Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends? Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865)
Abraham Lincoln Quote – “I have been driven many times to my knees…”
I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for the day. Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865)
Helen Keller Quote – “Everything has its wonders…”
Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content. Helen Keller (1880 – 1968)
Helen Keller Quote – “My chief duty to accomplish small tasks…”
I long to accomplish a great and noble task. But it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble. Helen Keller (1880 – 1968)
Helen Keller Quote – “There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors…”
There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his. Helen Keller (1880 – 1968)
Hildegard of Bingen Quote – “I see, hear and know simultaneously…”
I see, hear and know simultaneously, and learn what I know as if in a moment. But what I do not see, I do not know, for I am not learned. Hildegard of Bingen (1098 – 1179)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “Our strength grows out of our weakness…”
Our strength grows out of our weakness. The indignation which arms itself with secret forces does not awaken until we are pricked and stung and sorely assailed. A great man is always willing to be little. Whilst he sits on the cushion of advantages, he goes to sleep. When he is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn […]
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “The Light by which we see this world…”
The Light by which we see this world comes out of the soul of the observer. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “Every man’s condition is a solution in hieroglyph…”
Every man’s condition is a solution in hieroglyph to those inquiries he would put. He acts it as life before he apprehends it as truth. Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 – 1882)
Ralph Waldo Emerson Quote – “The gods love him because men hated him…”
Welcome evermore to gods and men is the self-helping man. For him all doors are flung wide. Him all tongues greet, all honors crown, all eyes follow with desire. Our love goes out to him and embraces him, because he did not need it. We solicitously and apologetically caress and celebrate him, because he held on his way and scorned […]