Quotes

"Anyone who knows anything of history knows that
great social changes are impossible without feminine upheaval. Social
progress can be measured exactly by the social position of the fair
sex". ~ Karl Marx

"The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one."
~ George Bernard Shaw

‎"Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blindfolded fear." - Thomas Jefferson

 

I'm a baseball fan and one of my all time favorites is Shoeless Joe Jackson. These are either by him or refer to him:

"God knows I gave my best in baseball at all times and no man on earth can truthfully judge me otherwise."
-- Joe Jackson

"Jackson's fall from grace is one of the real tragedies of baseball. I always thought he was more sinned against than sinning."
-- Connie Mack

"I copied Jackson's style because I thought he was the greatest hitter I had ever seen, the greatest natural hitter I ever saw. He's the guy who made me a hitter."
-- Babe Ruth

"Everything he hit was really blessed. He could break bones with his shots. Blindfold me and I could still tell you when Joe hit the ball. It had a special crack."
-- Ernie Shore

 

‎"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."- Eleanor Roosevelt.

 

"If you sit by the river long enough, you will see the body of your enemy float by". ~ Japanese Proverb

 

"We are drowning in information and starving for knowledge." - Rutherford D. Rogers

 

"Children are the world's most valuable resource and its best hope for the future".
- John F. Kennedy

 

‎"Grant to me that I may be made beautiful in my soul within, and that all external possessions be in harmony with my inner man. May I consider the wise man rich, and may I have such wealth as only the self-restrained man can bear or endure." Socrates (469-399 B.B.)

 

‎'If all men were to bring their miseries together in one place, most would be glad to take each his own home again rather than take a portion out of the common stock". - Solon (638-559 B.C.)

 

‎"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary." - Steve Jobs

 

‎"You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection. " - Buddha