Category Archives: Quote

“The world can only be grasped by action, not by contemplation… The hand is the cutting edge of the mind” Jacob Bronowski

“To thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.” Hamlet Act 1, scene 3, 78–82 Said by Polonius to his son Laertes William Shakespeare

First They came… – Pastor Martin Niemoller “First they came for the communists, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a communist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’tContinue reading “The Monday Morning Quote”

“What we think, or what we know, or what we believe is, in the end, of little consequence. The only consequence is what we do.” John Ruskin

‘Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.’ George Santayana

“All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much.” George Harrison A very special birthday for a very special person.

“If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.” Roman Proverb

“A man is not great because he is different from other men but because he is like them; vulnerable to all of the same temptations, stupidities and vanities but able to find the strength to come through these humbled but still hopeful.” Fergal Keane on Nelson Mandela

“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.” Dr Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) , Strength to Love, 1963

“The Richest Person is not the one who has the most but the one who needs the least.” Anon Live Simply, Speak Kindly, Care Deeply, Love Generously Watch the Video.