Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Diogenes Quotes
AutonomyNon-InterferencePersonal Space I have nothing to ask but that you would remove to the other side, that you may not, by intercepting the sunshine, take from me what you cannot give.
FaithMoralityPrincipleSkepticismSpirituality I do not know whether there are gods, but there ought to be.
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.
CommunicationHumilityListening We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.
PerceptionPerspectivePurityResilience The sun too penetrates into privies, but is not polluted by them.
GenerosityHumilityInspiration I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough.
TimeValue It was a favorite expression of Theophrastus that time was the most valuable thing that a man could spend.
Good DeedsServiceUnderappreciation Dogs and philosophers do the greatest good and get the fewest rewards.
CommunicationImpactKindnessMoralityPhilosophy Of what use is a philosopher who doesn't hurt anybody's feelings?
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.
ContentmentModerationSimplicityWisdom It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
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.
CounselorshipIntegrityJudgmentLeadershipWisdom Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.
Global CitizenshipHuman UnityIdentityInclusionUniversality I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world.