World Quotes

Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it.

The world is full of willing people, some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.

Unless you are educated in metaphor, you are not safe to be let loose in the world.

Every poem is a momentary stay against the confusion of the world.

What you want, what you're hanging around in the world waiting for, is for something to occur to you.

Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so.

Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I've tasted of desire, I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice I think I know enough of hate To say that for destruction ice Is also great And would suffice.

I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.

I turned to speak to God About the world's despair But to make bad matters worse I found God wasn't there.

We read the world wrong and say that it deceives us.

When you came you cried and everybody smiled with joy; when you go smile and let the world cry for you.

The most important lesson that man can learn from life, is not that there is pain in this world, but that it is possible for him to transmute it into joy.

Unless you have found God in your own soul, the whole world will seem meaningless to you.

Power said to the world, "You are mine." The world kept it prisoner on her throne. Love said to the world, "I am thine." The world gave it the freedom of her house.

It is the docile who achieve the most impossible things in this world.

In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and, to the young, it comes with bitterest agony, because it takes them unawares.

The world has never had a good definition of the word liberty ... We all declare for liberty; but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing.

I have an irrepressible desire to live till I can be assured that the world is a little better for my having lived in it.

The Savior of the whole world chose twelve disciples, and even one of that small number, selected by superhuman wisdom, turned out a traitor and a devil.

It has so happened in all ages of the world, that some have labored, and others have, without labor, enjoyed a large proportion of the fruits.