Into Motivation

Quotes by Wallis Simpson "I married the Duke for better or worse, but not for lunch." Quotes by William Shakespeare "Gives not the hawthorn bush a sweeter shade.To shepherds looking on their silly sheep, Than doth a rich embroider'd canopy. To kings that fear their subjects' treachery? A king of shreds and patches. Ay, every inch a king. It is well done, and fitting for a princess. Descended of so many royal kings. A horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse! Not all the ... Read More

Quotes by Percy Bysshe Shelley "Kings, priests, and statesmen, blast the human flower, Even in its tender bud; their influence darts, Like subtle poison through the bloodless veins, Of desolate society. Earth groans beneath religion's iron age, And priests dare babble of a God of peace, Even whilst their hands are red with guiltless blood. From the dust of creeds outworn. The world's great age begins anew, The golden years return, The earth doth like a snake renew, Her winter weeds outworn; Heaven ... Read More

Quotes by Paul Simon "And the sign said, "The words of the prophets, and written on the subway walls, and tenement halls",and whispered in the sounds of silence." Quotes by George Bernard Shaw "Make me a beautiful word for doing things tomorrow, for that surely is a great and blessed invention. Remember that you are a human being with a soul and the divine gift of articulate speech: that your native language is the language of Shakespeare and Milton and the Bible; and don't sit ... Read More

Quotes by Laurence Sterne "I wish either my father or my mother, or indeed both of them, as they were in duty both equally bound to it, had minded what they were about when they begot me". Quotes by Stanislaus "Men and women, in marrying, make a vow to love one another. Would it not be better for their happiness if they made a vow to please one another?" Quotes by Toblas Smollett "A seafaring man may have a sweetheart in every port; but he should steer ... Read More

Quotes by Phillip Dormer Stanhope "If you have wit, use to place, and not to hurt; you may shine, like the sun in the temperate zones, without scorching. Here it is wished for; under the Line, it is dreaded.Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in themselves. A man must have a good share of wit himself to endure a great share of it in another." Quotes ... Read More

Quotes by Patrick White "Virtue is...frequently in the nature of an iceberg, the other parts of it submerged". Quotes by Herbert George Wells "Moral indignation is jealousy with a halo". Quotes by Anne Tyler "Oh, what is it that makes some people more virtuous than others? Is it something they know from birth? Don't they ever feel that zingy, thrilling urge to smash the world to bits? Isn't it possible, maybe, that good people are just luckier people?" Quotes by Anthony Trollope "As for conceit, what man will do ... Read More

Quotes by Percy Bysshe Shelley "We'll have tea and toast, Custards for supper, and an endless host, Of syllabubs and jellies and mince-pies, And other such lady-like luxuries". Quotes by George Bernard Shaw "I'm only a beer teetotaller, not a champagne teetotaller. There is no love sincerer than the love of food". Quotes by William Shakespeare "There shall be in England seven halfpenny loaves sold for a penny: the three hooped pot shall have ten hoops; and I will make it a felony to drink small beer. ... Read More