Improvements Inspiring Quotes & Sayings

If one were to ask ... "What is slavery?" and I should answer in one word, "murder," my meaning would be understood at once. Why, then, to this other question: "What is property?" may I not likewise answer, "theft" ... ? — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon

Definiteness of decision always requires courage, sometimes very great courage. The fifty-six men who signed the Declaration of Independence staked their lives on the decision to affix their signatures to that document. — Napoleon Hill

Only the dead stay 17 forever. — Haruki Murakami

The world perishes not from bandits and fires, but from hatred, hostility, and all these petty squabbles. — Anton Chekhov

This story has no moral. If it points out an evil at any rate it suggests no remedy. — Saki

I don't see myself as offending people. — Jimmy Carr

(Television) rots the senses in the head!
It kills imagination dead!
It clogs and clutters up the mind!
It makes a child so dull and blind
He can no longer understand
A fantasy, a fairyland!
His brain becomes as soft as cheese!
His powers of thinking rust and freeze!
He cannot think -he only sees! — Roald Dahl

It was a chaste kiss, but as her lips brushed his warm cheek, her eyes met his. They were deep and dark, warm with passion and longing. And somehow she knew, without question, what he thought. What he felt.
Time held its breath - and in that moment, looking into Buchan's warm, tormented gaze, Tatiana's heart awoke. — Karen Hawkins

Continued innovation is the best way to beat the competition. — Thomas A. Edison

You are born into your family and your family is born into you. No returns. No exchanges. — Elizabeth Berg