Joseph Roux Quote – A Fine Quotation

“A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool.” – Joseph Roux
Read more“A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool.” – Joseph Roux
Read moreA poor man was so distressed at how small and crowded his house was that he went to see his rabbi for advice. The rabbi told him to go home and move his goat into the house, then to come visit the rabbi again in a week. The man did as he was told and returned to the rabbi a […]
Read more“A man can be as great as he wants to be.” – Vince Lombardi
Read more“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” – Oscar Wilde
Read more“Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.” – Howard Thurman
Read more“…people change, even good people, if they get the wrong thing in their head. And not everything is always what it looks like and sometimes just because one person looks weak, they might be very strong, and another person might look like a spooky freak but he might be one of the kindest people you’d ever meet. And I guess […]
Read more“Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt […]
Read more“It is impossible to go through life without trust. That is to be imprisoned in the worst cell of all, oneself.” – Graham Greene
Read more“His foreparents came to America in immigrant ships. My foreparents came to America in slave ships. But whatever the original ships, we are both in the same boat tonight.” – Jesse Jackson
Read more“Loneliness is the poverty of self; solitude is the richness of self.” – May Sarton
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