Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Quote of the Day

Quote of the Day

"Touch a thistle timidly, and it pricks you; grasp it boldly, and its spines crumble."
– Admiral William Halsey

"I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I have just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well."
– Diane Ackerman

"Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich."
– Sarah Bernhardt

"Consider the postage stamp: its usefulness consists in the ability to stick to one thing until it gets there."
– Josh Billings

"To play it safe is not to play."
– Robert Altman

"Inspiration is a guest that does not willingly visit the lazy."
– Pyotr Tchaikovsky

"Many things which cannot be overcome when they are together yield themselves up when taken little by little."
– Plutarch

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