneatur. Pope Gregory I - aka Gregory the Great, Roman theologian, , 590-604 Holy Father, one of the four Latin doctors of the Church(etwa 540-604), from "The Book of Pastoral Rule", chapter VI "Ut sit rector bene agentibus per...
Treading equally or making equal
There is all the difference in the world between treating people equally and attempting to make them equal. While the first is the condition of a free society, the second means as De Tocqueville describes it, "a new form of servitude". Friedrich August von Hayek - Austrian economist and social philosopher, Nobel Memorial Prize in economic sciences 1974 (1899-1992), based on Alexis de...
Arms
Your arms do not show how strong you are, but that you are not strong enough. attributed to Mahatma Gandhi - iIndian politician (1869-1948)
Change
Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster. Elon Musk – South African-born American engineer, designer and founding entrepreneur: Tesla (b. 1971), in a message on "Twitter" (now "X", September 15, 2024)
Liberté de choix
Une nourriture indispensable à l’âme humaine est la liberté. La liberté [...] consiste dans une possibilité de choix. Simone Weil – philosophe et réformatrice sociale française (1909-1943), extrait de "L’Enracinement, prélude à une déclaration des devoirs envers l’être humain" (1949) One of the indispensable foods of the human soul is liberty. Liberty [...] consists in the ability to choose....
Search for the best
You're the average of the five people spend the most time with. attributed to Jim Rohn - American entrepreneur, author and motivational trainer (1930-2009), Quotations book 2025
Responsabilidad
Dejarse deslizar por la pendiente favorable que presenta el curso de los acontecimientos y embotarse para la dimensión de peligro y mal cariz que aun la hora más jocunda posee, es precisamente faltar a la misión de responsable. Hoy se hace menester suscitar una hiperestesia de responsabilidad en los que sean capaces de sentirla. José Ortega y Gasset - político y filósofo español (1883 -...
Habits
Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding. Harvey Mackay - American entrepreneur and author of the 2005 New York Times N° 1 bestseller "Swim With The Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive" (b. 1932), from "Pushing the Envelope: All the Way to the Top" (1998), Quotations book 2025
Lesson for life
You come to understand that most people are neither for you nor against you, they are thinking about themselves. You learn that no matter how hard you try to please, some people in this world are not going to love you, a lesson that is at first troubling and then really quite relaxing. John W. Gardner - American politician and philanthropist, 1965-1968 Secretary of Health, Education, and...
Responsible
Our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become. wisdom
Luck
Luck is the chair that suddenly appears when you try to sit between two others. attributed to George Bernard Shaw – Irish writer, Nobel Prize in literature 1925 (1856-1950)
Style
La mode se démode, le style jamais. Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel - Créatrice de mode et femme d'affaires française (1883-1971), cité par Edmonde Charles-Roux dans "Le Temps Chanel" (1979), Brochure de citation 2025 Fashion fades, style never does. Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel - French Fashion designer and businesswoman (1883-1971), quoted by Edmonde Charles-Roux in "Le Temps Chanel" (1979), Quotations...
Future
Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future. Oscar Wilde - Irish writer (1854-1900), from "A Woman of No Importance", Third Act (1893)
Ödmjuket
Ödmjukhet är att icke jämföra sig. Dag H. A. C. Hammarskjöld – svensk jurist, 1953-61 FN:s generalsekreterare, Nobels fredspris postumt 1961 (1905-1961), från en dagboksanteckning från 29:de juli 1959, publicerad i "Vägmärken" (postumt 1963) To be humble is not to make comparisons. Dag H. A. C. Hammarskjöld – Swedish jurist, 1953-61 UN Secretary-General, Nobel Peace Prize posthumously in 1961...
Motivation
What I need is someone who will make me do what I can. attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson - American writer (1803-1882), Quotations book 2025
Behind every successful man is a strong woman
Believing, yet, that no man ever lived a right life who had not been chastened by a woman’s love, strengthened by her courage, and guided by her discretion. John Ruskin - English writer, painter and social philosopher (1819-1900), from the preface from January 1st, 1871, to the Later Editions of "Sesame and Lilies" (1865), Quotations book 2025
Organize time
Why do we spend hours on the internet, but only minutes on our knees every day? Dr. Timothy J. Keller – American pastor, theologian, and author, founder Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, New York (1950-2023), in a "twitter" message from 8th November 2022 (since 2023 "X")
Mortal – immortal
That in the meantime we die, we are passing over to immortality by death; nor can eternal life follow, unless it should befall us to depart from this life. That is not an ending, but a transit [and, this journey of time being traversed, a passage to eternity]. Quod interim morimur, ad inmortalitatem morte transgredimur nec potest uita aeterna succedere, nisi hinc contigerit exire. Non est...