All of our Quotes

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome while trying to succeed.
—Booker T. Washington life

A lie doesn’t become truth, wrong doesn’t become right, and evil doesn’t become good, just because it’s accepted by a majority.
—Booker T. Washington government life

Denunciatory rhetoric is so much easier and cheaper than good works, and proves a popular temptation. Yet it is it far better to light the candle than to curse the darkness.
—William L. Watkinson / Reverend life

If you have to be persuaded reminded pressured, lied to, coerced bullied, socially shamed, guilt-tripped, threatened, punished and criminalized; If all of this is considered necessary to gain your compliance-you can be absolutely certain that what is being promoted is not in your best interest.
—Ian Watson covid government

I’ve forgotten what the 7 wonders of the world are, but the 8th must be compound interest.
—Arnold Weinstock finance

You only live once but, if you do it right, once is enough.
—Mae West life

There are more sharks on the land than in the sea.
—Neil Wheatley life sailing

You can’t fix stupid. There is not a pill you can take, not a class you can go to. Stupid is forever.
—Ron White life philosophy

If a man is to be obsessed by something, I suppose a boat is as good as anything, perhaps a bit better than most.
—E. B. White sailing

Always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor never the tormented.
—Elie Wiesel freedom

One day, the mountain that is in front of you will be so far behind you, it will barely be visible in the distance. But the person you become in learning to get over it? That will stay with you forever. And that is the point of the mountain.
—Brianna Wiest life

She watched the gap between ship and shore grow to a huge gulf. Perhaps this was a little like dying, the departed no longer visible to the others, yet both still existed, only in different worlds.
—Susan Wiggs / The Charm School sailing

We had twelve hours of daylight, and if we did not sight the coast, I should conclude that Brazil was merely a geographical expression.
—Frank Wightman sailing

Experience is the hardest kind of teacher. It gives you the test first and the lesson afterward.
—Oscar Wilde life

Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.
—Oscar Wilde life philosophy

Always forgive your enemies - nothing annoys them so much.
—Oscar Wilde life

With crews like this, no wonder they race round the world single handed.
—Howard Wilks / Cowes week Start Line sailing

The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.
—George F. Will / American columnist, journalist & author life

A hungry stomach, an empty wallet and a broken heart can teach you the best lessons of life.
—Robin Williams life

The obedient always think of themselves as virtuous rather than cowardly.
—Robert Anton Wilson freedom