Short quotations about, world - Page 8

John Blake

The world tolerates conceit from th…

25 Jan , 2017  

The world tolerates conceit from those who are successful, but not from anybody else. Great short quote and quotation by: John Blake ,

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Sebastian Brant, The Ship of Fools

The world wants to be deceived….

25 Jan , 2017  

The world wants to be deceived. Great short quote and quotation by: Sebastian Brant, The Ship of Fools , German humanist & poet (1457 – 1521)

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Madeline Bridges, O Magazine, December 2003

Then give to the world the best you…

3 May , 2016  

Then give to the world the best you have. And the best will come back to you. Great short quote and quotation by: Madeline Bridges, O Magazine, December 2003 ,

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There are a terrible lot of lies go…

3 May , 2016  

There are a terrible lot of lies going around the world, and the worst of it is half of them are true. Great short quote and quotation by: Sir Winston Churchill , British politician (1874 – 1965)

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There are many in the world dying f…

3 May , 2016  

There are many in the world dying for a piece of bread, but there are many more dying for a little love. Great short quote and quotation by: Mother Teresa , Indian humanitarian & missionary (1910 – 1997)

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There are many shining qualities on…

3 May , 2016  

There are many shining qualities on the mind of man; but none so useful as discretion. It is this which gives a value to all the rest, and sets them at work in their proper places, and turns them to the advantage of their possessor. Without it, learning is pedantry; wit, impertinence; virtue itself looks […]

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There are more fools in the world t…

3 May , 2016  

There are more fools in the world than there are people. Great short quote and quotation by: Heinrich Heine , German critic & poet (1797 – 1856)

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Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America 1835

There are now two great nations in …

3 May , 2016  

There are now two great nations in the world, which starting from different points, seem to be advancing toward the same goal: the Russians and the Anglo-Americans…Each seems called by some secret design of Providence one day to hold in its hands the destinies of half the world. Great short quote and quotation by: Alexis […]

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There are only two kinds of freedom…

3 May , 2016  

There are only two kinds of freedom in the world; the freedom of the rich and powerful, and the freedom of the artist and the monk who renounces possessions. Great short quote and quotation by: Anais Nin , US (French-born) author & diarist (1903 – 1977)

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There are only two forces in the wo…

3 May , 2016  

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit. Great short quote and quotation by: Napoleon Bonaparte , French general & politician (1769 – 1821)

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Mahatma Ghandi

There are people in the world so hu…

3 May , 2016  

There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread. Great short quote and quotation by: Mahatma Ghandi ,

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Nancy Spain

There are people whom one loves imm…

22 Sep , 2015  

There are people whom one loves immediately and forever. Even to know they are alive in the world with one is quite enough. Great short quote and quotation by: Nancy Spain ,

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