Inspirational Sayings

473 sayings found from 473 authors

The proletariat will use its political supremacy to wrest, by degree, all capital from the bourgeoisie, to centralise all instruments of production in the hands of the State, i.e., of the proletariat organised as the ruling class; and to increase the…

— Friedrich Engels 1848
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When I say that we in Germany have to reduce our CO2 emissions by 40 percent by 2020, I’m not saying that because I love the environment so much, but because I believe it will ensure our economic survival.

— Angela Merkel 2014
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Some for the Glories of This World; and some Sigh for the Prophet's Paradise to come; Ah, take the Cash in hand and waive the Rest; Oh, the brave Music of a distant Drum!

— Omar Khayyam c. 11th-12th century
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I want to write because I have the urge to create something that will make people question. I want to write because I have the urge to create something that will make people wonder. I want to write because I have the urge to create something that wil…

— Sylvia Plath 1950
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There is no reason why good cannot triumph as often as evil. The triumph of anything is a matter of organization. If there are such things as angels, I hope that they are organized along the lines of the Mafia.

— Kurt Vonnegut 1959
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Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board. For some they come in with the tide. For others they sail forever on the horizon, never out of sight, never landing until the Watcher turns his eyes away in resignation, his dreams mocked to death b…

— Zora Neale Hurston 1937
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The day that man allows true love to appear, those things which are well made will fall into confusion and will overturn everything we believe to be right and true.

— Dante Alighieri 1320
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If you believe in God, then you're a believer. If you don't believe in God, then you're a non-believer. If you don't care, then you're an agnostic. If you don't know, then you're a Jew.

— Lenny Bruce 1960s
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How did the rose ever open its heart and give to this world all its beauty? It felt the encouragement of light against its being; otherwise, we all remain too frightened.

— Hafez Approx. 1370
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Liz Truss, the ex-prime minister of the United Kingdom, she said it directly. In her conversation with a representative of the media, she said that the UK is a nuclear power and the prime minister has, in their mandate, the possible use of nuclear we…

— Vladimir Putin 2023
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My destiny awaits.

— Richard the Lionheart c. 1180s
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Do not waste the remainder of your life in speculating about your neighbors, unless with a view to some common good. For to speculate about what your neighbor is doing, and why, and what he is saying, and what he is thinking of, and for what purpose,…

— Marcus Aurelius c. 161-180 AD
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I've been on the road since I was 18 years old. I've been on the road all my life. I've been on the road longer than I've been off the road. I've been on the road so long that I don't even know what it's like to be off the road. I've been on the road…

— Johnny Cash Unknown
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