Famous Motivational and Inspirational Quotes Famous Motivational and Inspirational Quotes A wide collection of carefully sourced quotes, quotations and wise sayings from famous business leaders, politicians, writers, and notable people around the world to spice up your blogs, speeches, reports and presentations. Articles
Age - Youth Quotes - William Shakespeare
2007-08-29 17:41:00 “Crabbed age and youth cannot live together: Youth is full of pleasure, age is full of care; Youth like summer morn, age like winter weather; Youth like summer brave, age like winter bare.” William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) English poet and playwright More About: Quotes , William Shakespeare
Scandal - Gossip Quotes - Moliere
2007-08-29 17:36:00 “It is public scandal that gives offence, and it is no sin to sin in secret.” Molière (1622 – 73) French satirist and theatre director More About: Gossip , Scandal , Quotes , Quote , Ossi
Funny Quotes - Alcohol - Drinking
2007-08-29 17:30:00 “'I love a Martini,' said Mabel, 'I only have two at the most, After three, I am under the table, After four, I am under my host.'” Anonymous (quoted in John Julius Norwich, A Christmas Cracker) More About: Funny , Quotes , Alcohol , Drinking , Quote
Make a Speech Quotes - George Jessel
2007-08-29 17:27:00 “If you haven't struck oil in your first three minutes, stop boring!” George Jessel (1898 – 1981) U.S. actor and singer More About: Quotes , Make , Speech , Quote
Friendship Love Quotes - Oliver Goldsmith
2007-08-29 17:18:00 “Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals; love, an abject intercourse between tyrants and slaves.” Oliver Goldsmith (1730 – 74) Irish writer and poet More About: Love , Quotes , Quote
Money - Wealth Quotes - John Mill
2007-08-27 19:21:00 “To mistake money for wealth, is the same sort of error as to mistake the highway which may be the easiest way of getting to your house or lands, for the house and lands themselves.” John Stuart Mill (1806 – 73) English philosopher and political economist More About: Wealth , Money , Quotes , Quote
Media - Painting Quotes - Bernard Ingham
2007-08-27 19:17:00 “The media ... is like an oil painting. Close up, it looks like nothing on earth. Stand back and you get the drift.” Bernard Ingham (b. 1932) British political journalist More About: Media , Painting , Quotes , Quote
Business Leader Quotes - Greenewalt
2007-08-27 19:12:00 “The grab for a quick killing is the mark of the worst kind of leadership, for it places immediate profit above the long-term interest of the organization and can lead ultimately only to disaster.” Crawford H. Greene walt (1902 - 93) U.S. president and chairman of DuPont More About: Business , Quotes , Quote , Lead
Funny Stockbroker Quotes - Woody Allen
2007-08-27 19:08:00 “A stockbroker is someone who takes all your money and invests it until it's gone.” Woody Allen (b. 1935) U.S. humorist, actor and film director More About: Funny , Quotes , Woody Allen
Firing Employees Quotes - Joseph Heller
2007-08-27 19:04:00 “People in the company are almost never fired ... they are encouraged to retire early or are eased aside into hollow, insignificant positions with fake functions and no authority where they are sheepish and unhappy for as long as they remain.” Jose ph Heller (1923 – 99) U.S. novelist and satirist More About: Employees , Quotes , Quote
Goals - Employees Quotes - Walt Disney
2007-08-27 18:59:00 “Of all the things I've done, the most vital is coordinating the talents of those who work for us and pointing them towards a certain goal.” Walt Disney (1901 – 66) U.S. co-founder of The Walt Disney Company More About: Employees , Quotes , Goals
Executive Failure Quotes - Peter Drucker
2007-08-27 18:55:00 “The most common cause of executive failure is inability or unwillingness to change with the demands of a new position. The executive who keeps on doing what he has done successfully before is almost bound to fail.” Peter F. Drucker (1909 - 2005) U.S. management consultant and author More About: Quotes , Executive , Failure , Peter Drucker
Innovation - Fashion Quotes - Coco Chanel
2007-08-27 18:51:00 “Innovation ! One cannot be forever innovating. I want to create classics.” Coco Chanel (1883 – 1971) French fashion designer More About: Fashion , Quotes
Order - Beauty Quotes - Pearl Buck
2007-08-27 18:49:00 “Order is the shape upon which beauty depends.” Pearl S. Buck (1892 – 1973) U.S. winner of the Nobel Prize in literature More About: Beauty , Quotes
Negotiation Quotes - Mark McCormack
2007-08-27 18:45:00 “Make a suggestion or assumption and let them tell you you're wrong. People also have a need to feel smarter than you are.” Mark McCormack (1930 – 2003) U.S. founder and chairman of the International Management Group More About: Quotes , Negotiation , Quote
Diplomacy War Quotes - Will Rogers
2007-08-27 18:41:00 “Diplomats are just as essential to starting a war as soldiers are for finishing it.” Will Rogers (1879 – 1935) U.S. comedian, humorist, and actor More About: Quotes , Diplomacy , Quote
Funny Quotes - Dining - Meal
2007-08-27 18:38:00 “If the soup had been as warm as the wine, and the wine as old as the fish, and the fish as young as the maid, and the maid as willing as the hostess, it would have been a very good meal.” Anonymous (Quote d on BBC Radio Quote ... Unquote 1979) More About: Funny , Quotes , Dining , Meal
Glory - Friends Quotes - William Yeats
2007-08-27 18:35:00 “Think where man's glory most begins and ends, And say my glory was I had such friends.” William Butler Yeats (1865 – 1939) Irish winner of the Nobel Prize in literature More About: Friends , Quotes , Quote , Glory
Friendship Quotes - Samuel Johnson
2007-08-27 18:33:00 “If a man does not make new acquaintance as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair.” Samuel Johnson (1709 – 84) British poet and lexicographer More About: Friendship , Quotes , Quote
Writing - Quotes - Benjamin Franklin
2007-08-27 18:26:00 “If you would not be forgotten As soon as you are dead and rotten, Either write things worth reading, Or do things worth the writing.” Benjamin Franklin (1706 – 90) U.S. scientist, politician, and diplomat More About: Writing , Quotes , Quote
Politics - Lies Quotes - Adlai Stevenson
2007-08-06 15:13:00 “I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends ... That if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.” Adlai E. Steven son (1900 – 65) U.S. politician More About: Politics , Quotes , Lies , Poli
Internet Business Quotes - Michael Dell
2007-08-06 15:05:00 “We're fast approaching the point at which there is really no distinction between the .com companies and traditional businesses. The only distinction will be between the winners and losers, and of course, the pace of change at which companies become winners or losers.” Michael Dell (b. 1965) U.S.... More About: Business , Internet , Internet Business , Quotes
Lawyer - Marriage Quotes - David Wayne
2007-08-06 15:00:00 “Lawyer s should never marry other lawyers. This is called inbreeding, from which comes idiot children and more lawyers.” David Wayne (1914 – 95) U.S. actor More About: Marriage , Quotes
Trouble Quotes - John Mortimer
2007-08-06 14:56:00 “A man with a bristling grey beard [a yachtsman], said: 'I made up my mind, when I bought my first boat, never to learn to swim ... When you're in a spot of trouble, if you can swim you try to strike out for the shore. You invariably drown. As I can't swim, I cling to the wreckage and they send a... More About: Quotes , John , Quote , Mort
Salad - Diplomat Quotes - Oscar Wilde
2007-08-06 14:49:00 “To make a good salad is to be a brilliant diplomatist – the problem is entirely the same in both cases. To know how much oil one must mix with one's vinegar.” Oscar Wilde (1854 – 1900) Irish playwright, novelist, and poet More About: Quotes , Salad , Oscar Wilde
Funniest Thing - Quotes - Groucho Marx
2007-08-06 14:43:00 “For the amateur the funniest thing in the world is the sight of a man dressed up as an old woman rolling down a steep hill in a wheel-chair and crashing into a wall at the bottom of it. But to make a pro laugh, it would have to be a real old woman.” Groucho Marx (1890 – 1977) U.S. comedian and... More About: Quotes , Thing , Quote , Groucho Marx
Experience Quotes - Samuel Coleridge
2007-08-06 14:39:00 “To most men, experience is like the stern lights of a ship, which illumine only the track it has passed.” Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 – 1834) British poet and philosopher More About: Quotes , Experience , Quote , Peri
Ego - Principles Quotes - Colin Powell
2007-08-06 14:32:00 “Avoid having your ego so close to your position that, when your position fails, your ego goes with it.” Colin Powell (b. 1937) U.S. general of the Army and politician More About: Quotes , Quote
Jury - Lawyer Quotes - Robert Frost
2007-08-06 14:28:00 “A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.” Robert Frost (1874 – 1963) U.S. poet More About: Lawyer , Quotes , Robert Frost , Quote
Laughter Quotes - Woody Allen
More articles from this author:2007-08-06 14:19:00 “You know what my philosophy of life is? That it's important to have some laughs, no question about it, but you got to suffer a little, too, because otherwise you miss the whole point of life.” Woody Allen (b. 1935) U.S. humorist, actor and film director More About: Quotes , Laughter , Woody Allen 1, 2, 3 |
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