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| One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing. | Socrates | BC 469-399, Greek Philosopher of Athens |
| Know thyself. | Socrates | BC 469-399, Greek Philosopher of Athens |
| The long unmeasured pulse of time moves everything. There is nothing hidden that it cannot bring to light, nothing once known that may not become unknown. | Sophocles | BC 495-406, Greek Tragic Poet |
| God does not ask about our ability, but our availability. | Source Unknown | |
| All endeavour calls for the ability to tramp the last mile, shape the last plan, endure the last hours toil. The fight to the finish spirit is the one...characteristic we must posses if we are to face the future as finishers. | Source Unknown | |
| They are as much for Mars, as for Mercury; as well qualified for war, as for business. | Source Unknown | |
| It is a wise person that adapts themselves to all contingencies; it's the fool who always struggles like a swimmer against the current. | Source Unknown | |
| If you would attain greatness, think no little thoughts. | Source Unknown | |
| There is no growth without discontent. | Source Unknown | |
| Without wisdom, knowledge is either useless or destructive. | Source Unknown | |
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| Some students drink at the fountain of knowledge. Others just gargle. | Source Unknown | |
| Only a fool knows everything. A wise man knows how little he knows. | Source Unknown | |
| No man knows less than the man who knows it all | Source Unknown | |
| Many of us don't have to turn out the lights to be in the dark. | Source Unknown | |
| A wise man, when asked how he had learned so much about everything, replied: ''By never being ashamed or afraid to ask questions about anything of which I was ignorant.'' | Source Unknown | |
| Knowledge fills a large brain; it merely inflates a small one. | Source Unknown | |
| Know-how will surpass guess-how. | Source Unknown | |
| Knowledge becomes wisdom only after it has been put to practical use. | Source Unknown | |
| The nearest to perfection that most people come is when filling out an employment application. | Source Unknown | |
| It is no crime not to be perfect | Source Unknown | |
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| No one becomes perfect, but some become great. | Source Unknown | |
| Perseverance, self-reliance, energetic effort, are doubly strengthened when your rise to battle again. | Source Unknown | |
| Your persistence is your measure of faith in yourself. | Source Unknown | |
| The person who wins may have been counted out several times, but didn't hear the referee. | Source Unknown | |
| It's when things get rough and you don't quit that success comes. | Source Unknown | |
| If you get up one time more than you fall, you will make it through. | Source Unknown | |
| When the going gets tough, the tough hang in there. | Source Unknown | |
| The only weapon that becomes sharper with constant use is the tongue. | Source Unknown | |
| Analysis and synthesis ordinarily clarify matters for us about as much as taking a Swiss watch apart and dumping its wheels, springs, hands, threads, pivots, screws and gears into a layman's hands for reassembling, clarifies a watch to a layman. | Source Unknown | |
| Before a man can wake up and find himself famous he has to wake up and find himself. | Source Unknown | |
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| I know myself, but that is all. | Source Unknown | |
| Know yourself, master yourself, conquest of self is most gratifying. | Source Unknown | |
| Men can acquire knowledge, but not wisdom. Some of the greatest fools ever known were learned men. | Spanish Proverb | Sayings of Spanish Origin |
| This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections. | St. Augustine | 354-430, Numidian-born Bishop of Hippo, Theologian |
| We can only learn to know ourselves and do what we can -- namely, surrender our will and fulfill God's will in us. | St. Teresa of Avila | 1515-1582, Spanish Saint, Mystic |
| The closest to perfection a person ever comes is when he fills out a job application form. | Stanely J. Randall | |
| It matters if you just don't give up. | Stephen Hawking | 1942-, British Theoretical Physicist |
| We all have ability. The difference is how we use it. | Stevie Wonder | 1950-, American Musician, Singer, Songwriter, Producer |
| Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you: you must acquire it. | Sudie Back | |
| I want to be great, something special. | Sugar Ray Leonard | 1956-, American Boxer |
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| Slow buds the pink dawn like a rose From out night's gray and cloudy sheath; Softly and still it grows and grows, Petal by petal, leaf by leaf. | Susan Coolidge | 1845-1905, American Writer |
| Knowledge without practice is like a glass eye, all for show, and nothing for use. | Swinnock | |
| To know yourself, see how others do, to know others look into your own heart. | Sydney Smiles | |
| Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time. | Sydney Smith | 1771-1845, British Writer, Clergyman |
| It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can do only a little. Do what you can. | Sydney Smith | 1771-1845, British Writer, Clergyman |
| The rewards for those who persevere far exceed the pain that must precede the victory. | Ted W. Engstrom | American Religion and Social Leader |
| They are so knowing, that they know nothing. | Terence | BC 185-18159, Roman Writer of Comedies |
| The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary. | Thomas A. Edison | 1847-1931, American Inventor, Entrepreneur, Founder of GE |
| I am proud of the fact that I never invented weapons to kill. | Thomas A. Edison | 1847-1931, American Inventor, Entrepreneur, Founder of GE |
| Anything that won't sell, I don't want to invent. Its sale is proof of utility, and utility is success. | Thomas A. Edison | 1847-1931, American Inventor, Entrepreneur, Founder of GE |
Quotes pages: 1801 ~ 1850
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