It's not beauty but fine qualities, my girl, that keep a husband. Euripides on marriage
Nothing has more strength than dire necessity. Euripides on necessity
He was a wise man who originated the idea of God. Euripides on wisdom
Support organizations can always prove success by showing service to someone ... not necessarily you. Douglas Evelyn on success
Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep. Moses Ibn Ezra on success
Come hither, and I shall light a candle of understanding in thine heart, which shall not be put out. (2 Esdras, 14:25) Apocrypha on understanding
There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go. Frederick Faber on soul
Seers and soothsayers read crystal balls to find the future. Less lucky men read junk with more success. Richard N. Farmer on success
The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows. Farrar on failure
The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life. William Faulkner on art
Our tragedy is a general and universal physical fear so long sustained by now that we can even bear it...the basest of all things is to be afraid. William Faulkner on fear
Concentrate on your job and you will forget your other troubles. William Feather on advice
If you're naturally kind, you attract a lot of people you don't like. William Feather on kindness
Success makes us intolerant of failure, and failure makes us intolerant of success. William Feather on success
A woman does not have to make decisions based on the need to survive. She can cut through issues, call shots as she sees them.... Many bad decisions are made by men in government because it is good for them personally to make bad public decisions. Dianne Feinstein on decision
Meditation is the soul's perspective glass... Owen Feltham on meditation
The greatest results in life are usually attained by simple means and the exercise of ordinary qualities. These may for the most part be summed up in these two - common sense and perseverance. Owen Feltham on perseverance
It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse. Owen Feltham on travel
The world is all a carcass and vanity, The shadow of a shadow, a play And in one word, just nothing. Owen Feltham on world
Wasn't marriage, like life, unstimulating and unprofitable and somewhat empty when too well ordered and protected and guarded? Wasn't it finer, more splendid, more nourishing, when it was, like life itself, a mixture of the sordid and the magnificent; of mud and stars; of earth and flowers; of love and hate and laughter and tears and ugliness and beauty and hurt? Edna Ferber on marriage