Daily Quotes

"When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it." -- Quoted in 'Clarence Darrow for the Defence' by Irving Stone.

"Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river." -- Nikita Khrushchev, Russian Soviet politician

"Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber." -- Plato, ancient Greek Philosopher

"We hang petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." -- Aesop, Greek slave & fable author

"Hope smiles from the threshold of the year to come, whispering, ‘It will be happier.’" -- Alfred Lord Tennyson

"A friend is a gift you give yourself." -- Robert Louis Stevenson

"Wonder is the feeling of the philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder." -- Plato

"Cherish your human connections: your relationships with friends and family." -- Joseph Brodsky

"Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough." -- Og Mandino

"Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection." -- Pindar