Top 10 Best Quotes By Helen Hayes

Helen Hayes Brown was an American actress. Her career spanned almost 70 years. She eventually garnered the nickname "First Lady of the American Theatre".  Hayes also received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, National Medal of Arts.


“From your parents you learn love and laughter and how to put one foot before the other. But when books are opened you discover that you have wings.” 
― Helen Hayes


“If you rest, you rust.” 
― Helen Hayes


“Love is perhaps the only glimpse we are permitted of eternity.” 
― Helen Hayes


“Age is not important unless you're a cheese.” 
― Helen Hayes


“We rely upon the poets, the philosophers, and the playwrights to articulate what most of us can only feel, in joy or sorrow. They illuminate the thoughts for which we only grope; they give us the strength and balm we cannot find in ourselves. Whenever I feel my courage wavering, I rush to them. They give me the wisdom of acceptance, the will and resiliance to push on.” 
― Helen Hayes


“My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that 'achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others, and that's nice, too, but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success.” 
― Helen Hayes


“The faster we travel, the less there is to see.” 
― Helen Hayes


“Actors work and slave and it is the color of your hair that can determine your fate in the end.” 
― Helen Hayes


“The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy.” 
― Helen Hayes

10 Best Quotes By Alexander Hamilton

Alexander Hamilton was a Founding Father of the United States. He was one of the most influential interpreters and promoters of the Constitution. He was chief of staff for Washington and the founder of the first American political party.

“He who stands for nothing will fall for anything.” 

― Alexander Hamilton

“The constitution shall never be construed...to prevent the people of the United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms.” 

― Alexander Hamilton

“A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous.” 

― Alexander Hamilton

“I never expect a perfect work from an imperfect man.” 

― Alexander Hamilton

“The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the Hand of Divinity itself, and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.” 

― Alexander Hamilton

“Give all the power to the many, they will oppress the few. Give all the power to the few, they will oppress the many.” 

― Alexander Hamilton

“The art of reading is to skip judiciously.” 

― Alexander Hamilton

“There are seasons in every country when noise and impudence pass current for worth; and in popular commotions especially, the clamors of interested and factious men are often mistaken for patriotism. ” 

― Alexander Hamilton

“A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one.” 

― Alexander Hamilton

“Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.” 

― Alexander Hamilton

“A powerful, victorious ally is yet another name for master.” 

― Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers

“Hard words are very rarely useful. Real firmness is good for every thing. Strut is good for nothing.” 

― Alexander Hamilton

“Men give me credit for some genius. All the genius I have lies in this; when I have a subject in hand, I study it profoundly. Day and night it is before me. My mind becomes pervaded with it. Then the effort that I have made is what people are pleased to call the fruit of genius. It is the fruit of labor and thought.” 

― Alexander Hamilton

20 All Time Best Quotes By Friedrich Nietzsche [ images ]

20 All Time Best Quotes By Friedrich Nietzsche

About Friedrich Nietzsche:

Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a German philosopher and poet. He wrote critical texts on religion, morality, philosophy and science. Nietzsche ideas  include  "the death of God",  the eternal recurrence and the will to power. His philisophy involves questioning of all doctrines that drain life's expansive energies, however socially prevalent those views might be. His influence remains substantial within philosophy. His radical questioning of the value and objectivity of truth has been the focus of extensive commentary.

Friedrich Nietzsche Best Quote #1

“Without music, life would be a mistake.” 

― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols

Friedrich Nietzsche Best Quote #2

“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.” 

― Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche Best Quote #3

“It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.” 

― Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche Best Quote #4

“I'm not upset that you lied to me, I'm upset that from now on I can't believe you.” 

― Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche Best Quote #5

“It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!” 

― Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche Best Quote #6

“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.” 

― Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche Best Quote #7

“There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.” 

― Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche Best Quote #8

“You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist.” 

― Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche Best Quote #9

“You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.” 

― Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche Best Quote #10

“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.” 

― Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche Best Quote #11

“In heaven, all the interesting people are missing.” 

― Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche Best Quote #12

“Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.” 

― Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche Best Quote #13

“We should consider every day lost on which we have not danced at least once.” 

― Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche Best Quote #14

“There are no facts, only interpretations.” 

― Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche Best Quote #15

“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.” 

― Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche Best Quote #16

“The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.” 

― Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche Best Quote #17

“I cannot believe in a God who wants to be praised all the time.” 

― Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche Best Quote #18

“When we are tired, we are attacked by ideas we conquered long ago.” 

― Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche Best Quote #19

“He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how.” 

― Friedrich Nietzsche

Friedrich Nietzsche Best Quote #20

“In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.” 

― Friedrich Nietzsche

20 Best Friendship & Love Quotes By C. S. Lewis

Clive Staples Lewis ( C. S. Lewis or Jack ) was a novelist, poet, lay theologian, and Christian apologist. He is best known both for his fictional work The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia, and The Space Trilogy, and for his non-fiction Christian apologetics, such as Mere Christianity, Miracles, and The Problem of Pain. Lewis's works have been translated into more than 30 languages and have sold millions of copies. The books that make up The Chronicles of Narnia have sold the most and have been popularized on stage, TV, radio, and cinema.

“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one.” 

― C.S. Lewis

“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” 

― C.S. Lewis

“To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.” 

― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

“I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.” 

― C.S. Lewis

“Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again.” 

― C.S. Lewis

“The Christian does not think God will love us because we are good, but that God will make us good because He loves us.” 

― C.S. Lewis

“A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest.” 

― C.S. Lewis

“If we find ourselves with a desire that nothing in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that we were made for another world.” 

― C.S. Lewis

“Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art.... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.” 

― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves

“Imagine yourself as a living house. God comes in to rebuild that house. At first, perhaps, you can understand what He is doing. He is getting the drains right and stopping the leaks in the roof and so on; you knew that those jobs needed doing and so you are not surprised. But presently He starts knocking the house about in a way that hurts abominably and does not seem to make any sense. What on earth is He up to? The explanation is that He is building quite a different house from the one you thought of - throwing out a new wing here, putting on an extra floor there, running up towers, making courtyards. You thought you were being made into a decent little cottage: but He is building a palace. He intends to come and live in it Himself.” 

― C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity

“No book is really worth reading at the age of ten which is not equally – and often far more – worth reading at the age of fifty and beyond.” 

― C.S. Lewis

“We are not necessarily doubting that God will do the best for us; we are wondering how painful the best will turn out to be.” 

― C.S. Lewis

“A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.” 

― C.S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

“To be a Christian means to forgive the inexcusable because God has forgiven the inexcusable in you.” 

― C.S. Lewis

“I can't imagine a man really enjoying a book and reading it only once.” 

― C.S. Lewis

“Love is not affectionate feeling, but a steady wish for the loved person's ultimate good as far as it can be obtained.” 

― C.S. Lewis

“God can't give us peace and happiness apart from Himself because there is no such thing.” 

― C.S. Lewis

“I'm on Aslan's side even if there isn't any Aslan to lead it. I'm going to live as like a Narnian as I can even if there isn't any Narnia.” 

― C.S. Lewis, The Silver Chair

“It is a good rule after reading a new book, never to allow yourself another new one till you have read an old one in between.” 

― C.S. Lewis

“Atheism turns out to be too simple. If the whole universe has no meaning, we should never have found out that it has no meaning...” 

― C.S. Lewis

20 Best Quotes By Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a writer, artist, and politician. He work includes a variety of dramas, novels, scientific fragments, letters and drawings. His first novel The Sorrows of Young Werther was a huge succcess.

“If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain how he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought to be and could be.” 

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it!” 

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Daring ideas are like chessmen moved forward. They may be beaten, but they may start a winning game.” 

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.” 

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“If I love you, what business is it of yours?” 

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.” 

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“As soon as you trust yourself, you will know how to live.” 

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust: First Part

“There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action.” 

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Collected Works

“If you've never eaten while crying you don t know what life tastes like.” 

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.” 

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Know thyself? If I knew myself, I'd run away.” 

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“By seeking and blundering we learn.” 

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.” 

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Elective Affinities

“A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.” 

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust: First Part

“Life belongs to the living, and he who lives must be prepared for changes” 

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“A person hears only what they understand.” 

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Every day one should at least hear one little song, read one good poem, see one fine painting and -- if at all possible -- speak a few sensible words.” 

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.” 

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Nine requisites for contented living: 

Health enough to make work a pleasure. 

Wealth enough to support your needs. 

Strength to battle with difficulties and overcome them. 

Grace enough to confess your sins and forsake them. 

Patience enough to toil until some good is accomplished. 

Charity enough to see some good in your neighbor. 

Love enough to move you to be useful and helpful to others. 

Faith enough to make real the things of God. 

Hope enough to remove all anxious fears concerning the future.” 

― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

20 Inspirational Quotes By Norman Vincent Peale

Dr. Norman Vincent Peale was a minister and author. He best known for his book The Power of Positive Thinking and a progenitor of the theory of positive thinking.

“The way to happiness: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry. Live simply, expect little, give much. Scatter sunshine, forget self, think of others. Try this for a week and you will be surprised.” 

― Norman Vincent Peale, The Power of Positive Thinking

“Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.” 

― Norman Vincent Peale

“Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. ” 

― Norman Vincent Peale

“Change your thoughts and you change your world.” 

― Norman Vincent Peale

“Be so strong that nothing can disturb your peace of mind. Talk health, happiness, and prosperity to every person you meet. Make all your friends feel there is something special in them. Look at the sunny side of everything. Think only the best, be as enthusiastic about the success of others as you are about your own.Forget the mistakes of the past and press on to the greater achievements of the future. Give everyone a smile. Spend so much time improving yourself that you have no time left to criticize others. Be too big for worry and too noble for anger.” 

― Norman Vincent Peale

“When you get up in the morning, you have two choices - either to be happy or to be unhappy. Just choose to be happy” 

― Norman Vincent Peale

“What the mind can conceive and believe, and the heart desire, you can achieve.” 

― Norman Vincent Peale

“Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.” 

― Norman Vincent Peale

“It's always to soon to quit!” 

― Norman Vincent Peale

“The trouble with most of us is that we'd rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.” 

― Norman Vincent Peale

“Become a possibilitarian. No matter how dark things seem to be or actually are, raise your sights and see possibilities -- always see them, for they're always there.” 

― Norman Vincent Peale

“Plant seeds of expectation in your mind; cultivate thoughts that anticipate achievement. Believe in yourself as being capable of overcoming all obstacles and weaknesses.” 

― Norman Vincent Peale

“Stand up to your obstacles and do something about them. You'll find they haven't half the strength you think they have.” 

― Norman Vincent Peale

“Believe it is possible to solve your problem. Tremendous things happen to the believer. So believe the answer will come. It will.” 

― Norman Vincent Peale

“If you want a quality, act as if you already have it. If you want to be courageous, act as if you were - and as you act and persevere in acting, so you tend to become.” 

― Norman Vincent Peale

“Optimism, when applied to your life, develops strength and peace within you.” 

― Norman Vincent Peale

“Do not be awe struck by other people and try to copy them. Nobody can be you as efficiently as you can.” 

― Norman Vincent Peale

“If you want things to be different, perhaps the answer is to become different yourself.” 

― Norman Vincent Peale

“When you wholeheartedly adopt a 'with all your heart' attitude and go all out with the positive principle, you can do incredible things. ” 

― Norman Vincent Peale, My Favorite Quotations

“I truly believe that if we keep telling the Christmas story, singing the Christmas songs, and living the Christmas spirit, we can bring joy and happiness and peace to this world.” 

― Norman Vincent Peale

20 Best Quotes By Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the President of the United States and telivision actor.

Some of his most notable films include Knute Rockne, All American (1940), Kings Row (1942), and Bedtime for Bonzo (1951). 

As president, Reagan implemented sweeping new political and economic initiatives. His supply-side economic policies, dubbed "Reaganomics", advocated reducing tax rates to spur economic growth, controlling the money supply to reduce inflation, deregulation of the economy, and reducing government spending. He he ranks highly in public opinion polls of U.S. Presidents and is credited for generating an ideological renaissance on the American political right.

“Government exists to protect us from each other. Where government has gone beyond its limits is in deciding to protect us from ourselves.” 

― Ronald Reagan

“If we ever forget that we're one nation under God, then we will be one nation gone under.” 

― Ronald Reagan

“Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.” 

― Ronald Reagan

“I have left orders to be awakened at any time during national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting.” 

― Ronald Reagan

“I've noticed that everyone who is for abortion has already been born.” 

― Ronald Reagan

“The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.” 

― Ronald Reagan

“The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help.” 

― Ronald Reagan

“As government expands, liberty contracts.” 

― Ronald Reagan

“Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.” 

― Ronald Reagan

“Christmas can be celebrated in the school room with pine trees, tinsel and reindeers, but there must be no mention of the man whose birthday is being celebrated. One wonders how a teacher would answer if a student asked why it was called Christmas.” 

― Ronald Reagan

“There is no limit to the amount of good you can do if you don't care who gets the credit.” 

― Ronald Reagan

“Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15.” 

― Ronald Reagan

“You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans. ” 

― Ronald Reagan

“Live simply, love generously, care deeply, speak kindly, leave the rest to God.” 

― Ronald Reagan

“How do you tell a Communist? Well, it’s someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It’s someone who understands Marx and Lenin.” 

― Ronald Reagan

“We don't have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven't taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much.” 

― Ronald Reagan

“I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life.” 

― Ronald Reagan

“Sometimes when I'm faced with an atheist, I am tempted to invite him to the greatest gourmet dinner that one could ever serve, and when we have finished eating that magnificent dinner, to ask him if he believes there's a cook.” 

― Ronald Reagan

20 Inspirational Quotes By Anthony Tony Robbins

Anthony "Tony" Robbins is well known for his book " Unlimited Power: The New Science Of Personal Achievement " and " Awaken The Giant Within ". He is an American self-help author and motivational speaker. Robbins writes about subjects such as health and energy, overcoming fears, wealth-building, persuasive communication, and enhancing relationships.  

“If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten. ” 

― Anthony Robbins

“It is your decisions, and not your conditions, that determine your destiny.” 

― Anthony Robbins

“People who fail focus on what they will have to go through; people who succeed focus on what it will feel like at the end.” 

― Anthony Robbins

“You can’t have a plan for your day, ‘til you have a plan for your life.” 

― Anthony Robbins

“The past does not equal the future.” 

― Anthony Robbins

“How am I going to live today to create the tomorrow I've committed to?” 

― Anthony Robbins

“Stay committed to your decisions, but stay flexible in your approach.” 

― Tony Robbins

“Success is buried on the other side of rejection.” 

― Anthony Robbins

“A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.” 

― Tony Robbins

“Our beliefs about what we are and what we can be precisely determine what we can be” 

― Anthony Robbins

“You can’t hit a target if you don’t know what it is.” 

― Anthony Robbins

“Nothing tastes as good as looking good feels.” 

― Anthony Robbins

“Focus equals feeling.” 

― Anthony Robbins

“It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.” 

― Tony Robbins

“The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.” 

― Tony Robbins

“I challenge you to make your life a masterpiece. I challenge you to join the ranks of those people who live what they teach, who walk their talk.” 

― Tony Robbins

“Change happens when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change.” 

― Tony Robbins

“The only reason we don’t have what we want in life is the reasons we create why we can’t have them.” 

― Tony Robbins

“Change is inevitable. Evolution, however, is optional.” 

― Tony Robbins

20 Great Quotes By Plato

Plato was a philosopher, mathematician, writer of philosophical dialogues, and founder of the Academy in Athens. Along with his mentor, Socrates, and his student, Aristotle, Plato helped to lay the foundations of Western philosophy and science.

 In the words of A. N. Whitehead:

" The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato. I do not mean the systematic scheme of thought which scholars have doubtfully extracted from his writings. I allude to the wealth of general ideas scattered through them. "

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a harder battle.” 

― Plato

“Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.” 

― Plato

“Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.” 

― Plato

“Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination

and life to everything.” 

― Plato

“The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.” 

― Plato

“We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.” 

― Plato

“Only the dead have seen the end of war.” 

― Plato

“Do not train a child to learn by force or harshness; but direct them to it by what amuses their minds, so that you may be better able to discover with accuracy the peculiar bent of the genius of each.” 

― Plato

“The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is to be ruled by someone inferior to yourself.” 

― Plato, The Republic

“You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.” 

― Plato

“Love is a serious mental disease.” 

― Plato, Phaedrus

“One of the penalties of refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.” 

― Plato

“Never discourage anyone...who continually makes progress, no matter how slow.” 

― Plato

“There is truth in wine and children” 

― Plato, Symposium/Phaedrus

“Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws” 

― Plato

“The madness of love is the greatest of heaven's blessings” 

― Plato

“Ignorance, the root and stem of every evil.” 

― Plato

“I know not how I may seem to others, but to myself I am but a small child wandering upon the vast shores of knowledge, every now and then finding a small bright pebble to content myself with.” 

― Plato

“Those who tell the stories rule society.” 

― Plato