Search for quotes by keyword or author 

General Quotes

“ I didn’t know you were going. What are you coming for?" she said, letting fall the hand with which she had grasped the doorpost. And irrepressible delight and eagerness shone in her face. "What am I coming for?" he repeated, looking straight into her eyes. "You know that I have come to be where you are," he said, "I can’t help it.”
Leo Tolstoy

“The memories of home and of her children rose up in her imagination with a peculiar charm quite new to her, with a sort of new brilliance. That world of her own seemed quite new to her now so sweet and precious that she would not on any account spend an extra day outside it, and she made up her mind that she would certainly go back next day.”
Leo Tolstoy

“I am convinced that "all ladies are not the same". Some have pretty faces, others have beautiful characters. Some have facial make-ups, others have mental make-ups!”
Israelmore Ayivor

“Life's always sweeter behind River Nile! Cross it; forget the days of the bitter Bile! Leave the torture behind and give a Smile! Keep smiling; Don't just do it just for a While!”
Israelmore Ayivor

“Evil and suffering are real . . . They aren’t an illusion, nor are they simply an absence of good. We are fallen creatures living in a fallen world that has been twisted and corrupted by sin, and we all share in its brokenness. Most of all, we share in its tragic legacy of disease and death.”
Billy Graham

“Here is the true meaning and value of compassion and nonviolence, when it helps us to see the enemy's point of view, to hear his questions, to know his assessment of ourselves. For from his view we may indeed see the basic weaknesses of our own condition, and if we are mature, we may learn and grow and profit from the wisdom of the brothers who are called the opposition.”
Martin Luther King Jr

“John W. Gardner observed, “If I had to name a single all-purpose instrument of leadership, it would be communication.”
John C. Maxwell

“But what price do you put on a great memory?”
John C. Maxwell

“True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.” 
Albert Einstein

“Can you see me? Can you hear me? Does anything I say mean anything to you?”
Oprah Winfrey

“Create a Sense of Anticipation.”
John C. Maxwell

“If you could kick the person responsible for most of your troubles, you wouldn't be able to sit down for weeks.”
John C. Maxwell

“The main way people waste time is by complaining of their past wasted time. Leaders respond even if it seems to be late.”
Israelmore Ayivor

“If you can't be the change, you can set an example for change. If you can't set an example for change, you can go and sleep! By all means, you can do something!”
Israelmore Ayivor

“The rule of the universe is that others can do for us what we cannot do for ourselves, and one can paddle every canoe except one's own. ”
C.S. Lewis

Submit a Quote

Make sure you have searched the entire quotes and the quote doesn't exist before adding as new quote!
Make sure you have an account and you are signed in before submitting a quote!

Popular tags


Contact Us


Send us a mail and we will get in touch with you soon!

You can email us at: contact@fancyread.com
Fancyread Inc.