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H., Dr. James : Chance favors those in motion. (Dr. James H. Austin, U.S. neurologist and author of books on the human brain and the practice of meditation, 1928-2017)

Hafiz, Khajeh : There are so many gifts still unopened from the day of your birth. (Khajeh Hafiz, Persian poet and philosopher, c.1320-1389)

Haldeman, H.R. : Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it’s hard to get it back in. (H.R. Haldeman, U.S. political aide and businessman, best known for his service as White House Chief of Staff to President Richard Nixon and his consequent involvement in the Watergate scandal, 1926-1933)

Hale, Edward Everett : I am only one, / But still I am one. / I cannot do everything, / But still I can do something; / And because I cannot do everything, / I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. (Edward Everett Hale, U.S. historian, Unitarian minister, and author, 1822-1909)

Hallesby, O. : The more helpless you are, the better you are fitted to pray, and the more answers to prayer you will experience. (O. Hallesby, Norwegian Lutheran theologian, author, and educator, 1879-1961)

Halsey, Margaret : In some circumstances, the refusal to be defeated is a refusal to be educated. (Margaret Halsey, U.S. novelist, 1910-1997)

Hammarskjold, Dag : It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity. (Dag Hammarskjold, Swedish economist and diplomat who served as the second Secretary-General of the United Nations, 1905-1961)

Hamming, Richard : The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers. (Richard Hamming, U.S. mathematician whose work had many implications for computer engineering, 1915-1918)

Hampton, Christopher : Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost how it feels about dogs. (Christopher Hampton, British playwright, screenwriter, translator and film director, Born 1946)

Hanh, Thich Nhat : We have the Statue of Liberty on the East Coast. But I think we have to build a Statue of Responsibility on the West Coast in order to counterbalance. Liberty without responsibility is not true liberty. (Thich Nhat Hanh, Vietnamese-American Buddhist spiritual leader and peace activist, Born 1926)

Hansberry, Lorraine : The thing that makes you exceptional, if you are at all, is inevitably that which must also make you lonely. (Lorraine Hansberry, U.S. author and the first black woman to write a play performed on Broadway, 1930-1965)

Hansberry, Lorraine : Words are loaded pistols. (Jean-Paul Sartre, French writer and philosopher, 1905-1980Fun: I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun. (Katharine Hepburn, U.S. actress, 1907-2003Language: Language is more fashion than science, and matters of usage, spelling, and pronunciation tend to wander around like hemlines. (Bill Bryson, U.S. author, Born 1951Exceptionalism: The thing that makes you exceptional, if you are at all, is inevitably that which must also make you lonely. (Lorraine Hansberry, U.S. author and the first black woman to write a play performed on Broadway, 1930-1965)

Harburg, E.Y. : The World would be a safer place, If someone had a plan: Before exploring Outer Space, To find the Inner Man. (E.Y. Harburg, popular song lyricist and librettist, 1896-1981)

Hardy, Thomas : If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have let him alone. (Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet, 1840-1928)

Hardy, Thomas : If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the Inquisition might have let him alone. (Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet who was highly critical of much in Victorian society, 1840-1928)

Hardy, Thomas : The business of the poet and the novelist is to show the sorriness underlying the grandest things and the grandeur underlying the sorriest things. (Thomas Hardy, English novelist and poet, 1840-1928)

Harper, Lucille S. : The nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people. (Lucille S. Harper, U.S. writer, 1912-1995)

Harris, Sydney J. : We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until . . . we have stopped saying It got lost, and say I lost it. (Sydney J. Harris, U.S. journalist and columnist, 1917-1986)

Harris, Joel Chandler : You can hide the fire, but what are you going to do to rid the smoke? (Joel Chandler Harris, U.S. journalist, fiction writer, and folklorist, 1848-1908)

Harris, Jose N. : Falling down is part of life; getting back up is living. (Jose N. Harris, U.S. neuropsychologist and family law mediator, Born 1962)

Harrison, George : Heaven and hell is right now . . . You make it heaven or you make it hell by your actions. (George Harrison, English musician, singer-songwriter, and music/film producer who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles, 1943-2001)

Haskell, Molly : The thought that we are enduring the unendurable is one of the things that keeps us going. (Molly Haskell, U.S. feminist film critic and author, Born 1939)

Haskins, Henry S. : Avoid membership in a body of persons pledged to only one side of anything. (Henry S. Haskins, U.S. stockbroker and man of letters, 1875-1957)

Haskins, Henry S. : The deadliest contagion is majority opinion. (Henry S. Haskins, U.S. stockbroker and man of letters, 1875-1957)

Haskins, Henry S. : Expletives serve opinions well which are not sure enough of themselves to risk expression in restrained language. (Henry S. Haskins, U.S. stockbroker and man of letters, 1875-1957)

Haskins, Henry S. : The man who feels that he must be hopeful and cheerful to get along ignores the careers of some pretty successful misanthropes. (Henry S. Haskins, U.S. stockbroker and man of letters, 1875-1957)

Haskins, Henry S. : An impossibility does not disturb us until its accomplishment shows what fools we were. (Henry S. Haskins, U.S. stockbroker and man of letters, 1875-1957)

Hastings, Lewis : The possession of a highly social conscience about large-scale issues is no guarantee whatever of reasonable conduct in private relations. (Lewis Hastings, U.S. organic chemist, 1917-1999)

Havel, Vaclav : Seek and keep the company of those who are looking for the truth, and runaway from those who have found it. (Vaclav Havel, Czech writer, political dissident, and politician who first served as the last president of Czechoslovakia and then as the first president of the Czech Republic after the Czech-Slovak split, 1936-2011)

Havel, Vaclav : Even a purely moral act that has no hope of any immediate and visible political effect can gradually and indirectly, over time, gain in political significance. (Vaclav Havel, Czech writer, political dissident, and politician who first served as the last president of Czechoslovakia and then as the first president of the Czech Republic after the Czech-Slovak split, 1936-2011)

Hawking, Stephen : We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special. (Stephen Hawking, English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author, and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Born 1942)

Hawthorne, Nathaniel : No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be true. (Nathaniel Hawthorne, English novelist and short story writer, 1804-1864)

Hawthorne, Nathaniel : Happiness is a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. (Nathaniel Hawthorne, English novelist and short story writer, 1804-1864)

Hawthorne, Nathaniel : Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them. (Nathaniel Hawthorne, English novelist and short story writer, 1804-1864)

Hay, John : The best-loved man or maid in the town would perish with anguish could they hear all that their friends say in the course of a day. (John Hay)

Haydon, A. Eustace : Fortunately for serious minds, a bias recognized is a bias sterilized. (A. Eustace Haydon, Canadian Baptist minister, historian of religion, and recipient of the 'Humanist of the Year' award by the American Humanist Association, 1880-1975)

Hayes, Rutherford B. : He serves his party best who serves the country best. (Rutherford B. Hayes, U.S. politician and 19thPresident of the U.S., 1877-1881)

Hayes, Rutherford B. : He serves his party best who serves the country best. (Rutherford B. Hayes, U.S. politician. abolitionist, and governor of the state of Ohio who later served as the 19th president of the United States, 1822-1893)

Hayes, Rutherford B. : The unrestricted competition so commonly advocated does not leave us the survival of the fittest. The unscrupulous succeed best in accumulating wealth. (Rutherford B. Hayes, U.S. politician and 19thPresident of the U.S., 1877-1881)

Hazlitt, William : The least pain in our little finger gives us more concern and uneasiness than the destruction of millions of our fellow-beings. (William Hazlitt, English essayist and literary critic, 1778-1830)

Hazlitt, William : Prejudice is the child of ignorance. (William Hazlitt, English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher, 1778-1830)

Hazlitt, William : To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to theirs; and it is necessary to follow, in order to lead. (William Hazlitt, English essayist and literary critic, 1778-1830)

Hazlitt, William : As is our confidence, so is our capacity. (William Hazlitt, English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher, 1778-1830)

Hazlitt, William : Words are like money ... it is the stamp of custom alone that gives them circulation or value. (William Hazlitt, English essayist and literary critic, 1778-1830)

Hazlitt, William : Though familiarity may not breed contempt, it takes off the edge of admiration. (William Hazlitt, English essayist and literary critic, 1778-1830)

Hazlitt, William : As is our confidence, so is our capacity. (William Hazlitt, English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, and social commentator, 1778-1830)

Hazlitt, William : The least pain in our little finger gives us more concern and uneasiness than the destruction of millions of our fellow-beings. (William Hazlitt, English essayist and literary critic, 1778-1830)

Hector, Saki [aka : A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanations. (Saki [AKA Hector Hugh Monro], British writer and social critic, 1870-1916)

Hedge, H.F. : Every man is his own ancestor, and every man his own heir. He devises his own future, and he inherits his own past. (H.F. Hedge, U.S. Unitarian minister and Transcendentalist, 1805-1890)

Heine, Heinrich : Music is almost a miracle, for it stands halfway between thought and phenomenon, between spirit and matter. (Heinrich Heine, German poet, journalist, and literary critic, 1797-1856)

Heinlein, Robert A. : It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creed into law if it acquires the political power to do so. (Robert A. Heinlein, U.S. science-fiction author, 1907-1988)

Heinlein, Robert : In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become loyal to performing daily trivia until we become enslaved by it. (Robert Heinlein, U.S. science-Fiction writer, often called the 'dean of science-fiction writers,' 1907-1988)

Hellman, Lillian : People change and forget to tell each other. (Lillian Hellman, U.S. dramatist and screenwriter known for her success as a playwright on Broadway, as well as her left-wing sympathies and political activism, 1905-1984)

Hellman, Lillian : Since when do we have to agree with people to defend them from injustice? (Lillian Hellman, U.S. dramatist and screenwriter known for her success as a playwright on Broadway, as well as her left-wing sympathies and political activism, 1905-1984)

Helps, Arthur : If you would understand your own age, read the works of fiction produced in it. People in disguise speak freely. (Arthur Helps, English writer, 1813-1875)

Helps, Arthur : Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought. (Arthur Helps, English writer, 1813-1875)

Helvetius, Claude Adrien : To limit the press is to insult a nation; to prohibit reading of certain books is todeclare the inhabitants to be either fools or slaves. (Claude Adrien Helvetius, French philosopher, freemason, and writer, 1715-1771)

Hemingway, Ernest : Everyone is broken by life, but afterward many are strong in the broken places. (Ernest Hemingway, U.S. novelist, short story writer, and journalist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1899-1961)

Hemingway, Ernest : Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime. (Ernest Hemingway, U.S. novelist, short story writer, and journalist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1899-1961)

Hemingway, Ernest : As long as you can start, you are all right. The juice will come. (Ernest Hemingway, U.S. novelist, short story writer, and journalist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1899-1961)

Hemingway, Ernest : There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough, and liked it, never really care for anything else. (Ernest Hemingway, U.S. novelist, short story writer, and journalist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1899-1961)

Hemingway, Ernest : There is no friend as loyal as a book. (Ernest Hemingway, U.S. novelist, short story writer, and journalist, 1899-1961)

Hemingway, Ernest : There is no friend as loyal as a book. (Ernest Hemingway, U.S. novelist, short story writer, and journalist who won the Nobel Prize for Literature, as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1899-1961)

Hendrix, Jimi : When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace. (Jimi Hendrix, U.S. rock guitarist, singer, and songwriter, 1942-1970)

Henley, William E. : I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul. (William E. Henley, English poet, critic and editor, 1849-1903)

Henley, W.E. : I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul. (W.E. Henley, English poet, critic and editor, 1849-1903)

Henri, Jean Baptiste : Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do that. (Jean Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, French preacher, journalist, and activist, 1802-1861)

Henry, Will : What is research, but a blind date with knowledge? (Will Henry, U.S. author and screenwriter, 1912-1991)

Henry, Patrick : Give me liberty, or give me death. (Patrick Henry, attorney, planter, orator, and one of the Founders of the United States of America, 1736-1799)

Henry, Patrick : I know of no way of judging the future but by the past. (Patrick Henry, attorney, planter, orator, and one of the Founders of the United States of America, 1736-1799)

Henry, Patrick : The Constitution is not an instrument for the government to restrain the people; it is an instrumentfor the people to restrain the government - lest it come to dominate our lives and interests. (Patrick Henry, attorney, planter, orator, and one of the Founders of the United States of America, 1736-1799)

Henry, O. : Life is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles, with sniffles predominating. (O. Henry, U.S. short story writer, 1862-1910)

Henry, Matthew : None so deaf as those that will not hear. (Matthew Henry, Welsh-British minister and author, 1662-1714)

Hensch, Takao : The habits we form from childhood make no small difference. They make all the difference. (Takao Hensch, U.S. joint Professor of Neurology and Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University’s Center for Brain Science)

Hepburn, Katharine : I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun. (Katharine Hepburn, U.S. Academy award-winning actress, 1907-2003)

Hepburn, Katharine : If men and women really suit each other . . . they should live next door---and just visit now and then. (Katharine Hepburn, U.S. Academy award-winning actress, 1907-2003)

Herbert, George Edward : You must lose a fly to catch a trout. (George Edward Herbert, 5th Earl of Carnarvon, English aristocrat and financial investor, 1866-1923)

Herbert, George : Skill and confidence are an unconquered army. (George Herbert, Welsh-born poet, orator, and priest of the Church of England who also served briefly in the Parliament of England, 1593-1633)

Herbert, George : You must lose a fly to catch a trout. (George Herbert, Welsh-born poet, orator, and priest of the Church of England, 1593-1633)

Herbert, George Edward : Steal the hog, and give the feet for alms. (George Edward Herbert, English aristocrat and financial backer of the search for and the excavation of Egyptian tombs, 1866-1923)

Herbert, George Edward : A wise man cares not for what he cannot have. (George Edward Herbert, English peer and aristocrat best known as the financial backer of the search for and the excavation of Tutankhamun's tomb, 1866-1923)

Herold, Don : There's one thing about baldness - it's neat. (Don Herold, humorist, writer, illustrator, and cartoonist. 1889-1966)

Herold, Don : Babies are such a nice way to start people. (Don Herold, U.S. humorist and cartoonist, 1899-1966)

Hesburgh, Theodore : The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother. (Theodore Hesburgh, U.S. priest who served for 35 years as the president of the University of Notre Dame, 1917-2015)

Heschel, Abraham Joshua : When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. (Abraham Joshua Heschel, Polish-born U.S. rabbi and professor, 1907-1972)

Heschel, Abraham Joshua : When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. (Abraham Joshua Heschel, Polish-born U.S. rabbi and professor, 1907-1972)

Heschel, Abraham Joshua : When I was young, I admired clever people. Now that I am old, I admire kind people. (Abraham Joshua Heschel, Polish-born U.S. rabbi and professor, 1907-1972)

Hightower, Cullen : The true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success. (Cullen Hightower, U.S. quotation and quip writer, 1923-2008)

Hill, James B. : The lucky fellow is the plucky fellow who has been burning midnight oil and taking defeat after defeat with a smile. (James B. Hill, U.S. inventor, 1856-1945)

Hillesum, Etty : That fear of missing out on things makes you miss out on everything. (Etty Hillesum, Dutch diary writer who lived in Nazi-occupied Amsterdam and died in Auschwitz Concentration Camp, 1914-1943)

Hillyer, Robert : Perfectionism is a dangerous state of mind in an imperfect world. (Robert Hillyer, U.S. poet and recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, 1895-1961)

Hitchens, Christopher : Gullibility and credulity are considered undesirable qualities in every department of human life -- except religion. (Christopher Hitchens, Anglo-American columnist, social critic, and journalist, 1949-2011)

Hitchens, Christopher : What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof. (Christopher Hitchens, Anglo-American columnist, social critic, and journalist, 1949-2011)

Hitler, Adolf : How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think. (Adolf Hitler, German leader of the Nazi Party who initiated World War II in Europe, 1889-1945)

Hobbes, Thomas : Leisure is the mother of philosophy. (Thomas Hobbes, English philosopher, considered to be one of the founders of modern political philosophy, 1588-1679)

Hoffer, Eric : To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life. (Eric Hoffer, U.S. moral and social philosopher and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1902-1983)

Hoffer, Eric : The passion to get ahead is sometimes born of the fear lest we be left behind. (Eric Hoffer, U.S. moral and social philosopher and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1902-1983)

Hoffer, Eric : Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power. (Eric Hoffer, U.S. moral and social philosopher and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1902-1983)

Hoffer, Eric : Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life. (Eric Hoffer, U.S. moral and social philosopher and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1902-1983)

Hoffer, Eric : Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power. (Eric Hoffer, U.S. moral and social philosopher and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1902-1983)

Hoffer, Eric : Many of the insights of the saint stem from his experience as a sinner. (Eric Hoffer, U.S. moral and social philosopher and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1902-1983)

Hoffer, Eric : Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength. (Eric Hoffer, U.S. moral and social philosopher and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1902-1983)

Hoffer, Eric : However much we guard against it, we tend to shape ourselves in the image others have of us. (Eric Hoffer, U.S. moral and social philosopher, author, and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1902-1983)

Hoffer, Eric : Not actual suffering but the hope of better things incites people to revolt. (Eric Hoffer, U.S. moral and social philosopher, author, and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1902-1983)

Hoffer, Eric : Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many. (Eric Hoffer, U.S. moral and social philosopher, author, and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1902-1983)

Holderlin, Friedrich : What has always made a hell on earth has been that man has tried to make it his heaven. (Friedrich Holderlin, German lyric poet, 1770-1843)

Holland, Josiah G. : God gives every bird its food, but he does not throw it into the nest. (Josiah G. Holland, U.S. novelist, poet, and co-founder/editor of Scribner's Monthly, 1819-1881)

Holmes, Oliver W. : Man's mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions. (Oliver W. Holmes, Jr., U.S. jurist who served for 30 years as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1841-1935)

Holmes, Oliver W. : Law’s history is the history of the moral development of the race. (Oliver W. Holmes, Jr., U.S. jurist who served for 30 years as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1841-1935)

Holmes, Oliver Wendell : Imitation is a necessity of human nature. (Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., U.S. jurist who served both as an Associate Justice and as the Acting Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1841-1935)

Holmes, Oliver Wendell : The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour upon it, the more it will contract. (Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., U.S. jurist who served both as an Associate Justice and as the Acting Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1841-1935)

Holmes, Oliver W. : A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions. (Oliver W. Holmes, Jr., U.S. jurist who served for 30 years as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1841-1935)

Holmes, Oliver Wendell : A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions. (Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. U.S. jurist who served both as an Associate Justice and as the Acting Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1841-1935)

Holmes, John Hughes : The universe is not hostile, nor yet is it friendly. It is simply indifferent. (John Hughes Holmes)

Holmes, Oliver Wendell : The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men. (Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., U.S. poet, novelist, essayist, polymath, and physician, 1809-1894)

Holmes, Oliver W. : Taxes are the price we pay for a civilized society. (Oliver W. Holmes, Jr., U.S. jurist who served for 30 years as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1841-1935)

Holmes, Oliver W. : The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it contracts. (Oliver W. Holmes, Jr., U.S. jurist who served for 30 years as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1841-1935)

Holmes, Oliver W. : Bigotry is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour upon it, the more it will contract. (Oliver W. Holmes, Jr., U.S. jurist who served for 30 years as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1841-1935)

Holmes, Oliver W. : I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving. (Oliver W. Holmes, Jr., U.S. jurist who served for 30 years as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1841-1935)

Holmes, Oliver W. : The young man knows the rules but the old man knows the exceptions. (Oliver W. Holmes, Jr., U.S. jurist who served for 30 years as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1841-1935)

Holmes, Oliver W. : Every calling is great when greatly pursued. (Oliver W. Holmes, Jr., U.S. jurist who served for 30 years as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1841-1935)

Holmes, Oliver Wendell : The poetry of words is quite as beautiful as that of sentences. (Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., U.S. poet, novelist, essayist, polymath, and physician, 1809-1894)

Holmes, John Andrew : Speech is conveniently located midway between thought and action, where it often substitutes for both. (John Andrew Holmes, U.S. poet and literary critic, 1904-1962)

Holmes, Oliver W. : The mind of a bigot is likened to the pupil of the eye; the more light you pour on it, the more it contracts. (Oliver W. Holmes, Jr., U.S. jurist who served for 30 years as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1841-1935)

Holmes, Oliver Wendell : Speak clearly, if you speak at all; Carve every word before you let it fall. (Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., U.S. poet, novelist, essayist, polymath, and physician, 1809-1894)

Honda, Soichire : I happened on the idea of fitting an engine to a bicycle simply because I did not want to ride crowded trains and buses. (Soichire Honda, Japanese engineer and industrialist who In 1948, he established the Honda Motor Co., 1906-1991)

Hoover, Herbert : Older men declare war. But it is youth that must fight and die. (Herbert Hoover, U.S. politician who served as the 31st President of the United States during the Great Depression., 1874-1964)

Hopper, Edward : If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint. (Edward Hopper, U.S. realist painter, 1882-1967)

Horder, Thomas : It is the duty of a doctor to prolong life and it is not his duty to prolong the act of dying. (Thomas Horder, English physician recognized as a leading clinician and diagnostician of his day, 1871-1955)

Horn, Lena : It's not the load that breaks you down; it's the way you carry it. (Lena Horn, U.S. singer, dancer, actress, and civil rights activist, Born 1917-2010)

Horn, Lena : It�s not the load that breaks you down; it�s the way you carry it. (Lena Horn, U.S. singer, dancer, actress, and civil rights activist, Born 1917-2010)

Horne, Lena : It's not the load that breaks you down, it's the way you carry it. (Lena Horne, U.S. singer, dancer, actress, and civil rights activist, 1917-2010)

Horney, Karen : Concern should drive us into action, not into a depression. (Karen Horney, German psychoanalyst, 1885-1952)

Howe, Edgar Watson : There is only one thing for a man to do who is married to a woman who enjoys spending money, and that is to enjoy earning it. (Edgar Watson Howe, U.S. novelist and newspaper and magazine editor 1853-1937)

Howe, Edgar Watson : Even if a farmer intends to loaf, he gets up in time to get an early start. (Edgar Watson Howe, U.S. novelist and newspaper and magazine editor, 1853-1937)

Howe, Edgar Watson : A theory is no more like a fact than a photograph is like a person. (Edgar Watson Howe, U.S. novelist and newspaper and magazine editor, 1853-1937)

Hubbard, Elbert : To escape criticism - do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. (Elbert Hubbard, U.S. leader of community arts, author, editor, printer, 1856-1915)

Hubbard, Kin : Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while. (Kin Hubbard, U.S. cartoonist and humorist, 1868-1930)

Hubbard, Elbert : One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. But no machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. (Elbert Hubbard, U.S. leader of community arts, author, editor, printer, 1856-1915)

Hubbard, Elbert : No man needs a vacation so much as the man who has just had one. (Elbert Hubbard, U.S. leader of community arts, author, editor, printer, 1856-1915)

Hubbard, Kin : The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them. (Kin Hubbard, U.S. cartoonist and humorist, 1868-1930)

Hubbard, Elbert : He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words. (Elbert Hubbard, U.S. leader of community arts, author, editor, printer, 1856-1915)

Hubbard, Kin : It seems like the less a statesman amounts to, the more he adores the flag. (Kin Hubbard, U.S. cartoonist, humorist, and journalist, 1868-1930)

Huffington, Arianna : Life is a dance between making it happen . . . and letting it happen. (Arianna Huffington, Greek- American author, columnist, and co-founder and chief editor of The Huffington Post, Born 1950)

Hughes, Charles Evans : A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company. (Charles Evans Hughes, U.S. statesman, Governor of New York, and jurist in the Supreme Court, 1862-1948)

Hughes, Charles Evans : The U.S. is under a Constitution, but the Constitution is what the judges say it is. (Charles Evans Hughes, U.S. statesman, Governor of New York, and jurist in the Supreme Court, 1862-1948)

Hughes, J. B. : If Moses had been a committee, the Israelites would still be in Egypt. (J. B. Hughes, Australian-British developer and politician, 1817-1881)

Hugo, Victor : No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come. (Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and dramatist, 1802-1885)

Hugo, Victor : He who opens a school door, closes a prison door. (Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and dramatist, 1802-1885)

Hugo, Victor : When you open a school, you close a jail. (Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and dramatist, 1802-1885)

Hugo, Victor : When you open a school, you close a jail. (Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and dramatist, 1802-1885)

Hugo, Victor : Inspiration and genius - one and the same. (Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and dramatist, 1802-1885)

Hugo, Victor : Strong and bitter words indicate a weak cause. (Victor Hugo, French poet, novelist, and dramatist whose works include Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, 1802-1885)

Hugo, Victor : Caution is the eldest child of wisdom. (Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and dramatist, 1802-1885)

Hugo, Victor : Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age. (Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and dramatist, 1802-1885)

Hugo, Victor : Mirrors - those revealers of the truth - are hated; but that does not prevent them from being of use. (Victor Hugo, French novelist, poet, and dramatist, 1802-1885)

Hugo, Victor : Sorrow is a fruit; God does not allow it to grow on a branch that is too weak to bear it. (Victor Hugo, French poet, novelist, and dramatist whose works include Les Misérables and The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, 1802-1885)

Hulbert, Harold S. : Children need love, especially when they do not deserve it. (Harold S. Hulbert, U.S. actor, 1909-1959)

Hull, Raymond : He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away. (Raymond Hull, Canadian playwright, television screenwriter, 1919-1985)

Humboldt, William Von : It is almost more important how a person takes his fate than what it is. (William von Humboldt, Prussian philosopher and diplomat, 1767-1835)

Humes, James : 'Vice-President' is the title given to a corporate manager instead of a raise. (James Humes, U.S. author and former presidential speechwriter, know for his extensive knowledge of the political landscape, Born 1934)

Humphrey, Muriel : A speech does not need to be eternal to be immortal. (Muriel Humphrey, U.S. politician who, as the wife of Vice-President Hubert Humphrey, served as the Second Lady of the United States and later as a U.S. Senator, 1912-1998)

Hunt, Leigh : The same people who can deny others everything are famous for refusing themselves nothing. (Leigh Hunt, English critic, essayist and poet, 1784-1859)

Hunt, Leigh : Patience and gentleness is power. (Leigh Hunt, English critic, essayist, and poet, 1784-1859)

Hutcheson, Francis : Political action is best when it accomplishes the greatest happiness for the greatest numbers. (Francis Hutcheson, philosopher, 1694-1746)

Hutchins, Robert : The college graduate is presented with a sheepskin to cover his intellectual nakedness. (Robert Hutchins, educational philosopher, dean of Yale Law School, and president and chancellor of the University of Chicago, 1899-1977)

Hutchins, Robert : Whenever I feel like exercise, I lie down until the feeling passes. (Robert Hutchins, educational philosopher, dean of Yale Law School, and president and chancellor of the University of Chicago, 1899-1977)

Huxley, Aldous : After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. (Aldous Huxley, English novelist and philosopher, 1894-1963)

Huxley, Aldous : Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unhewn marble of great sculpture. (Aldous Huxley, English writer and philosopher who wrote nearly fifty books-both novels and non-fiction works, 1894-1963)

Huxley, Aldous : After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. (Aldous Huxley, English novelist and philosopher, 1894-1963)

Huxley, Aldous : Experience is not what happens to people; it is what they do with what happens to them. (Aldous Huxley, English novelist and philosopher, 1894-1963)

Huxley, Aldous : There's only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self. (Aldous Huxley, English writer and philosopher, widely acknowledged as one of the foremost intellectuals of his time, 1894-1963)

Huxley, Thomas : Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority. (Thomas Huxley, English biologist who was an advocate of Charles Darwin\'s theory of evolution)

Huxley, Aldous : Experience teaches only the teachable. (Aldous Huxley, English novelist and philosopher, 1894-1963)

Huxley, Aldous : Words form the thread on which we string our experiences. (Aldous Huxley, English novelist and philosopher, 1894-1963)