Famous Quotes by Anonymous

  • Here lies a man who was killed by lightning;
    He died when his prospects seemed to be... More
  • The white man regards the universe as a gigantic machine hurtling through time and space to its... More
  • One can never read all the books in the world, nor travel all its roads. More
  • Health and fair time of day! More
  • Here Men from The Planet Earth
    First Set Foot upon The Moon
    July, 1969 AD
    We Came in... More
  • We want beans, not goals. More
  • To deny the need for comprehensive child care policies is to deny a reality—that there’s been... More
  • Good fortune lieth within bad, and bad fortune within good. More
  • Mankind owes to the child the best it has to give. More
  • It gives me wonder great as my content
    To see you here before me. More
  • Death is a shadow that always follows the body. More
  • He that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned. More
  • Who is so deaf or so blind as he
    That wilfully will neither hear nor see? More
  • He that would the daughter win
    Must with the mother first begin. More
  • He that seeks trouble never misses. More
  • The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives. More
  • One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters. More
  • The mob has many heads but no brains. More
  • Speak not of my debts unless you mean to pay them. More
  • Six hours for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool. More
  • The first faults are theirs that commit them, the second theirs that permit them. More
  • It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. More
  • We’ll never know the worth of water till the well go dry. More
  • Better wear out shoes than sheets. More
  • Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes him. More
  • A friend to all is a friend to none. More
  • To talk without thinking is to shoot without aiming. More
  • Assassination is the perquisite of princes. More
  • When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child; but when I became a man, I put... More
  • A new kind of woman with deep-rooted values is changing the way we live. Market researchers call... More
  • Just because you live in LA it doesn’t mean you have to dress that way. More
  • If you ask a Negro where he’s been, he’ll tell you where he’s going. More
  • We did not inherit this land from our fathers. We are borrowing it from our children. More
  • He who eats alone chokes alone. More
  • If begging should unfortunately be thy lot, knock at the large gates only. More
  • Salad is roughage and a French idea. More
  • I don’t think of myself as a sex symbol or a servant. I think of myself as somebody who knows... More
  • In Rousseau’s view (1762). . . most of the problems of education are problems of motivation, as... More
  • I against my brother
    I and my brother against our cousin
    I, my brother and our cousin... More
  • A woman shall not wear a man’s apparel, nor shall a man put on a woman’s garment; for whoever... More
  • My spirit is broken, my days are extinct, the grave is ready for me. More
  • The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares its joy. More
  • Do all that your mind inclines to. I am with you; as your mind is, so is mine. More
  • Anxiety weighs down the human heart, but a good word cheers it up. More
  • Are not the days of my life few? Let me alone, that I may find a little comfort before I go,... More
  • The Israelites groaned under their slavery, and cried out. Out of the slavery their cry for help... More
  • Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, so that the water may come... More
  • Am I a dog, that you come to me with sticks? More
  • Why is light given to one who cannot see the way, whom God has fenced in? More
  • Then the LORD called, -Samuel! Samuel! and he said, -Here I am! More
  • ...he sent letters to all the royal provinces, to every province in its own script and to every... More
  • Shall one who hates justice govern? More
  • Oh, that I were as in the months of old, as in the days when God watched over me; when his lamp... More
  • Why is light given to one in misery, and life to the bitter in soul, who long for death, but it... More
  • ...I delivered the poor who cried, and the orphan who had no helper. The blessing of the wretched... More
  • All that people have they will give to save their lives. More
  • The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his... More
  • Let no one’s heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine. More
  • I know that you will bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living. More
  • God: “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
    Moses: “If your presence... More
  • Can fire be carried in the bosom without burning one’s clothes? Or can one walk on hot coals... More
  • ...let whoever is of a generous heart bring the LORD’s offering... More
  • Why do the wicked live on, reach old age, and grow mighty in power? More
  • Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea. The LORD drove the sea back by a strong east wind... More
  • Then I said to myself, “What happens to the fool will happen to me also; why then have I been... More
  • Then he took his staff in his hand, and chose five smooth stones from the wadi, and put them in... More
  • Hannah was praying silently; only her lips moved, but her voice was not heard; therefore Eli... More
  • As an eagle stirs up its nest, and hovers over its young; as it spreads its wings, takes them up,... More
  • A friend loves at all times, and kinsfolk are born to share adversity. More
  • ...it is God’s gift that all should eat and drink and take pleasure in all their toil. More
  • I will build him a sure house... More
  • Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor s house, otherwise the neighbor will become weary of you... More
  • Let your fountain be blessed, and rejoice in the wife of your youth, a lovely deer, a graceful... More
  • Hannah, why do you weep? Why do you not eat? Why is your heart sad? Am I not more to you than ten... More
  • ...then he slept with his ancestors... More
  • I know that whatever God does endures forever; nothing can be added to it, nor anything taken... More
  • Make no friends with those given to anger, and do not associate with hotheads, or you may learn... More
  • Therefore I will not restrain my mouth; I will speak in the anguish of my spirit; I will complain... More
  • And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God. More
  • For the LORD will not cast away his people, for his great name’s sake, because it has pleased... More
  • One who forgives an affront fosters friendship, but one who dwells on disputes will alienate a... More
  • A stupid child is ruin to a father, and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain. More
  • Then David and the people who were with him raised their voices and wept, until they had no more... More
  • I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death,... More
  • Come no closer! Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place on which you are standing is... More
  • ...the Hebrew women are not like the Egyptian women; for they are vigorous and give birth before... More
  • Therefore I have uttered what I did not understand, things too wonderful for me, which I did not... More
  • Happy are those who find wisdom, and those who get understanding, for her income is better than... More
  • ...that he may learn that there is a prophet in Israel. More
  • And the LORD changed his mind about the disaster that he planned to bring on his people. More
  • Three things are never satisfied; four never say, “Enough”: Sheol, the barren womb, the earth... More
  • How happy is the one whom God reproves; therefore do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.... More
  • appoint for us, then, a king to govern us, like other nations. More
  • Happy are your wives! Happy are these your servants, who continually attend you and hear your... More
  • I have observed the misery of my people who are in Egypt; I have heard their cry on account of... More
  • Dead flies make the perfumer’s ointment give off a foul odor; so a little folly outweighs... More
  • To your tents, O Israel! Look now to your own house, O David... More
  • But where shall wisdom be found? And where is the place of understanding? Mortals do not know the... More
  • House and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the LORD. More
  • In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider; God has made the one as... More

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