You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you could
know how seldom they do. -- Olin Miller
A daily fortune or quote based on the Unix fortune program. Have it emailed to you daily, or browse this blog.
Friday, August 31, 2018
Thursday, August 30, 2018
Fortune Quote #2220
You never know what is enough until you know what is more than
enough. -- William Blake
enough. -- William Blake
Wednesday, August 29, 2018
Fortune Quote #2219
You never gain something but that you lose something. -- Thoreau
Tuesday, August 28, 2018
Fortune Quote #2218
You must know that a man can have only one invulnerable loyalty, loyalty
to his own concept of the obligations of manhood. All other loyalties are
merely deputies of that one. -- Nero Wolfe
to his own concept of the obligations of manhood. All other loyalties are
merely deputies of that one. -- Nero Wolfe
Monday, August 27, 2018
Fortune Quote #2217
You may be sure that when a man begins to call himself a "realist," he is
preparing to do something he is secretly ashamed of doing. --
Sydney Harris
preparing to do something he is secretly ashamed of doing. --
Sydney Harris
Sunday, August 26, 2018
Fortune Quote #2216
You have not converted a man because you have silenced him. --
John Viscount Morley
John Viscount Morley
Saturday, August 25, 2018
Fortune Quote #2215
You got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because
you might not get there. -- Yogi Berra
you might not get there. -- Yogi Berra
Friday, August 24, 2018
Fortune Quote #2214
You give me space to belong to myself yet without separating me from your
own life. May it all turn out to your happiness. -- Goethe
own life. May it all turn out to your happiness. -- Goethe
Thursday, August 23, 2018
Fortune Quote #2213
You don't have to explain something you never said. -- Calvin
Coolidge
Coolidge
Wednesday, August 22, 2018
Fortune Quote #2212
"You cannot propel yourself forward by patting yourself on the back."
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Fortune Quote #2211
"You cannot kill time without injuring eternity."
Monday, August 20, 2018
Fortune Quote #2210
"You cannot achieve the impossible without attempting the absurd."
Sunday, August 19, 2018
Fortune Quote #2209
You can't start worrying about what's going to happen. You get spastic
enough worrying about what's happening now. -- Lauren Bacall
enough worrying about what's happening now. -- Lauren Bacall
Saturday, August 18, 2018
Fortune Quote #2208
You can't hold a man down without staying down with him. -- Booker
T. Washington
T. Washington
Friday, August 17, 2018
Fortune Quote #2207
You can destroy your now by worrying about tomorrow. -- Janis
Joplin
Joplin
Thursday, August 16, 2018
Fortune Quote #2206
You can bear anything if it isn't your own fault. -- Katharine
Fullerton Gerould
Fullerton Gerould
Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Fortune Quote #2205
Ye've also got to remember that ... respectable people do the most
astonishin' things to preserve their respectability. Thank God I'm not
respectable. -- Ruthven Campbell Todd
astonishin' things to preserve their respectability. Thank God I'm not
respectable. -- Ruthven Campbell Todd
Tuesday, August 14, 2018
Fortune Quote #2204
Write a wise saying and your name will live forever. -- Anonymous
Monday, August 13, 2018
Fortune Quote #2203
Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not
become a monster. And when you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks
into you. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
become a monster. And when you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks
into you. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
Sunday, August 12, 2018
Fortune Quote #2202
What's the matter with the world? Why, there ain't but one thing wrong
with every one of us -- and that's "selfishness." -- The Best of
Will Rogers
with every one of us -- and that's "selfishness." -- The Best of
Will Rogers
Saturday, August 11, 2018
Fortune Quote #2201
What you see is from outside yourself, and may come, or not, but is beyond
your control. But your fear is yours, and yours alone, like your voice, or
your fingers, or your memory, and therefore yours to control. If you feel
powerless over your fear, you have not yet admitted that it is yours, to do
with as you will. -- Marion Zimmer Bradley, "Stormqueen"
your control. But your fear is yours, and yours alone, like your voice, or
your fingers, or your memory, and therefore yours to control. If you feel
powerless over your fear, you have not yet admitted that it is yours, to do
with as you will. -- Marion Zimmer Bradley, "Stormqueen"
Friday, August 10, 2018
Fortune Quote #2200
What we see depends on mainly what we look for. -- John Lubbock
Thursday, August 9, 2018
Fortune Quote #2199
What on earth would a man do with himself if something did not stand in
his way? -- H.G. Wells
his way? -- H.G. Wells
Wednesday, August 8, 2018
Fortune Quote #2198
What is tolerance? -- it is the consequence of humanity. We are all
formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly
-- that is the first law of nature. -- Voltaire
formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly
-- that is the first law of nature. -- Voltaire
Tuesday, August 7, 2018
Fortune Quote #2197
We seldom repent talking too little, but very often talking too
much. -- Jean de la Bruyere
much. -- Jean de la Bruyere
Monday, August 6, 2018
Fortune Quote #2196
We secure our friends not by accepting favors but by doing them.
-- Thucydides
-- Thucydides
Sunday, August 5, 2018
Fortune Quote #2195
We only acknowledge small faults in order to make it appear that we are
free from great ones. -- La Rouchefoucauld
free from great ones. -- La Rouchefoucauld
Saturday, August 4, 2018
Fortune Quote #2194
We lie loudest when we lie to ourselves. -- Eric Hoffer
Friday, August 3, 2018
Fortune Quote #2193
We are all so much together and yet we are all dying of
loneliness. -- A. Schweitzer
loneliness. -- A. Schweitzer
Thursday, August 2, 2018
Fortune Quote #2192
We all live under the same sky, but we don't all have the same
horizon. -- Dr. Konrad Adenauer
horizon. -- Dr. Konrad Adenauer
Wednesday, August 1, 2018
Fortune Quote #2191
Virtue does not always demand a heavy sacrifice -- only the willingness to
make it when necessary. -- Frederick Dunn
make it when necessary. -- Frederick Dunn
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