Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Edmund Burke Quotes
DeclineChangeLossNostalgia But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished forever.
CompromiseNegotiationGovernance All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue, and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter.
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.
LibertyChoicePrudence The effect of liberty to individuals is that they may do what they please: we ought to see what it will please them to do, before we risk congratulations.
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.
Religious PersecutionPietyHypocrisy Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.
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.
MotivationAmbitionWeaknessValidation Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones.
Societal JudgmentResistance to ChangeConformity Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never forgives preaching of a new gospel.
DemocracyOppressionMinority RightsAbuse of Power In a democracy, the majority of the citizens is capable of exercising the most cruel oppressions upon the minority.
ActionEffortInitiative Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.
UnityGood Vs. EvilCollective ActionStrength When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.
GovernmentJusticeOppressionWeakness Nothing turns out to be so oppressive and unjust as a feeble government.
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.
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.
PreparednessPreventionForesightPrudence Whenever our neighbour's house is on fire, it cannot be amiss for the engines to play a little on our own.
Public PerceptionCriticismSincerityHypocrisy It is a general popular error to suppose the loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for its welfare.
ControlHuman NatureWisdomLovePower To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.
ProsperityCharacterPrincipleIntention It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs.
ConsequenceNeglectResilienceDestructionPerseverance By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
ChangeProgressGovernanceSustainabilityResilience A State without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation.