Editor's picks

“The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.”

— Moliere

“One should eat to live, not live to eat.”

— Moliere

“The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.”

— Moliere

“It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action. ”

— Honore de Balzac

“Behind every great fortune lies a great crime.”

— Honore de Balzac

“Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.”

— Stendhal

“Life is too short, and the time we waste in yawning never can be regained.”

— Stendhal

“A very small degree of hope is sufficient to cause the birth of love.”

— Stendhal

“The only difference between me and a madman is that I'm not mad.”

— Salvador Dali

“Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.”

— Salvador Dali

“The greatest pleasure of life is love.”

— Euripides

“Well begun is half done. ”

— Aristotle

“A friend to all is a friend to none.”

“Elegance does not consist in putting on a new dress. ”

— Coco Chanel

“Necessity... the mother of invention. ”

— Plato

“Life must be lived as play.”

“Whatever advice you give, be short. ”

— Horace

“Life grants nothing to us mortals without hard work. ”

“Life would be tragic if it weren't funny. ”

— Stephen Hawking

“You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today.”

— Abraham Lincoln

“The best thing about the future is that it comes one day at a time.”

— Abraham Lincoln

“You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time. ”

— Abraham Lincoln

“In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.”

— Abraham Lincoln

“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.”

— Abraham Lincoln

“A smile is a curve that sets everything straight.”

— Phyllis Diller

“I've been on a calendar, but I've never been on time.”

— Marilyn Monroe

“Success is getting and achieving what you want. Happiness is wanting and being content with what you get.”

— Bernard Meltzer

“Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it.”

— Bernard Meltzer

“When you forgive, you in no way change the past - but you sure do change the future.”

— Bernard Meltzer

“Having an aim is the key to achieving your best.”

— Henry John Kaiser