1844 Penny Quotes & Sayings

It may be laid down as a position which seldom deceives, that when a man cannot bear his own company, there is something wrong. — Samuel Johnson

Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment, full effort is full victory. — Mahatma Gandhi

God checkmates His opponents before the game begins. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Overlook our deeds, since you know that crime was absent from our inclination.
[Lat., Factis ignoscite nostris
Si scelus ingenio scitis abesse meo.] — Ovid

On Art Garfunkel - He makes Paul Simon look like LL Cool J. — Ian Gittins

Above all, in order to gain respect, you need to be true to yourself. There is no point in trying to be brutal if it's not in your nature; there is no point in trying to be suave and sophisticated if it doesn't come naturally. — Alan Sugar

She was supposed to be happy ... why couldn't she just be happy for a few moments? Why couldn't she just forget everything bad going on her life, and just be happy? — Courtney Carola

But whatever else they are, and whatever thoughts swirl around in those heads right now, they volunteered to be here, to join the thin green line that stands between us and extermination. "Here's — Marko Kloos

Many of the most successful men and women in the world never graduated from college. They attended the school of life instead. — Brian Tracy

That is the psychology of a murderer who's committed the perfect crime and then confesses because he can't bear the idea that nobody knows it's a perfect crime. — Ayn Rand

Demographically speaking, young white people are not in the majority in this country; they're in the minority. My question is, if they're not the majority anymore, then what happens? How do things change? Or do they change at all? — Jose Antonio Vargas

The right remedy for the trade cycle is not to be found in abolishing booms and thus keeping us permanently in a semi-slump; but in abolishing slumps and thus keeping us permanently in a quasi-boom. — John Maynard Keynes

In one sense, the stories I read betrayed me. Too few gave me back my mirror image. Fewer still spoke to, or acknowledged, the existence of the problems I faced as a black foster child from a dysfunctional and badly broken home. — Nikki Grimes

As we got closer to marriage, I felt completely confident that Gordon loved me. But I also knew somehow that I would never come first with him. I knew I was going to be second in his life and that the Lord was going to be first. And that was okay. It seemed to me that if you understood the gospel and the purpose of our being here, you would want a husband who put the Lord first. — Marjorie Pay Hinckley