You May Also Like / View all maxioms
Those who wish to sing always find a song.
Those who wish to sing always find a song.
America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of read more
America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese. - The Lonely Crowd.
One ship drives east and the other drives west by the self same winds that
blow. It's the set of read more
One ship drives east and the other drives west by the self same winds that
blow. It's the set of the sails and not the gales that determines the way
they go.
Man’s power of choice enables him to think like an angel or a devil, a king or a slave. Whatever read more
Man’s power of choice enables him to think like an angel or a devil, a king or a slave. Whatever he chooses, mind will create and manifest.
I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a read more
I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.
If I play my best, I can win anywhere in the world against anybody.
If I play my best, I can win anywhere in the world against anybody.
It's easier to get rich than it is to explain not getting rich.
It's easier to get rich than it is to explain not getting rich.
Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make read more
Make no little plans. They have no magic to stir men's blood and probably themselves will not be realized. Make big plans. Aim high in hope and work. Remembering that a noble, logical diagram once recorded will not die.
Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time read more
Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.