Daily Desktop Inspirational Quotes & Sayings

The great world, so far as we know it from philosophy of nature, is neither good nor bad, and is not concerned to make us happy or unhappy. All such philosophies spring from self-importance, and are best corrected by a little astronomy. — Bertrand Russell

No tyranny is more cruel than the one practised in the shadow of the laws and under color of justice - when, so to speak, one proceeds to drown the unfortunate on the very plank by which they had saved themselves. And since a tyrant never lacks instruments for his tyranny, Tiberius always found judges ready to condemn as many people as he might suspect. — Baron De Montesquieu

No one should be appointed to political office if he is a seeker after it. — Dwight D. Eisenhower

Personal power is really the issue. It is only through tremendous attention to detail that you will be able to gain personal power and searing self-honesty. — Frederick Lenz

I basically look at PR as something you do if there's an object in mind. But my ego doesn't need it. — Nolan Bushnell

It was like I had a curse on me. I couldn't believe how much God was piling on. There was so much death around me. — George Michael

Hope is the sun. It is light. It is passion. It is the fundamental force for life's blossoming. — Daisaku Ikeda

And over that side of the island all their sacred men were at work trying to kill me by their (magical) arts. Messengers arrived from every quarter of the island, inquiring anxiously about my health, and wondering if I was not feeling sick. — John Gibson Paton

The administration is using the devastation of Hurricane Katrina to cut the wages of people desperately trying to rebuild their lives and their communities. — George Miller

It is easier to stay out than get out. — Mark Twain

I love a lot of people, understand none of them... — Flannery O'Connor

It is not enough to do, one must also become. I wish to be wiser, stronger, better. This
" I held out my hands "
this thing that is me is incomplete. It is only the raw material with which I have to work. I want to make it better than I received it. — Louis L'Amour

There is no such thing as sleep deprivation, there is only caffeine deficiency. — Richard Simmons

It's amazing what we lose in life by listening to fear, instead of listening to God. — Joyce Meyer

Once would have to be enough. Because a man like me could never have a second chance. — Pepper Winters