Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Edmund Burke Quotes
HappinessUnityProsperityStrengthWell-being If the people are happy, united, wealthy, and powerful, we presume the rest. We conclude that to be good from whence good is derived.
EthicsReasonJustice It is not what a lawyer tells me I may do; but what humanity, reason, and justice tell me I ought to do.
LeadershipCollaborationHumilityFeedbackGrowth I have never yet seen any plan which has not been mended by the observations of those who were much inferior in understanding to the person who took the lead in the business.
PreparednessPreventionForesightPrudence Whenever our neighbour's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to play a little on our own.
CopingSufferingHuman ConditionSubstance Use Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some physical aid to their moral consolations - wine, beer, opium, brandy, or tobacco.
DemocracyOppressionMinority RightsAbuse of Power In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
GovernmentJusticeOppressionWeakness Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
Health and Well-beingHappiness vs. VirtueSelf-RelianceNorms and BeliefsTrade-Offs in Life If you can be well without health, you may be happy without virtue.
ConflictPublic WillAuthority vs PublicResistanceSocietal Dynamics I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.
Universal LawJusticeHumanityNatural LawDivine Law There is but one law for all, namely that law which governs all law, the law of our Creator, the law of humanity, justice, equity - the law of nature and of nations.
FearReasonActionDecisionAgency No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.
LegislaturePublic WillGovernanceResponsiveness In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature.
LibertyJusticeSecurityBalanceMoral Philosophy Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.
InnovationSelfishnessNarrow-mindednessProgressTradition A spirit of innovation is generally the result of a selfish temper and confined views. People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.
ConsequenceNeglectResilienceDestructionPerseverance By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
HypocrisyDeceptionFalse PromisesInactionGrandiosity Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.
WealthFreedomControlFinancial Independence If we command our wealth, we shall be rich and free; if our wealth commands us, we are poor indeed.
PassionFeelingImaginationBoundaries There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination.
CompromiseNegotiationGovernance All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
Public PerceptionCriticismSincerityHypocrisy It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.
MagnanimityWisdomPoliticsEmpireMindset Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together.
FrugalityLimits Of WealthModeration Frugality is founded on the principal that all riches have limits.
LibertyWisdomVirtue But what is liberty without wisdom, and without virtue? It is the greatest of all possible evils; for it is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.
TyrannyConscienceSilencePower DynamicsInaction All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.
PatriotismNational IdentityDesirabilityIdealismAttractiveness To make us love our country, our country ought to be lovely.
EconomyExpensePrudence Mere parsimony is not economy. Expense, and great expense, may be an essential part in true economy.
TransformationEthicsSocial ChangeBehaviorProgress The most important of all revolutions, a revolution in sentiments, manners and moral opinions.