Famous wisdom quotations

Treat a person as he is, and he will remain as he is. Treat him as he could be, and he will become what he should be.
~Author : Jimmy Johnson Famous Quotes

Broken promises don't upset me. I just think, why did they believe me
~Author : Jack Handey Deep Thoughts Inspirational Sayings

You've got your phenomenon on one hand. Concrete and knowable. On the other hand you've got the incomprehensible. You call it God, but to me, God or no, it remains just that, the unknowable.
~Author : Robin Green Nice Quotes

We haven't got the power to destroy the planet -- or to save it. But we might have the power to save ourselves.
~Author : Michael Crichton Great Sayings

There is always something new out of Africa.
~Author : Pliny the Elder Natural History Meaningful Sayings

The fact that I was a bachelor provided two opportunities or two handles that they might get on me, namely, girls or boys.
~Author : Vernon A Walters Wise Quotes

He who does not desire power is fit to hold it.
~Author : Plato Motivational Sayings

Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.
~Author : Sir Francis Bacon Famous Quotes

Paradise is exactly like where you are right now... only much, much better.
~Author : Laurie Anderson Inspirational Sayings