Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Diogenes Quotes
AdversityFriendshipGrowthSelf Preservation As a matter of self-preservation, a man needs good friends or ardent enemies, for the former instruct him and the latter take him to task.
FaithFoolishnessKnowledgeReasonWisdom When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man.
JusticeKindnessMoralityWealth And Power In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face.
CounselDiscernmentLeadershipWisdom Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.
FaithMoralityPrincipleSkepticismSpirituality I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be.
TimeValue It was a favorite expression of Theophrastus that time was the most valuable thing that a man could spend.
GenerosityHumilityInspiration I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough.
Good DeedsServiceUnderappreciation Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
PerceptionPerspectivePurityResilience The sun too penetrates into privies, but is not polluted by them.
CommunicationHumilityListening We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.
Global CitizenshipHuman UnityIdentityInclusionUniversality I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.
CounselorshipIntegrityJudgmentLeadershipWisdom Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.
BalanceJudgmentMindfulnessPrincipleSubtlety There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.
CommunicationImpactKindnessMoralityPhilosophy Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?
ContentmentModerationSimplicityWisdom It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.