The present rebellion brought our republic to a severe test; and a presidential election occurring in regular course during the rebellion added not a little to the strain. If the loyal people, united, were put to the utmost of their strength by the rebellion, must they not fail when divided, and partially paralyzed, by a political war among themselves? But the election was a necessity. We can...
When an election is passed, it is altogether befitting a free people, that until the next election, they should be as one people. Abraham Lincoln - American politician, 1861-65 16th president (1809-1865), abolished slavery in 1863, to New York Governor E. D. Morgan and his delegation in Albany, New York, 18th February 1861
The greatest trust between man and man is the trust of giving counsel. Summa quae intercedit inter homines fides, et illa consilium impertiendi. Sir Francis Bacon - English philosopher, politician and writer (1561-1626), from his essay "De Consilio" ("Of Counsils") in "Essayes: Religious Meditations. Places of Perswasion and Disswasion. Seene and Allowed" (1625), Quotations book...
People don"t buy WHAT you do, they buy WHY you do it. Simon O. Sinek - American author, speaker and optimist (b. 1973), from "Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action" (2009), Quotations book 2018 see Startwithwhy.com
The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice, it is conformity. Rollo May - American existential psychologist (1909-1994), alongside Viktor E. Frankl, was a major proponent of existential psychotherapy, following a passage from "Man"s Search for himself" (1953), Quotations book 2018
When people are financially invested, they want a return. When people are emotionally invested, they want to contribute. Simon O. Sinek - American author, speaker and optimist (b. 1973), in a "Twitter" message from May 22nd, 2012 (since 2023 "X"), Quotations book 2018 see Startwithwhy.com
Thinking is difficult, therefore let the herd pronounce judgement. Dr. Carl Gustav Jung - Swiss psychologist (1875-1961), from "Flying Saucers: A Modern Myth of Things Seen in the Sky" (1959), Quotations books 2017 + 2023
The most precious gift that we can give to someone is the time we take to spend with them. If we appreciate this, we have understood the meaning of Christmas. Roswitha Bloch - German lyricist, aphorist and lecturer (b. 1957), Quotations book 2017
You don"t see the world as it is, you see the world as you are. Wisdom - Quotations book 2017
Content makes poor men rich; Discontent makes rich men poor. Benjamin Franklin - American politician, writer and scientist (1706-1790), from "Poor Richard Improved" (1749), Quotations book 2017
God says: As a mother comforts her child, so I will comfort you. The Bible, Isaiah 66:13 (NRSV) - Quotations book 2016 The Protestant pastor and song writer Otto Riethmüller (1889-1939) - he belonged to the Confessing Church - decided in 1930 under the impression of the Nacional Socialism’s propaganda, to give henceforth every calendar year a headline with a Bible verse. An act of civil...
Каждый думает изменить мир, но никто не думает изменить себя. Everyone thinks of changing humanity, but no one thinks of changing himself. Leo N. Tolstoy - Russian writer (1828-1910), from "Three Methods of Reform" in his collection "Pamphlets" (1900)
Prosperity does best discover vice, but adversity does best discover virtue. Sir Francis Bacon - English philosopher, politician and writer (1561-1626), from his Essay "Of Adversity" (1625)
I will pay more for the ability to deal with people than for any other under the sun. John D. Rockefeller - American oil magnate, sundays school teacher at at his time richest man of the world (1839-1937), Quotations book 2015
Frequently, we act as arbiters of grace rather than its facilitators. But the Church is not a tollhouse; it is the house of the Father, where there is a place for everyone, with all their problems. Pope Francis - born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, since 2013 Holy Father (b. 1936), from the Apostolic Exhortation "Evangelii Gaudium", N° 47 (2013), Quotations book 2015
Give people freedom and they"ll amaze you. Frank Kohl-Boas - German lawyer, Human Resources Manager at Google (b. 1969), about his company"s philosophy on human resources, Quotations book 2015
A good leader inspires men to have confidence in him; a great leader inspires them to have confidence in themselves. Wisdom - Quotations book 2015
If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep ... you are richer than 75 % of this world. If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish some place ... you are among the top 8 % of the world"s wealthy. If you woke up this morning with more health than illness ... you are more blessed than the million who will not...
Non moeremus, quod talem amisimus; sed gratias agimus, quod habuimus, imo habeamus. Deo enim vivunt omnia. Et quidquid revertitur ad Dominum, in familiae numero computatur. Sophronius Eusebius Hieronymus - early Christian academic and theologian, one of the four Latin Doctors of Church (347-420), from "Ad Eustochium virginem, Epitaphium Paulae matris" (c. 400), Quotations...