Friendship Quotes

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship. 
William Blake

A friend is one of the nicest things you can have,
and one of the best things you can be. 
Douglas Pagels

Friendship isn't a big thing
it's a million little things. 
Author Unknown

A single rose can be my garden...
a single friend, my world. 
Leo Buscaglia


Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty.
Sicilian Proverb

The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend. 
Aristotle

The friend is the man who knows all about you,
and still likes you. 
Elbert Hubbard

A good friend is cheaper than therapy. 
Author Unknown

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend. 
Henry David Thoreau

A true friend never gets in your way unless you happen to be going down. 
Arnold Glasow

But if the while I think on thee, dear friend,
All losses are restored and sorrows end.
William Shakespeare

The most beautiful discovery true friends
make is that they can grow separately without growing apart. 
Elisabeth Foley

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. 
William Blake

A friend is the only person you will let into the house
when you are Turning Out Drawers.
Pam Brown

One's friends are that part of the human race
with which one can be human. 
George Santayana

True friendship comes when silence between two people is comfortable. 
Dave Tyson Gentry

A friend is the one who comes in when the whole world has gone out. 
Grace Pulpit

Constant use will not wear ragged the fabric of friendship. 
Dorothy Parker

One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship
is to understand and to be understood.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

True friends stab you in the front.
Oscar Wilde

Some people go to priests; others to poetry;
I to my friends. 
Virginia Woolf

It is the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter. 
Marlene Dietrich

Do not protect yourself by a fence,
but rather by your friends.
Czech Proverb

Have no friends not equal to yourself.
Confucius

Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies.
Aristotle

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.
Margaret Walker

Nothing but heaven itself is better than a friend who is really a friend. 
Plautus

A real friend is someone who would feel loss if you jumped on a train,
or in front of one. 
Author Unknown

It takes a long time to grow an old friend. 
John Leonard

Friendship is a sheltering tree. 
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends.
Shirley Maclaine

Friends are relatives you make for yourself. 
Eustache Deschamps

Hold a true friend with both your hands. 
Nigerian Proverb

Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
Mencius

In my friend, I find a second self. 
Isabel Norton

Business Quotes

The hardest thing to understand in the world is the income tax.
Albert Einstein

If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows.
Aristotle Onassis

Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
Mark Twain

There is no time for cut-and-dried monotony. There is time for work. And time for love.
That leaves no other time!
Coco Chanel

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it.
Give him a chance.
Abraham Lincoln

No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until
it is ripe for execution.
Niccolo Machiavelli

All lasting business is built on friendship.
Alfred A. Montapert

A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying it.
William Feather

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer,
or the baker that we expect our dinner,
but from their regard to their own interest.
Adam Smith

The superior man understands what is right;
the inferior man understands what will sell.
Confucius

I want to put a ding in the universe.
Steve Jobs

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.
Thomas A. Edison

Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished
by people who have kept on trying when there seemed to be no hope at all.
Dale Carnegie

And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual,
it is best for the race,
because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.
Andrew Carnegie

An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow
why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.
Laurence J. Peter

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.
Napoleon Hill

Failure doesn't mean you are a failure it just means you haven't succeeded yet.
Robert H. Schuller

As a small businessperson, you have no greater leverage than the truth.
John Greenleaf Whittier

Business, more than any other occupation, is a continual dealing with the future;
it is a continual calculation, an instinctive exercise in foresight.
Henry R. Luce

An advertising agency is 85 percent confusion and 15 percent commission.
Fred Allen

Business, that's easily defined - it's other people's money.
Peter Drucker

Anyone who has lost track of time when using a computer knows the propensity to dream,
the urge to make dreams come true and the tendency to miss lunch.
Tim Berners-Lee

There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work,
and learning from failure.
Colin Powell

Almost all quality improvement comes via simplification of design,
manufacturing... layout, processes, and procedures.
Tom Peters

Don't let your ego get too close to your position,
so that if your position gets shot down,
your ego doesn't go with it.
Colin Powell

Sometimes when you innovate, you make mistakes.
It is best to admit them quickly,
and get on with improving your other innovations.
Steve Jobs

Business is never so healthy as when, like a chicken,
it must do a certain amount of scratching around for what it gets.
Henry Ford

If you cannot work with love but only with distaste,
it is better that you should leave your work.
Khalil Gibran

I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded.
In fact, if anything, I am the prod.
Winston Churchill

I buy when other people are selling.
J. Paul Getty

If you don't drive your business, you will be driven out of business.
B. C. Forbes

Disneyland is a work of love.
We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.
Walt Disney

Quotes by Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

German born American physicist who developed the special and general theories of relativity and received Nobel Prize in physics. His many contributions include general and special relativity, photoelectric effect, Brownian motion, mass-energy equivalence, Einstein field equations, Unified Field Theory, Bose–Einstein statistics. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential scientists of all time. (1879-1955)

“Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish.”
-Albert Einstein

“Do not worry about your difficulties in Mathematics. I can assure you mine are still greater.”
-Albert Einstein

“Ethical axioms are found and tested not very differently from the axioms of science. Truth is what stands the test of experience.”
-Albert Einstein

“Every day I remind myself that my inner and outer life are based on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I have received and am still receiving.”
-Albert Einstein

“Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.”
-Albert Einstein

“Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. How on earth can you explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love? Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.”
-Albert Einstein

“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.”
-Albert Einstein

“I never think of the future - it comes soon enough.”
-Albert Einstein

“If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith.”
Albert Einstein

“If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.”
-Albert Einstein

“Imagination is more important than knowledge...”
-Albert Einstein

“It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.”
-Albert Einstein

“Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.”
-Albert Einstein

“My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.”
-Albert Einstein

“Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.”
-Albert Einstein

“Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.”
-Albert Einstein

“Reading, after a certain age, diverts the mind too much from its creative pursuits. Any man who reads too much and uses his own brain too little falls into lazy habits of thinking.”
-Albert Einstein

“The ideals which have lighted my way, and time after time have given me new courage to face life cheerfully, have been Kindness, Beauty, and Truth. The trite subjects of human efforts, possessions, outward success, luxury have always seemed to me contemptible.”
-Albert Einstein

“The important thing is not to stop questioning.”
-Albert Einstein

“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.”
-Albert Einstein

“The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious.”
-Albert Einstein

“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science.”
-Albert Einstein

“The most incomprehensible thing about the world is that it is at all comprehensible.”
-Albert Einstein

“The release of atomic energy has not created a new problem. It has merely made more urgent the necessity of solving an existing one.”
-Albert Einstein

“The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.”
-Albert Einstein

“To punish me for my contempt for authority, fate made me an authority myself.”
-Albert Einstein

“Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.”
-Albert Einstein

“Truth is what stands the test of experience.”
-Albert Einstein

“Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.”
-Albert Einstein

“We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.”
-Albert Einstein

“Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important, for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical equation stands forever.”
-Albert Einstein

“As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.”
-Albert Einstein, "Geometry and Experience", January 27, 1921

“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.”
-Albert Einstein, "Science, Philosophy and Religion: a Symposium", 1941

“Everything that is really great and inspiring is created by the individual who can labor in freedom.”
-Albert Einstein, 'Out of My Later Years,' 1950

“It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs.”
-Albert Einstein, 'Treasury for the Free World,' 1946

“Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.”
-Albert Einstein, (attributed)

“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler.”
-Albert Einstein, (attributed)

“If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts.”
-Albert Einstein, (attributed)

“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
-Albert Einstein, (attributed)

“Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.”
-Albert Einstein, (attributed)

“Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.”
-Albert Einstein, (attributed)

“The hardest thing in the world to understand is the income tax.” -
Albert Einstein, (attributed)

“The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them.”
-Albert Einstein, (attributed)

“Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the Gods.”
-Albert Einstein, (attributed)

“You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.”
-Albert Einstein, (attributed)

“At any rate, I am convinced that He [God] does not play dice.”
-Albert Einstein, In a letter to Max Born, 1926

“If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.”
-Albert Einstein, Observer, Jan. 15, 1950

“Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.”
-Albert Einstein, quoted in New York Times, March 13, 1940

“The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophe.”
-Albert Einstein, Telegram, 24 May 1946

“When you look at yourself from a universal standpoint, something inside always reminds or informs you that there are bigger and better things to worry about.”
-Albert Einstein, The World as I See It.

“You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat.”
-Albert Einstein, when asked to describe radio

Quotes by Mahatma Gandhi

Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi) was known as the Father of Nation played a stellar role in India's freedom struggle. Thinker, statesman and nationalist leader, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi not only led his own country to independence but also influenced political activists of many persuasions throughout the world with his methods and philosophy of nonviolent confrontation, or civil disobedience.

If he had wanted, Gandhi could have lived a very comfortable life as a lawyer. Instead he devoted it to prayer, fasting and meditation. He wore basic clothes and lived off fruit, vegetables and milk. He gave up his personal comfort to bring well-being to millions of others. He was one of the greatest men of this planet.
(1869-1948)

“Always aim at complete harmony of thought and word and deed. Always aim at purifying your thoughts and everything will be well.”
-Mahatma Gandhi

“As long as you derive inner help and comfort from anything, keep it.”
-Mahatma Gandhi

“Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes.”
-Mahatma Gandhi

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
-Mahatma Gandhi

“Hate the sin, love the sinner.”
-Mahatma Gandhi

“Honest differences are often a healthy sign of progress.”
-Mahatma Gandhi

“Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.”
-Mahatma Gandhi

“I believe in equality for everyone, except reporters and photographers.”
-Mahatma Gandhi

“I cannot teach you violence, as I do not myself believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads before any one even at the cost of your life.”
-Mahatma Gandhi

“I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.”
-Mahatma Gandhi

“I want freedom for the full expression of my personality.”
-Mahatma Gandhi

“In the attitude of silence the soul finds the path in a clearer light, and what is elusive and deceptive resolves itself into crystal clearness. Our life is a long and arduous quest after Truth.” -Mahatma Gandhi

“Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy.” -Mahatma Gandhi

“It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence.”
-Mahatma Gandhi

“It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.”
-Mahatma Gandhi

“One needs to be slow to form convictions, but once formed they must be defended against the heaviest odds.”
-Mahatma Gandhi

“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
-Mahatma Gandhi

“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
-Mahatma Gandhi

“Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.”
-Mahatma Gandhi

“When I despair, I remember that all through history the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants, and murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it--always.”
-Mahatma Gandhi

“You must be the change you want to see in the world.”
-Mahatma Gandhi

“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”
-Mahatma Gandhi

“What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans and the homeless, whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty or democracy?”
-Mahatma Gandhi, "Non-Violence in Peace and War"

“Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary.”
-Mahatma Gandhi, 'Satyagraha Leaflet No. 13,' May 3, 1919

“An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.”
-Mahatma Gandhi, (attributed)

“Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight in depriving other human beings of that precious right.”
-Mahatma Gandhi, 1931

“I think it would be a good idea.”
-Mahatma Gandhi, when asked what he thought of Western civilization

Love Quotes

If i could be anything i would like to be ur tears
so i could born in ur eyes and die in ur lips

In the end we always return to the people
who were there from the b.e.g.i.n.n.i.n.g

When people lauugh and ask me what I see in you..
I laugh and tell them everything you dont.

Is it you I want or just the notion of a heart to wrap around
so I can find my way around.

You come to love not by finding the perfect person,
but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly.
~ Sam Keen

Love is the master key that opens the gates of happiness.
~ Oliver Wendell Holmes

May no gift be too small to give,
nor too simple to receive,
which is wrapped in thoughtfulness
and tied with love.
~ L.O. Baird

Grow old along with me, the best is yet to be.
~ Robert Browning

You will find as you look back upon your life that the moments when you have really lived, are the moments when you have done things in a spirit of love.
~ Henry Drummond

Love cannot endure indifference. It needs to be wanted. Like a lamp, it needs to be fed out of the oil of another's heart, or its flame burns low.
~ Henry Ward Beecher

Love doesn't make the world go 'round.
Love is what makes the ride worthwhile.
~ Franklin P. Jones

All love that has not friendship for its base,
is like a mansion built upon the sand.
~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox