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21 quotes by Dolly Parton reflecting her personal philosophy

04/30/2025 by

If you’re seeking quotes by Dolly Parton, I’ve collected an interesting selection for you today, dear reader. Specifically, I’ve tried to pick those quotes credited to Dolly that give us an insight into her own personal philosophy.

Dolly Rebecca Parton is undoubtedly one of the great American cultural icons of our age. She’s also a successful singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, actress, author, and businesswoman. She’s a smart lady and an excellent example to follow should you be looking for a role model.

Remember, Dolly Parton was born into a poor family, the fourth of 12 children, and so her success is all down to her own effort. No one handed her anything on a plate.

So, if she could do it, so can you, dear reader.

If success is your aim, it always makes sense to look for successful people, see what’s made them successful, and then try to copy it. If it worked for them, then it might just work for you.

So here are 21 quotes by Dolly Parton, which I hope will help you in your quest for wisdom and insight.

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Quotes by Dolly Parton (1 – 10):

Energy begets energy.

Everybody has a purpose.

I don’t kiss anybody’s butt.

I will never retire unless I have to.

Smile! It increases your face value.

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

Find out who you are. And do it on purpose.

I’m no natural beauty. If I’m gonna have any looks at all, I’m gonna have to create them.

Adjusting to the passage of time, I think, is a key to success and to life: just being able to roll with the punches.

I’m not offended by all the dumb blonde jokes because I know I’m not dumb. And I also know that I’m not blonde.

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Quotes by Dolly Parton (11 – 21):

I’m not trying to be fashionable. Never was!

I have surrounded myself with very smart people.

No one is ever successful at everything that they do.

We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails.

You’ll never do a whole lot unless you’re brave enough to try.

Don’t get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.

If you don’t like the road you’re walking, start paving another one.

The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

I’m not going to limit myself just because people won’t accept the fact that I can do something else.

I’m not happy all the time, and I wouldn’t want to be because that would make me a shallow person. But I do try to find the good in everybody.

Plastic surgeons are always making mountains out of molehills.

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31 Quotes by Walt Disney to inspire you

04/29/2025 by

Today, I am exploring quotes by Walt Disney.

Walter Elias Disney, or Walt Disney as he’s better known, was an American entrepreneur, animator, writer, voice actor, and film producer.

Born in Chicago in 1901, he pioneered the animation industry and introduced several developments in the production of cartoons.

As a film producer, Walt Disney holds the record for the most Academy Awards earned and nominations by an individual, having won 22 Oscars from 59 nominations.

His record is phenomenal, and he introduced us to some of the best-loved cartoon and film characters of all time. We shouldn’t forget the wonderful Disney theme parks that have given millions so much pleasure over the years.

By any measure, he was a successful man. And it’s always worth listening to successful people.

So here are 31 quotes by Walt Disney to inspire you.

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Quotes by Walt Disney (1-10):

  1. Disneyland is a show.
  2. I believe in being an innovator.
  3. If you can dream it, you can do it.
  4. It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.
  5. We allow no geniuses around our Studio.
  6. Laughter is America’s most important export.
  7. A man should never neglect his family for business.
  8. You reach a point where you don’t work for money.
  9. The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.
  10. When you’re curious, you find lots of interesting things to do.

Quotes by Walt Disney (11-20):

  1. Disneyland is the star; everything else is in the supporting role.
  2. I do not like to repeat successes. I like to go on to other things.
  3. All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.
  4. You’re dead if you aim only for kids. Adults are only kids grown up, anyway.
  5. We are not trying to entertain the critics. I’ll take my chances with the public.
  6. The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique.
  7. I am not influenced by the techniques or fashions of any other motion picture company.
  8. Disneyland is a work of love. We didn’t go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money.
  9. I have been up against tough competition all my life. I wouldn’t know how to get along without it.
  10. Whenever I go on a ride, I’m always thinking of what’s wrong with the thing and how it can be improved.

Quotes by Walt Disney (21-31):

  1. Disneyland will never be completed. It will continue to grow as long as there is imagination left in the world.
  2. Of all of our inventions for mass communication, pictures still speak the most universally understood language.
  3. Times and conditions change so rapidly that we must keep our aim constantly focused on the future.
  4. I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.
  5. Crowded classrooms and half-day sessions are a tragic waste of our greatest national resource, the minds of our children.
  6. You can design, create and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it takes people to make the dream a reality.
  7. I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.
  8. I have no use for people who throw their weight around as celebrities, or for those who fawn over you just because you are famous.
  9. We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
  10. Our heritage and ideals, our code and standards – the things we live by and teach our children – are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and feelings.
  11. All the adversity I’ve had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles have strengthened me. You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

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30 Best Quotes from Lucius B. Wack

04/26/2025 by

In a previous post, I introduced readers to an old friend of mine, Lucius B. Wack. Today, I offer you 30 of his best quotes about life and the human condition.

Affectionately known as Lucky, he’s someone who has greatly influenced my thinking of late.

So, I’ve put together these quotes as I think they might appeal to readers. I hope so anyway.

Grab a coffee and take a few moments to read some more of Lucky’s observations.

Please feel free to use any of these quotes. Lucky would be flattered to know he’s being quoted.

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Best Quotes (1-10):

To believe is to accept as fact that which cannot be proven.

If you want your life to change, don’t make a wish list; make a to-do list.

Never be willing to die for your beliefs because you might just be wrong.

If you have a few loved ones and a special friend or two, you have all you need. 

Question the orthodoxy, and you’ll be dismissed as a bigot. That’s how the debate is shut down.

Anything can be yours, but nothing’s free. There’s always a price to pay, and it must be paid first.

You make choices, and you must accept the consequences. And there will always be consequences.

The only thing that virtue signallers achieve is a demonstration of their shallowness, vanity, and hypocrisy.

If you’re not hurting anyone else, you don’t need anyone’s permission to live your life in a way that suits you. 

Don’t just let life happen to you. Decide what it is you want, and then go out there and make sure you get it. 

Best Quotes (11-20):

When people try to curtail our way of life, don’t be afraid to push back. Who gave them permission to dictate how others should live?

Everyone has feelings, and most people are decent and doing their best. Remember that next time you’re inclined to be mean or spiteful. 

Arguing on social media with people you don’t know about things that don’t matter is my idea of a waste of time. Life is too short. 

Nothing matters more than our loved ones and friends. Jobs and careers won’t look after you if you’re ill or infirm. So, get your priorities right. 

Never be afraid to push back. You don’t have to accept the unacceptable. If you don’t push back, those with a more sinister agenda will win.

People are free to live their lives in any way they choose, providing, in doing so, their actions don’t conflict with the established rights of others.

Beware the caustic influence of cynics. They add no value, and they have no ideas for making life better. They just want to rain on everyone’s parade. 

You can be more than you are, and you can do more than you think. Add value by being the solution to people’s problems, and you can earn more than you thought possible. 

Those in power, and indeed those seeking power, don’t want you thinking for yourself. And if that’s not a compelling reason to think for yourself, I don’t know what is. 

We live in an age of shallow gestures. An age where people are constantly trying to make themselves look good through gestures they think are virtuous, when in fact they are just self-promotion.

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Best Quotes (21-30):

Being economically dependent on someone else means your life will be controlled by someone else. 

Death awaits us all. There’s no escaping it. However, before death, there’s life, and life must be lived to the full. 

Boldly go in the direction of your dreams. You may succeed, or you may not, but either way, you won’t spend your life wondering what might have been.

Do what you’re good at and you’ll do it well; do it well and people will notice. And once you get noticed, you have every chance of earning a decent income. 

Know your value. Employers will pay you as little as they can get away with. It’s down to you to ensure you’re being rewarded properly for the value you’re adding.

We live in an age where a caustic remark is considered an appropriate response to an innocent comment made on social media. Whatever happened to civility? 

In a democracy, everyone gets a vote, the votes are counted, and there’s a winner. And once there’s a winning outcome, we’re stuck with it, whether we like it or not. 

Criticize not those who make mistakes, for mistakes are an inevitable part of the human condition. Show me someone who never makes mistakes, and I’ll show you someone who’s never done anything. 

You’ll be easily conned if you let others do your thinking for you. Think for yourself and question everything. Never accept anything at face value. The new Puritans don’t have your interests at heart. 

Zealots see themselves as virtuous. They believe they’re doing good work, regardless of whether they belong to an organized religion or they just have a religious commitment to a cause. They see themselves as somehow superior to everyone else. 

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23 great stay focused quotes to help you pursue success

04/25/2025 by

If you don’t know exactly what you want, then you’ll never get it. I’m sure that much is philosophically self-evident to you, dear reader. However, how can you know what you want?

Well, if necessary, keep trying stuff until you find something you really enjoy and at which you excel.

And once you’ve found something you love, stay focused on it and take it as far as you can possibly go.

That’s the way to achieve real success.

Here are 23 great stay-focused quotes to help you on your way.

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Stay focused quotes (1-7):

  1. Stay focused on the mission. ~Naveen Jain
  2. Stay focused, go after your dreams and keep moving toward your goals. ~LL Cool J
  3. Know what you want, and focus on how you’ll get it. And never, ever give up. ~Roy Sutton
  4. Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them. ~Albert Einstein
  5. Aim higher; stay focused. ~Brandon Adams
  6. I always want to stay focused on who I am, even as I’m discovering who I am. ~Alicia Keys
  7. Stay focused on your mission, remain steadfast in your pursuit of excellence, and always do the right thing. ~Mark Esper

Stay focused quotes (8-15):

  1. Stay true to yourself, yet always be open to learning. Work hard and never give up on your dreams, even when nobody else believes they can come true but you. These are not cliches, but real tools you need no matter what you do in life to stay focused on your path. ~Phillip Sweet
  2. Stay focused, believe that you can achieve at the highest level, surround yourself with others who believe in you, and do not stray from your goal. ~Zach Ertz
  3. Successful people maintain a positive focus in life no matter what is going on around them. They stay focused on their past successes rather than their past failures, and on the next action steps, they need to take to get them closer to the fulfilment of their goals rather than all the other distractions that life presents to them. ~Jack Canfield
  4. It’s a long road, so we are just trying to stay focused and grounded and keep moving forward. ~Sturgill Simpson
  5. My key to dealing with stress is simple: just stay cool and stay focused. ~Ashton Eaton
  6. You have to stay focused and be mentally tough. That’s what I’ve really learned: every day is a grind, and you have to go hard. ~Chris Gronkowski
  7. Stay open-minded; stay focused. Train hard and train smart. For me, the older I get, the smarter I have to train because the recovery time is longer. Work on everything: become a well-rounded fighter; don’t just be good at one thing; be good at everything. ~Brock Lesnar
  8. As I get older, the more I stay focused on the acceptance of myself and others and choose compassion over judgment and curiosity over fear. ~Tracee Ellis Ross

Stay focused quotes (16-23):

  1. The best career advice I’ve gotten is to stay focused and keep moving forward. ~Tyga
  2. My only goal is to stay focused on my craft and make sure my life is as sharp as it can be to attack any character that is given to me. ~Michael K. Williams
  3. I have to make sure I stay focused, have the same ambition I’ve always had, and work hard; that’s the key to success. ~Romelu Lukaku
  4. What I’ve learned is that if you stay focused, believe, and actually walk the walk, anything is possible. ~Craig David
  5. I like to stay busy, I like to stay focused, and I like to stay creative. Without being creative, I’d be dead. ~Jeremy Renner
  6. Starting a business and building a product is not for the faint of heart. You have to learn to not let little disappointments get you down and to stay focused on the big picture. ~Gillian Tans
  7. You have to stay in the moment. Stay focused. Know what you’re going to do. ~Dave Martinez
  8. As for the stage fright, it never goes away. When I’m waiting in the wings to go on, it’s agony every single time, but I stay focused, and I know that once I’m on stage, it’ll be fine; I’ll be in my happy little bubble. ~Britt Ekland

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21 quotes to live by each and every day

04/24/2025 by

Living life by simple mantras and affirmations can make a positive difference to us all. Having a few quotes to live by each day helps us focus on the things that matter.

We’re not given a life that’s good or bad. We’re just given a life to make of it what we can.

There will be moments that are good and bad, but overall, the life we lead is the one we create for ourselves.

Only you can create a life that’s right for you.

Life offers an endless stream of opportunities, and it’s up to you to grab them and make the most of your life.

So today I offer you 21 quotes to live by that should help you in setting your priorities.

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Quotes to live by (1-10):

  1. In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity. ~Albert Einstein
  2. Don’t worry about what others are doing. Do you! ~Russell Simmons
  3. If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything. ~Mark Twain
  4. Just remember: The people that say, ‘your dreams are impossible’ have already quit on theirs. ~Grant Cardone
  5. No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
  6. On Spaceship Earth, we’re all crew. We all have a contribution to make. We’re all here to make a difference. ~Roy Sutton
  7. You were born with the ability to change someone’s life. Don’t ever waste it. ~Dale Partridge
  8. If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. ~Booker T. Washington
  9. To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart. ~Eleanor Roosevelt
  10. Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there’s no path and leave a trail. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quotes to live by (11-21):

  1. The biggest risk is not taking any risk. In a world that’s changing really quickly, the only strategy that’s guaranteed to fail is not taking risks. ~Mark Zuckerberg
  2. If you really want to do something you’ll find a way, if you don’t you’ll find an excuse. ~Jim Rohn
  3. You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you. ~John Bunyan
  4. I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. ~Jimmy Dean
  5. Never fear failure. Fear only that you could miss out on what might have been. ~Roy Sutton
  6. There’s only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure. ~Paulo Coelho
  7. Forgive others, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace. ~Jonathan Lockwood Hule
  8. Love the moment. Flowers grow out of dark moments. Therefore, each moment is vital. It affects the whole. Life is a succession of such moments and to live each is to succeed. ~Corita Kent
  9. It’s just a process that you’re going through to get you to the next level. ~D. Jakes
  10. The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away. ~Marcus Aurelius
  11. Your time is limited; don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma; which is living the result of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown your own inner voice. And most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition, they somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. ~Steve Jobs

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30 quotes to make you think about life

04/23/2025 by

If you’re looking for quotes to make you think, dear reader, look closely at the 30 I’ve put together for you today.

They are all observations about life as we know it today. We live in strange times, and they appear to be getting stranger as each day passes.

In my experience, each decade has a unique feel, and the one in which we now live is no different. The 2020s are shaping up to be unique, that’s for sure.

On the positive side, nothing lasts forever. So, we have every reason to believe that life can improve. However, it will only improve if we challenge the orthodoxy and refuse to accept that which is unacceptable.

So, grab a coffee, relax, and see what you make of these 30 excellent quotes.

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Quotes to make you think (1-15):

The silent majority is irrelevant.

Just because you believe it doesn’t mean it’s true. 

Import the world, and you import the world’s problems. 

A fact will always be a fact, however much you wish it were not. 

There’s never a time when everything’s done. There’s always more to do.

To believe is to accept as fact that which cannot be proven with certainty.

We appear to have sleepwalked into allowing the lunatics to run the asylum.

Beware the useful idiots with a reckless commitment to a questionable cause. 

There’s no obligation for people to adjust their lives to suit your life preferences. 

Who among us has not done something in our youth that we now know to be wrong? 

The lives we experience are a consequence of the choices we make. Bad choices lead to bad outcomes.

Just because bad ideas are accepted into mainstream thinking doesn’t mean they cease to be bad ideas. 

An inconvenient truth may be inconvenient, but that doesn’t mean it’s not the truth. A fact is a fact, whether we like it or not. 

When selection is based on tokenism rather than talent and ability, then the tokens will always struggle to be taken seriously.

If a politician’s explanation is vague and lacks clarity, then it’s wise to be suspicious. What is it they’re trying to keep from us, and why?

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Quotes to make you think (16-30):

Just because your intentions are good doesn’t mean the outcome will be good. The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.

Increasingly, the Western world is controlled by ideologues whose aim is to crush dissent and anyone who questions the orthodoxy. 

You cannot have democracy without free speech. Curtail the freedom to express alternative opinions, and democracy ceases to exist. 

If democracy is to work, then there must be a winner. And once there is a winner, the loser must accept the winner’s right to govern.

A peaceful life can come at a high price. Think twice before you choose a peaceful existence over standing up for what you know is right. 

If developing critical thinking skills is not the primary purpose of education, then you would have to question the value of education. 

Anyone who travels regularly in a private jet is in no position to lecture other people about the impact of carbon emissions on climate change.

Fashion is an industry that exploits a natural, youthful need to fit in while causing enormous environmental damage in its pursuit of profit. 

Politicians think only in terms of actions that will get them credit in the short term. Those who would do our country harm know this and exploit it quite effectively. 

When politicians refer to zero tolerance for misinformation online, what they mean is that dissent and any questioning of their worldview will not be tolerated.

If politicians are trying to stop us from questioning the views they’re promoting, that’s a very good reason to keep asking awkward questions and refusing to be fobbed off with polite but meaningless answers. 

Haters just want to destroy. They have no real idea as to how life might be made better. They have no vision, only a thirst for destruction. Don’t be fooled by claims that they’re acting in everyone’s interests. They’re not!

If we allow the world to go fully cashless, are we blindly handing over control of our lives to ‘Big Tech’? Giving away our financial freedom so cheaply is probably a mistake from which it will be impossible to recover. 

The problem with the notion of a hate crime is who gets to define the term hate. Mostly, it appears to be those with a vested interest in establishing themselves as victims and therefore deserving of special treatment. 

Equity of outcome might seem like a good idea, but if we go down that road, it will not end well. Equity of opportunity is beyond question, but to guarantee an outcome regardless of effort and enterprise is simply a race to the bottom. 

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19 quotes about change and why it’s important

04/22/2025 by

Today I’m exploring quotes about change.

One of the most fundamental human needs is the need for certainty. We all need certainty because we need to feel secure.

As a species, human beings are programmed to ensure we survive. If we don’t feel secure, then we are constantly on our guard, which drains our energy.

That’s why change can be an uncomfortable experience because it makes us feel insecure, and feeling insecure means we can’t relax.

Most of us can feel uncomfortable with change, at least to some degree, and that’s perfectly natural when you think about it.

However, change is important.

Through change comes opportunity, and if we can embrace change, then opportunity can be ours for the taking.

Most people tend to be slow in their response to change because it’s such an uncomfortable experience. However, if we respond quickly, we can grasp those opportunities just waiting for the fleet-footed.

Think about this: everything we take for granted today once didn’t exist.

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When change is ignored:

A good example of things that once didn’t exist would be computers. Today, most households have several of them in the form of desktops, laptops, tablets, and smartphones.

Certainly, this is the situation in my home, and I’m sure that’s true in your home too, dear reader.

However, as recently as 1943, Thomas Watson, then chairman of IBM, said, “I think there’s a world market for maybe five computers.”

Well, there are more than five computers in my home alone, and there will be billions more around the world.

As recently as 1977, Ken Olson, then president, chairman, and founder of Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC), the leading supplier of minicomputers at the time, said, “There’s no reason for any individual to have a computer in his home.”

We’re lucky that neither Bill Gates nor Steve Jobs listened to those gentlemen.

However, in business terms, these examples are even more significant.

Failure to recognize the changing nature of the computer market had almost catastrophic consequences for IBM as a business.

They did manage to adapt eventually, but not before their business went through a major wobble and at one point looked like it might even fold completely.

And where is Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) now? It disappeared long ago and is now nothing more than a footnote in the history of digital technology.

So my message to you today, dear reader, is this:

You ignore change at your peril.

Embrace change:

It’s better to embrace change, however uncomfortable it may feel, and be ready to grab those opportunities as they come along.

The most successful people in business are adept at exploiting opportunities brought about by change.

Change is synonymous with opportunity. It’s that simple.

Here are 19 inspirational quotes about change to help you reflect on what it means and why it’s important. 

Quotes about change (1-10):

  1. Change before you have to. ~Jack Welch
  2. Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change. ~Stephen Hawking
  3. To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often. ~Winston Churchill
  4. If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading. ~Lao Tzu
  5. If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. ~Wayne Dyer
  6. The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance. ~Nathaniel Branden
  7. The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance. ~Alan Watts
  8. Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future. ~John F. Kennedy
  9. Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for. We are the change that we seek. ~Barack Obama
  10. God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. ~Reinhold Niebuhr

Quotes about change (11-19):

  1. There is nothing so stable as change. ~Bob Dylan
  2. There is nothing permanent except change. ~Heraclitus
  3. Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change. ~Confucius
  4. You must be the change you wish to see in the world. ~Mahatma Gandhi
  5. Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. ~Leo Tolstoy
  6. The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ~Carl Rogers
  7. They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself. ~Andy Warhol
  8. You must take personal responsibility. You cannot change the circumstances, the seasons, or the wind, but you can change yourself. That is something you have charge of. ~Jim Rohn
  9. It is change, continuing change, inevitable change that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account, not only the world as it is but the world as it will be. ~Isaac Asimov

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21 powerful quotes by F. Scott Fitzgerald to inspire you

04/19/2025 by

Today I thought it would be interesting to explore some of the great quotes by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. He is best known for his novels depicting the flamboyance and excess of the Jazz Age, a term he popularized.

During his lifetime, he published four novels, four story collections, and 164 short stories. Although he achieved temporary popular success and fortune in the 1920s, Fitzgerald received critical acclaim only after his death and is now widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century.

In 1920, he published the commercially successful This Side of Paradise. The novel became a cultural sensation and cemented his reputation as one of the eminent writers of the decade.

By any measure, he was a successful man, and, as I’ve said before, it’s always worth listening to successful people.

So here are 21 quotes by F. Scott Fitzgerald to inspire you.

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21 Quotes by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Quotes by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1-10):

  1. Action is character.
  2. Forgotten is forgiven.
  3. You can stroke people with words.
  4. Show me a hero, and I’ll write you a tragedy.
  5. Nothing is as obnoxious as other people’s luck.
  6. Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.
  7. Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art.
  8. Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.
  9. Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.
  10. In a real dark night of the soul, it is always three o’clock in the morning, day after day.
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Quotes by F. Scott Fitzgerald (11-21):

  1. No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there.
  2. Men get to be a mixture of the charming mannerisms of the women they have known.
  3. No such thing as a man willing to be honest. That would be like a blind man willing to see.
  4. You don’t write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say.
  5. At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.
  6. An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmaster of ever afterwards.
  7. Some men have a necessity to be mean, as if they were exercising a faculty which they had to partially neglect since early childhood.
  8. Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize, and sterilize you.
  9. The easiest way to get a reputation is to go outside the fold, shout around for a few years as a violent atheist or a dangerous radical, and then crawl back to the shelter.
  10. My idea is always to reach my generation. The wise writer writes for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmasters of ever afterwards.
  11. Family quarrels are bitter things. They don’t go according to any rules. They’re not like aches or wounds, they’re more like splits in the skin that won’t heal because there’s not enough material.

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33 thought-provoking Quotes by Thomas Sowell to make you think

04/18/2025 by

Today I am exploring some thought-provoking quotes by Thomas Sowell, who is, in my opinion, one of the great American thinkers of his time.

If you’re not familiar with Thomas Sowell, he is an American economist, economic historian, social philosopher, and political commentator. He is also a well-known voice in the American conservative movement and a prominent black conservative.

Thomas Sowell was born into a poor family in segregated Gastonia, North Carolina. Despite his humble beginnings, he graduated from Harvard University in 1958, which is a truly remarkable achievement, given the challenges he would have faced at that time.

To me, Thomas Sowell is an impressive character quite simply because he rose above the obvious disadvantages he faced and proved that, if we are prepared to take personal responsibility for our lives, we all have the power to achieve our full potential.

Thomas Sowell is the author of more than 45 books on a variety of subjects, including politics, economics, education, and race, and he has been a syndicated columnist in more than 150 newspapers.

I’ve heard him speak many times and, in my opinion, he has a lot of interesting things to say. There are many videos on YouTube featuring Thomas Sowell and I recommend you check some of them out.

However, not before you’ve read today’s thought-provoking quotes by Thomas Sowell which are listed below.

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Quotes by Thomas Sowell (1-11):

Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face.

People who enjoy meetings should not be in charge of anything.

There are few things more dishonourable than misleading the young.

The most basic question is not what is best, but who shall decide what is best.

It takes considerable knowledge just to realise the extent of your own ignorance.

There are only two ways of telling the complete truth – anonymously and posthumously.

Too much of what is called education is little more than an expensive isolation from reality.

The least productive people are usually the ones who are most in favour of holding meetings.

Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or evade it.

If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.

Education is not merely neglected in many of our schools today but is replaced to a great extent by ideological indoctrination.

Quotes by Thomas Sowell (12-22):

You will never understand bureaucracies until you understand that for bureaucrats’ procedure is everything and outcomes are nothing.

The next time some academics tell you how important diversity is, ask how many Republicans there are in their sociology department.

Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of replacing what worked with what sounded good.

Sometimes it seems as if there are more solutions than problems. On closer scrutiny, it turns out that many of today’s problems are a result of yesterday’s solutions.

Elections should be held on April 16th – the day after we pay our income taxes. That is one of the few things that might discourage politicians from being big spenders.

It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.

What multiculturalism boils down to is that you can praise any culture in the world except Western culture – and you cannot blame any culture in the world except Western culture.

The first lesson of economics is scarcity: there is never enough of anything to fully satisfy all those who want it. The first lesson of politics is to disregard the first lesson of economics.

The problem isn’t that Johnny can’t read. The problem isn’t even that Johnny can’t think. The problem is that Johnny doesn’t know what thinking is; he confuses it with feeling.

Tariffs that save jobs in the steel industry mean higher steel prices, which in turn means fewer sales of American steel products around the world and losses of far more jobs than are saved.

The people made worse off by slavery were those who were enslaved. Their descendants would have been worse off today if born in Africa instead of America. Put differently, the terrible fate of their ancestors benefitted them.

Quotes by Thomas Sowell (23-33):

The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore, we should not be surprised to find the left concentrated in institutions where ideas do not have to work in order to survive.

The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites.

All the political angst and moral melodrama about getting the rich to pay their fair share is part of a big charade. This is not about economics; it is about politics.

One of the common failings among honourable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonourable some other people can be, and how dangerous it is to trust them.

The biggest and most deadly tax rate on the poor comes from a loss of various welfare state benefits – food stamps, housing subsidies and the like – if their income goes up.

Hyperinflation can take virtually your entire life’s savings, without the government having to bother raising the official tax rate at all.

All of us should be on guard against beliefs that flatter ourselves. At the very least, we should check such beliefs against facts.

People who have time on their hands will inevitably waste the time of people who have work to do.

Even if the government spends itself into bankruptcy and the economy still does not recover, Keynesians can always say that it would have worked if only the government had spent more.

Like a baseball game, wars are not over till they are over. Wars don’t run on a clock like football. No previous generation was so hopelessly unrealistic that this had to be explained to them.

Being willing to donate the taxpayers’ money is not the same as being willing to put your own money where your mouth is.

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21 cynical quotes about politics and politicians

04/17/2025 by

If it’s quotes about politics and politicians you’re seeking, this post is for you.

Politicians may start with good intentions, but, as we all know, power corrupts. It’s a sad fact that, whether they’re from the right or left, rarely do they add value to the lives of the people who vote for them.

Yes, in the modern age, it’s a tough job, with 24/7 rolling and frequently biased news media scrutiny, and so on.

Nevertheless, the measure of any politician must surely be whether they’ve improved people’s lives, at least in some modest way. It happens occasionally, but mostly it doesn’t happen at all.

So, ponder on these quotes about politics and see how many of them are consistent with your own opinion.

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Quotes about politics and politicians (1-10):

  1. Practical politics consists of ignoring facts. ~Henry Adams
  2. In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. ~Erasmus
  3. Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against. ~W.C. Fields
  4. Status quo, you know, is Latin for ‘the mess we’re in’. ~Ronald Reagan
  5. Corrupt politicians make the other ten per cent look bad. ~Henry Kissinger
  6. A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar. ~H. L. Mencken
  7. We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy. ~Martin L. Gross
  8. In order to be the master, the politician poses as the servant. ~Charles de Gaulle
  9. We believe that to err is human. To blame it on someone else is politics. ~Hubert H. Humphrey
  10. A politician thinks of the next election, a statesman of the next generation. ~James Freeman Clarke

Quotes about politics and politicians (11-21):

  1. When I was a boy I was told that anybody could be president. I’m beginning to believe it. ~Clarence Darrow
  2. Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word. ~Charles de Gaulle
  3. A promising young man should go into politics so that he can go on promising for the rest of his life. ~Robert Byrne
  4. Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. ~John Quinton
  5. When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators. ~P. J. O’Rourke
  6. Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong. ~Richard Armour
  7. Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~Plato
  8. Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy. ~Ernest Benn
  9. Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other. ~Oscar Ameringer
  10. The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people, it is an instrument for the people to restrain the government, lest it come to dominate our lives and interests. ~Patrick Henry
  11. Statesmen tell you what is true even though it may be unpopular. Politicians will tell you what is popular, even though it may be untrue. ~Author Unknown

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