English Quotes

Hate the sin, love the sinner. #MahatmaGandhi — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Apr 1, 2023

Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before. #FranzKafka

Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able to do before. #FranzKafka — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 31, 2023

When people are upset, they often need empathy before they can hear what is being said to them. #MarshallRosenberg

When people are upset, they often need empathy before they can hear what is being said to them. #MarshallRosenberg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 31, 2023

Sure, there were lots of people in previous generations who met someone in the neighborhood and grew to have a deep, loving soul mate-level bond. But there are many others who didn't. And the current generation won't take that risk. We want a soul mate. #AzizAnsari

Sure, there were lots of people in previous generations who met someone in the neighborhood and grew to have a deep, loving soul mate-level bond. But there are many others who didn't. And the current generation won't take that risk. We want a soul mate. #AzizAnsari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 31, 2023

Creating and prioritizing work inside a department is hard. Managing work among departments must be at least ten times more difficult. #GeneKim

Creating and prioritizing work inside a department is hard. Managing work among departments must be at least ten times more difficult. #GeneKim — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 31, 2023

There is actually an inborn need for this togetherness, this human interaction, this love. It seems that without these close ties with other human beings, a new born infant, for example, can regress developmentally, lose consciousness, fall into idiocy and die. #LeoBuscaglia

There is actually an inborn need for this togetherness, this human interaction, this love. It seems that without these close ties with other human beings, a new born infant, for example, can regress developmentally, lose consciousness, fall into idiocy and die. #LeoBuscaglia — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 30, 2023

Other people's actions are the result of their own pain and not the result of any intention to hurt you. #ThichNhatHanh

Other people's actions are the result of their own pain and not the result of any intention to hurt you. #ThichNhatHanh — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 30, 2023

If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down. But I can find no such case. #CharlesDarwin

If it could be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down. But I can find no such case. #CharlesDarwin — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 30, 2023

The Enlightenment thus translated the ultimate question 'How can I be saved?' into the pragmatic 'How can I be happy?'--thereby heralding a new praxis of personal and social adjustment. #StevenPinker

The Enlightenment thus translated the ultimate question 'How can I be saved?' into the pragmatic 'How can I be happy?'--thereby heralding a new praxis of personal and social adjustment. #StevenPinker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 30, 2023

In my emotional impoverishment [...] I am not looking for people whom I can admire and with whom I can share the excitement and adventure of life. I am looking for people who will not condemn me [...] My ability to love remains undeveloped. #NathanielBranden

In my emotional impoverishment [...] I am not looking for people whom I can admire and with whom I can share the excitement and adventure of life. I am looking for people who will not condemn me [...] My ability to love remains undeveloped. #NathanielBranden — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 29, 2023

It is startling to realize how much unbelief is necessary to make belief possible. #EricHoffer

It is startling to realize how much unbelief is necessary to make belief possible. #EricHoffer — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 29, 2023

A nation will not survive morally or economically when so few have so much, while so many have so little. #BernieSanders

A nation will not survive morally or economically when so few have so much, while so many have so little. #BernieSanders — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 29, 2023

You can't train them to express their anger in mature ways simply by getting upset at them and forcing them to stop venting their anger. #GaryChapman

You can't train them to express their anger in mature ways simply by getting upset at them and forcing them to stop venting their anger. #GaryChapman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 29, 2023

The normal behavior of the tribe often overpowers the desired behavior of the individual. Most days, we'd rather be wrong with the crowd than be right by ourselves. #JamesClear

The normal behavior of the tribe often overpowers the desired behavior of the individual. Most days, we'd rather be wrong with the crowd than be right by ourselves. #JamesClear — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 28, 2023

To read a book well, one should read it as if one were writing it. #VirginiaWoolf

To read a book well, one should read it as if one were writing it. #VirginiaWoolf — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 28, 2023

The more we do, the more we can do. #WilliamHazlitt

The more we do, the more we can do. #WilliamHazlitt — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 28, 2023

A true spiritual practitioner is someone who has discovered that it is possible to be at ease in the world for no reason, if only for a few moments at a time. #SamHarris

A true spiritual practitioner is someone who has discovered that it is possible to be at ease in the world for no reason, if only for a few moments at a time. #SamHarris — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 28, 2023

In most companies people are doing two jobs: their actual job and the job of managing others' impressions of how they're doing their job. #RayDalio

In most companies people are doing two jobs: their actual job and the job of managing others' impressions of how they're doing their job. #RayDalio — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 27, 2023

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. #DrSeuss

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. #DrSeuss — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 27, 2023

What's so funny 'bout peace, love, and understanding? #NickLowe

What's so funny 'bout peace, love, and understanding? #NickLowe — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 27, 2023

Shame, blame, disrespect, betrayal, and the withholding of affection damage the roots from which love grows. Love can only survive these injuries if they are acknowledged, healed and rare. #BreneBrown

Shame, blame, disrespect, betrayal, and the withholding of affection damage the roots from which love grows. Love can only survive these injuries if they are acknowledged, healed and rare. #BreneBrown — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 27, 2023

If your business success relies on your ability to work successfully with people from around the world, you need to have an appreciation for cultural differences as well as respect for individual differences. Both are essential. #ErinMeyer

If your business success relies on your ability to work successfully with people from around the world, you need to have an appreciation for cultural differences as well as respect for individual differences. Both are essential. #ErinMeyer — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 26, 2023

Don't gossip. Resist the joke that might hurt someone's feelings even when it's clever. And try not to laugh when your friend tells you that clever joke at someone's expense. #RussRoberts

Don't gossip. Resist the joke that might hurt someone's feelings even when it's clever. And try not to laugh when your friend tells you that clever joke at someone's expense. #RussRoberts — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 26, 2023

For the first time in history, the typical American now spends more years single than married. #AzizAnsari

For the first time in history, the typical American now spends more years single than married. #AzizAnsari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 26, 2023

Love helps those that are hard to pray for turn into people who are easy to pray for. #DonnaCollinsTinsley

Love helps those that are hard to pray for turn into people who are easy to pray for. #DonnaCollinsTinsley — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 26, 2023

I don't believe anything really revolutionary has ever been invented by committee... I'm going to give you some advice that might be hard to take. That advice is: Work alone... Not on a committee. Not on a team. #SteveWozniak

I don't believe anything really revolutionary has ever been invented by committee... I'm going to give you some advice that might be hard to take. That advice is: Work alone... Not on a committee. Not on a team. #SteveWozniak — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 25, 2023

It is a simple two-step process: Decide the type of person you want to be. Prove it to yourself with small wins. #JamesClear

It is a simple two-step process: Decide the type of person you want to be. Prove it to yourself with small wins. #JamesClear — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 25, 2023

Your focus needs certain things to be present: play for children and flow states for adults, to read books, to discover meaningful activities [...] space to let your mind wander so you can make sense of your life, to exercise, to sleep properly, to eat nutritious food #JohannHari

Your focus needs certain things to be present: play for children and flow states for adults, to read books, to discover meaningful activities [...] space to let your mind wander so you can make sense of your life, to exercise, to sleep properly, to eat nutritious food #JohannHari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 25, 2023

Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory. #FranklinPierceAdams

Nothing is more responsible for the good old days than a bad memory. #FranklinPierceAdams — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 25, 2023

They forgot that the world doesn't run on information. People don't make decisions based on truth or facts. They don't spend their money based on data. They don't connect with each other because of some higher philosophical truth. The world runs on feelings. #MarkManson

They forgot that the world doesn't run on information. People don't make decisions based on truth or facts. They don't spend their money based on data. They don't connect with each other because of some higher philosophical truth. The world runs on feelings. #MarkManson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 24, 2023

If you confront the suffering and malevolence, and if you do that truthfully and courageously, you are stronger, your family is stronger, and the world is a better place. The alternative is resentment, and that makes everything worse. #JordanPeterson

If you confront the suffering and malevolence, and if you do that truthfully and courageously, you are stronger, your family is stronger, and the world is a better place. The alternative is resentment, and that makes everything worse. #JordanPeterson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 24, 2023

If you suffer and make your loved ones suffer, there is nothing that can justify your desire. #ThichNhatHanh

If you suffer and make your loved ones suffer, there is nothing that can justify your desire. #ThichNhatHanh — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 24, 2023

What's the one thing that most affects how much people enjoy their jobs? First and foremost, people thrive when they feel appreciated by their supervisors and colleagues--and that means they sense the appreciation is heartfelt and authentic. #GaryChapman

What's the one thing that most affects how much people enjoy their jobs? First and foremost, people thrive when they feel appreciated by their supervisors and colleagues--and that means they sense the appreciation is heartfelt and authentic. #GaryChapman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 24, 2023

The natural inclination of a child is to take pleasure in the use of the mind [...] To retain that orientation into adulthood, so that consciousness is not a burden but a joy, is the mark of the successfully developed human being. #NathanielBranden

The natural inclination of a child is to take pleasure in the use of the mind [...] To retain that orientation into adulthood, so that consciousness is not a burden but a joy, is the mark of the successfully developed human being. #NathanielBranden — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 23, 2023

Nature is a hanging judge, goes an old saying. Many tragedies come from our physical and cognitive makeup. Our bodies are extraordinarily improbable arrangements of matter, with many ways for things to go wrong and only a few ways for things to go right. #StevenPinker

Nature is a hanging judge, goes an old saying. Many tragedies come from our physical and cognitive makeup. Our bodies are extraordinarily improbable arrangements of matter, with many ways for things to go wrong and only a few ways for things to go right. #StevenPinker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 23, 2023

If triangles had a god they would give him three sides. #Montesquieu

If triangles had a god they would give him three sides. #Montesquieu — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 23, 2023

He who can handle the quickest rate of change survives. #JeffSutherland

He who can handle the quickest rate of change survives. #JeffSutherland — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 23, 2023

When woman work outside the home and share breadwinning duties, couples are more likely to stay together. In fact, the risk of divorce reduces by about half when a wife earns half the income and a husband does half the housework. #SherylSandberg

When woman work outside the home and share breadwinning duties, couples are more likely to stay together. In fact, the risk of divorce reduces by about half when a wife earns half the income and a husband does half the housework. #SherylSandberg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 22, 2023

Ultimately, your habits matter because they help you become the type of person you wish to be. They are the channel through which you develop your deepest beliefs about yourself. Quite literally, you become your habits. #JamesClear

Ultimately, your habits matter because they help you become the type of person you wish to be. They are the channel through which you develop your deepest beliefs about yourself. Quite literally, you become your habits. #JamesClear — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 22, 2023

I asked myself--do you want to be one of Skinner's pigeons, atrophying your attention on dancing for crude rewards, or Mihaly's painters, able to concentrate because you have found something that really matters? #JohannHari

I asked myself--do you want to be one of Skinner's pigeons, atrophying your attention on dancing for crude rewards, or Mihaly's painters, able to concentrate because you have found something that really matters? #JohannHari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 22, 2023

To approve of another man's opinions is to adopt those opinions, and to adopt them is to approve of them. #AdamSmith

To approve of another man's opinions is to adopt those opinions, and to adopt them is to approve of them. #AdamSmith — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 22, 2023

This is the first society in history where the poor people are fat. #ChrisRock

This is the first society in history where the poor people are fat. #ChrisRock — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 21, 2023

We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness. #AlbertScheweitzer

We are all so much together, but we are all dying of loneliness. #AlbertScheweitzer — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 21, 2023

When we sense ourselves being defensive or unable to empathize, we need to (1) stop, breathe, give ourselves empathy; (2) scream nonviolently; or (3) take time out. #MarshallRosenberg

When we sense ourselves being defensive or unable to empathize, we need to (1) stop, breathe, give ourselves empathy; (2) scream nonviolently; or (3) take time out. #MarshallRosenberg — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 21, 2023

As these [traumatized] children grow, they lack the ability to set a standard for what they deserve. And if that lack is not addressed, what often follows is a complicated, frustrating pattern of self-sabotage, violence, promiscuity, or addiction. #BruceDPerry

As these [traumatized] children grow, they lack the ability to set a standard for what they deserve. And if that lack is not addressed, what often follows is a complicated, frustrating pattern of self-sabotage, violence, promiscuity, or addiction. #BruceDPerry — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 21, 2023

The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and tell what it saw in a plain way. #JohnRuskin

The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and tell what it saw in a plain way. #JohnRuskin — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 20, 2023

The reason we are foolish enough to make ourselves suffer and make the other person suffer is that we forget that we and the other person are impermanent. Someday when we die we will lose all our possessions, our power, our family, everything. #ThichNhatHanh

The reason we are foolish enough to make ourselves suffer and make the other person suffer is that we forget that we and the other person are impermanent. Someday when we die we will lose all our possessions, our power, our family, everything. #ThichNhatHanh — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 20, 2023

To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend. #JacquesDerrida

To pretend, I actually do the thing: I have therefore only pretended to pretend. #JacquesDerrida — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 20, 2023

Pay for the person, not the job. Look at what people in comparable jobs with comparable experience and credentials make, add some small premium over that, and build in bonuses or other incentives so they will be motivated to knock the cover off the ball. #RayDalio

Pay for the person, not the job. Look at what people in comparable jobs with comparable experience and credentials make, add some small premium over that, and build in bonuses or other incentives so they will be motivated to knock the cover off the ball. #RayDalio — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 20, 2023

Worrying is waiting for bad things to happen. #Anonymous

Worrying is waiting for bad things to happen. #Anonymous — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 19, 2023

First, decide who you want to be. This holds at any level--as an individual, as a team, as a community, as a nation. What do you want to stand for? What are your principles and values? Who do you wish to become? #JamesClear

First, decide who you want to be. This holds at any level--as an individual, as a team, as a community, as a nation. What do you want to stand for? What are your principles and values? Who do you wish to become? #JamesClear — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 19, 2023

The desire for reconciliation is often more potent than the desire for justice. The more intimate the relationship, the deeper the desire for reconciliation. #GaryChapman

The desire for reconciliation is often more potent than the desire for justice. The more intimate the relationship, the deeper the desire for reconciliation. #GaryChapman — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 19, 2023

The typical imperative from biology is not Thou shalt... , but If ... then ... else. #StevenPinker

- March 18, 2023

The typical imperative from biology is not Thou shalt... , but If ... then ... else. #StevenPinker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 19, 2023

God has no religion. #MahatmaGandhi

- March 18, 2023

God has no religion. #MahatmaGandhi — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 18, 2023

I skew toward long-term thinking which means that I sometimes make impractical short-term decisions. And at the end of the day nothing gives me more satisfaction than learning and growing. #JulieZhuo

- March 18, 2023

I skew toward long-term thinking which means that I sometimes make impractical short-term decisions. And at the end of the day nothing gives me more satisfaction than learning and growing. #JulieZhuo — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 18, 2023

One of the great self-deceptions [...] is to tell yourself, Only I will know. Only you will know that you are a liar [...] Whose knowledge or judgment do you imagine is more important? It is precisely your own ego from which there is no escape. #NathanielBranden

One of the great self-deceptions [...] is to tell yourself, Only I will know. Only you will know that you are a liar [...] Whose knowledge or judgment do you imagine is more important? It is precisely your own ego from which there is no escape. #NathanielBranden — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 18, 2023

The resentment of the weak does not spring from any injustice done to them but from their sense of inadequacy and impotence. We cannot win the weak by sharing our wealth with them. They feel our generosity as oppression. #EricHoffer

The resentment of the weak does not spring from any injustice done to them but from their sense of inadequacy and impotence. We cannot win the weak by sharing our wealth with them. They feel our generosity as oppression. #EricHoffer — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 17, 2023

When stock can be bought below a business's value it is probably the best use of cash. #WarrenBuffett

When stock can be bought below a business's value it is probably the best use of cash. #WarrenBuffett — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 17, 2023

The only people who should be allowed to govern countries with nuclear weapons are mothers, those who are still breastfeeding their babies. (Quoted from the only survivor of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings.) #TsutomuYamaguchi

The only people who should be allowed to govern countries with nuclear weapons are mothers, those who are still breastfeeding their babies. (Quoted from the only survivor of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings.) #TsutomuYamaguchi — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 17, 2023

Reading is one of the most arduous and exhausting of occupations. #VirginiaWoolf

Reading is one of the most arduous and exhausting of occupations. #VirginiaWoolf — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 17, 2023

Stress is a very individual response because we all have different things that stress us. These individual stresses are nearly always related to the way in which you perceive the situation and the beliefs that you are holding #StevePeters

Stress is a very individual response because we all have different things that stress us. These individual stresses are nearly always related to the way in which you perceive the situation and the beliefs that you are holding #StevePeters — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 16, 2023

Most people have ears, but few have judgment; tickle those ears, and depend upon it, you will catch those judgments, such as they are. #LordChesterfield

Most people have ears, but few have judgment; tickle those ears, and depend upon it, you will catch those judgments, such as they are. #LordChesterfield — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 16, 2023

We stopped looking for monsters under our bed when we realized that they were inside us. #CharlesDarwin

We stopped looking for monsters under our bed when we realized that they were inside us. #CharlesDarwin — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 16, 2023

I didn't start out as a writer. I became one through my habits. #JamesClear

- March 15, 2023

I didn't start out as a writer. I became one through my habits. #JamesClear — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 16, 2023

You are complex beyond your own understanding; more complex than anything else that exists, excepting other people; complex beyond belief. #JordanPeterson

- March 15, 2023

You are complex beyond your own understanding; more complex than anything else that exists, excepting other people; complex beyond belief. #JordanPeterson — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 15, 2023

If you commit to giving more time than you have to spend, you will constantly be running from time debt collectors. #ElizabethGraceSaunders

- March 15, 2023

If you commit to giving more time than you have to spend, you will constantly be running from time debt collectors. #ElizabethGraceSaunders — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 15, 2023

[Women] are 'intuitive'... 'nurturers' and 'good listeners'... they can also 'multi-task'... booking their kids' dental appointments and making a lasagne. Sadly, men can't 'multi-task' apparently, which must be the reason we tend to take a step back from all that. #RobertWebb

- March 14, 2023

[Women] are 'intuitive'... 'nurturers' and 'good listeners'... they can also 'multi-task'... booking their kids' dental appointments and making a lasagne. Sadly, men can't 'multi-task' apparently, which must be the reason we tend to take a step back from all that. #RobertWebb — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 14, 2023

Individual ambition serves the common good. #AdamSmith

- March 14, 2023

Individual ambition serves the common good. #AdamSmith — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 14, 2023

I have noticed that people are dealing too much with the negative, with what is wrong. ... Why not try the other way, to look into the patient and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom? #ThichNhatHanh

- March 14, 2023

I have noticed that people are dealing too much with the negative, with what is wrong. ... Why not try the other way, to look into the patient and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom? #ThichNhatHanh — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 14, 2023

Your ability to develop deep focus is, I have come to believe, like a plant. #JohannHari

Your ability to develop deep focus is, I have come to believe, like a plant. #JohannHari — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 14, 2023

The supposedly immaterial soul, we now know, can be bisected with a knife, altered by chemicals, started or stopped by electricity, and extinguished by a sharp blow or by insufficient oxygen. #StevenPinker

The supposedly immaterial soul, we now know, can be bisected with a knife, altered by chemicals, started or stopped by electricity, and extinguished by a sharp blow or by insufficient oxygen. #StevenPinker — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 13, 2023

Consciousness is the one thing in the universe that cannot be an illusion -- even if I'm a brain in a vat, all my memories are false, and my perceptions are of a world that doesn't exist, I'm still having an experience. #SamHarris

Consciousness is the one thing in the universe that cannot be an illusion -- even if I'm a brain in a vat, all my memories are false, and my perceptions are of a world that doesn't exist, I'm still having an experience. #SamHarris — English Quotes (@english_quotes) Mar 13, 2023

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom. #GeorgeSPatton