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“There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go.” -Frederick William Faber
Frederick William Faber was born in 1814. He was an English hymn writer and theologian. He converted from Anglicanism to Catholicism, and became a member of its priesthood. His is known for the hymn “Faith of Our Fathers” (1849). Frederick William Faber passed on in 1863.
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“Enjoy life by limiting your emotional baggage to a small carry-on.” -Tim Fargo
“Forget your weaknesses, increase your strengths, and be the most awesome you that you can be.” -Tim Fargo
“If you think you’ll laugh about it someday, go ahead and start today.” -Tim Fargo
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“I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail.” -William Faulkner
William Cuthbert ‘Will’ Faulkner was born in 1897. He was an American short story writer, essayist, novelist, playwright, and poet. William Cuthbert ‘Will’ Faulkner passed on at 64 years of age on 6 July 1962 in Byhalia, Mississippi.
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“Private choices are not private; they all have public consequences . . . Our society is the sum total of what millions of individuals do in their private lives.” -James E. Faust: ‘Will I Be Happy,’ published in “Ensign” (May 1987) magazine, page 80
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“Beware of the man who won’t be bothered with details.” -William A. Feather
“Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favorable do nothing.” -William A. Feather
“If people really liked to work, we’d still be plowing the land with sticks and transporting goods on our backs.” -William A. Feather
“If you’re naturally kind, you attract a lot of people you don’t like.” -William A. Feather
“Let us resolve to do the best we can with what we’ve got.” -William A. Feather: as attributed in “Forbes” (1984)
“The hardest job of all is trying to look busy when you’re not.” -William A. Feather
William Arthur Feather was born on 25 August 1889 in Jamestown, New York, United States of America. He was married to Ruth Elizabeth Presley on 30 October 1912. He became a publisher and a writer. He spent much of his life in Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, where he owned a printing business and published, “The William Feather Magazine.” William Arthur Feather passed on at 91 years of age on 7 January 1981.
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“I used to think I was poor. Then they told me I wasn’t poor, I was needy. Then they told me it was self-defeating to think of myself as needy. I was deprived (oh, not deprived but rather underprivileged). Then they told me that underprivileged was overused. I was disadvantaged. I still don’t have a dime. But I have a great vocabulary.” -Jules Feiffer
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“I claim the right to contradict myself. I don’t want to deprive myself of the right to talk nonsense, and I ask humbly to be allowed to be wrong sometimes.” -Federico Fellini
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“The greatest results in life are usually attained by simple means and the exercise of ordinary qualities. These may for the most part be summed up in these two - common sense and perseverance.” -Owen Feltham
Owen Feltham was born in 1602. Owen Feltham passed on in 1668.
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Your body cannot heal without play.
Your mind cannot heal without laughter.
Your soul cannot heal without joy.
-Catherine Rippenger Fenwick
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“Think big and don’t listen to people who tell you it can’t be done. Life’s too short to think small.” -Tim Ferriss
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“If we make every day better than the one before, today will be the best day yet, and the greatest days ever will await us in every tomorrow.” -Wes Fesler
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“Say yes, and you’ll figure it out afterwards.” -Tina Fey
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“Sometimes I found that in my happy moments I could not believe that I had ever been miserable.” -Joanna Field
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“He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported with the latter.” -Henry Fielding
“If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.” -Henry Fielding
“Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.” -Henry Fielding
Henry Fielding was born in 1707. He was married to Charlotte Cradock in 1734. He was an English novelist and dramatist. He is known for his humor and satire, and as the writer of the novel “Tom Jones.” Aside from his literary achievements, he has a significant place in the history of law-enforcement, having founded what some have called London’s first police force, the Bow Street Runners, using his authority as a magistrate. Henry Fielding passed on in 1754.
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“The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. Remember, the greatest failure is to not try.” -Debbie Fields
Debbie Fields is the founder of Mrs. Fields Cookies.
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“We are making stupendous effort to extend the physical and economic life of the many. But of what high consequence is that extension unless the activity of the mind is also extended unless we strive ever to live better rather than simply to make a better living?” -John H. Finley
John H. Finley is a doctor.
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“Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.” -Doug Firebaugh
“Goals are simply an image in your mind that need to be crystallized on paper by your hand . . . and embraced with your heart . . .” -Doug Firebaugh
“The future looks bright . . . for those who choose to shine . . . and become a star.” -Doug Firebaugh
Doug Firebaugh was born on 9 June 1968 in Birmingham, Michigan, United States of America.
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“The essence of our effort to see that every child has a chance must be to assure each an equal opportunity, not to become equal, but to become different - to realize whatever unique potential of body, mind, and spirit he or she possesses.” -John Fischer
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“It isn’t where you came from; it’s where you’re going that counts.” -Ella Fitzgerald
“Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.” -Ella Fitzgerald
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“My generation of radicals and breakers-down never found anything to take the place of the old virtues of work and courage and the old graces of courtesy and politeness.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald
“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, also known as F. Scott Fitzgerald, was born on 24 September 1896 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America. He was married to Zelda Sayre in 1920. He became a novelist, a short story writer, and a screenwriter. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald passed on at 44 years of age on 21 December 1940 in Hollywood, California, United States of America.
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“The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days, when out of dejection and despair, you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments.” -Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert was born in 1821. He was a French novelist. Gustave Flaubert passed on in 1880.
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“The ultimate goal should be doing your best and enjoying it.” -Peggy Fleming
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“If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them.” -Jane Fonda
“It’s never too late never too late to start over, never too late to be happy.” -Jane Fonda
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“Any business arrangement that is not profitable to the other fellow will in the end prove unprofitable for you. The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.” -B. C. Forbes
“History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.” -B. C. Forbes
“The man who has done his level best . . . is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.” -B. C. Forbes
“The men who have done big things are those who were not afraid to attempt big things, who were not afraid to risk failure in order to gain success.” -B. C. Forbes
Robert Charles ‘Bertie’ Forbes, also known as B. C. Forbes, was born on 14 May 1880 in New Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He became an American journalist, financier, writer, publisher, and the founder of “Forbes” magazine. Robert Charles ‘Bertie’ Forbes passed on at 73 years of age on 6 May 1954 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
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“A free ride is always very expensive.” -Malcolm S. Forbes
“The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.” -Malcolm S. Forbes
“By the time we’ve made it, we’ve had it.” -Malcolm S. Forbes
Malcolm Stevenson Forbes was born on 19 August 1919. He became the publisher of “Forbes” magazine, which was founded by his father, B. C. Forbes. Later, the magazine was run by Malcolm’s son, Steve Forbes. Malcolm Stevenson Forbes passed on at 70 years of age on 24 February 1990.
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“All I would tell people is to hold onto what was individual about themselves, not to allow their ambition for success to cause them to try to imitate the success of others. You’ve got to find it on your own terms.” -Harrison Ford
“Being happy is something you have to learn. I often surprise myself by saying, ‘Wow, this is it. I guess I’m happy. I’ve got a home that I love. A career that I love. I’m even feeling more and more at peace with myself.’ If there’s something else to happiness, let me know. I’m ambitious for that, too.” -Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford was born in 1942. He is an American actor and film producer. He is known for his roles as fictional characters Han Solo in the original Star Wars epic space opera trilogy and the title character of the Indiana Jones film series.
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“We’re not lost. We’re locationally challenged.” -John M. Ford
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“How do I know what I think until I see what I say?” -E. M. Forster
“Personal relations are the important thing for ever and ever, and not this outer life of telegrams and anger.” -E. M. Forster: “Howards End” (1910)
Edward Morgan Forster, commonly known as E. M. Forster, was born in 1879. He was an English novelist, short story writer, essayists, and librettist. His 1908 novel “A Room with a View” is his most optimistic work, while “A Passage to India” brought him his greatest success. Edward Morgan Forster passed on in 1970.
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“At very best, a person wrapped up in himself makes a small package.” -Harry Emerson Fosdick
“Life is a library owned by an author. It has a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.” -Harry Emerson Fosdick
Harry Emerson Fosdick was born on 24 May 1878 in Buffalo, New York, United States of America. He became a Protestant Christian minister in the Presbyterian and Baptist Churches and a writer. Harry Emerson Fosdick passed on at 91 years of age on 5 October 1969 in Bronxville, New York, United States of America.
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“If you could only love enough, you would be the most powerful person in the world.” -Emmet Fox
Emmett Fox was born in 1886. He became a scientist, a philosopher, and a writer. Emmett Fox passed on in 1951.
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“One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized, and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.” -Michael J. Fox
Michael J. Fox is a pseudonym of Michael Andrew Fox, who was born on 9 June 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He is an American actor, writer, and producer.
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“An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don’t.” -Anatole France
“If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.” -Anatole France
“It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.” -Anatole France: as quoted in Haakon M. Chevalier: “The Ironic Temper: Anatole France and His Time” (1932)
“Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.” -Anatole France: “The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard”
“The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, or to steal bread.” -Anatole France
Anatole France is a pseudonym of Jacques Anatole François Thibault, who was born in 1844 in Paris, France. He became a journalist, novelist, poet, and critic. Jacques Anatole François Thibault passed on in 1924 in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire.
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“Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew.” -Francis de Sales
“Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.” -Francis de Sales
Francis de Sales was born in 1567. He was a French Catholic bishop of Geneva. Francis de Sales passed on in 1622.
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“A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.” -Francis of Assisi
“Start by doing what’s necessary, then what’s possible. Suddenly, you are doing the impossible.” -Francis of Assisi: as attributed in “Reader’s Digest” (1987)
Francis of Assisi was born in 1181. He was an Italian Catholic monk, friar, and preacher. He founded the Franciscan Order of Priests, the men’s Order of Friars Minor, the women’s Order of Saint Clare, and the Third Order of Saint Francis. Francis of Assisi passed on in 1226. He was made a Saint by the Roman Catholic Church.
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“The mode by which the inevitable is reached is effort.” -Felix Frankfurter
“Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.” -Felix Frankfurter
Felix Frankfurter was born in 1882. Felix Frankfurter passed on in 1965.
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“What is to give light must endure burning.” -Viktor Frankl
Viktor Emil Frankl was born in 1905. He was a Holocaust survivor. Viktor Emil Frankl passed on in 1997.
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“Life is full of obstacle illusions.” -Grant Frazier
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“Quotations help us remember the simple yet profound truths that give life perspective and meaning. When it comes to life’s most important lessons, we can all use gentle reminders.” -Chriswell Freeman
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“Success is not measured by what you accomplish. It’s measured by the opposition you encounter, and the courage with which you maintain your struggle against the odds.” -Jerry Frenz
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“Beauty has no obvious use; nor is there any clear cultural necessity for it. Yet civilization could not do without it.” -Sigmund Freud
“I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.” -Sigmund Freud
“Maturity is the ability to live with ambiguity.” -Sigmund Freud
“We are so made, that we can only derive intense enjoyment from a contrast and only very little from a state of things.” -Sigmund Freud: “Civilization and Its Discontents” (1930)
“When inspiration does not come to me, I go halfway to meet it.” -Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud was born on 6 May 1856. He was an Austrian psychiatrist and the originator of psychoanalysis. Sigmund Freud passed on at 83 years of age on 23 September 1939.
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“The greatest advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science and literature, in industry or agriculture, have never come from centralized government.” -Milton Friedman
“The long-range solution to high unemployment is to increase the incentive for ordinary people to save, invest, work, and employ others. We make it costly for employers to employ people; we subsidize people not to go to work. We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork.” -Milton Friedman: as quoted in “US News & World Report” (March 1977)
Milton Friedman was born in 1912. He was an American economist. Milton Friedman passed on in 2006.
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“If you roll out the red carpet for a billionaire, they won’t even notice it. If you roll out the red carpet for a millionaire, they expect it. If you roll out the red carpet for a thousandaire, they appreciate it. If you roll out the red carpet for a hundredaire, they tell everybody they know.” -Patricia Fripp
“It’s better to do something for nothing than nothing for nothing.” -Patricia Fripp
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“Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.” -Erich Fromm
“Who knows whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies.” -Erich Fromm
Erich Seligmann Fromm was born on 23 March 1900 in Frankfurt, Germany. He became a philosopher, a social psychologist, and a psychoanalyst. Erich Seligmann Fromm passed on at 79 years of age on 18 March 1980 in Muralto, Switzerland.
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“Don’t aim for success. If you want it, just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.” -David Frost
“He’s turned his life around. He used to be depressed and miserable. Now he’s miserable and depressed.” -David Frost
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“You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge one for yourself.” -James Froud
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A man convinced against his will,
stands opposed ever still.
A man convinced he is right,
gives the effort twice the fight.
-Jeffrey Fry
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“Might the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy be laid to heart! Might a sense of the true aims of life elevate the tone of politics and trade, till public and private honor become identical!” -Margaret Fuller
Margaret Fuller was born in 1810. Margaret Fuller passed on in 1850.
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“A fox should not be on the jury at a goose’s trial.” -Thomas Fuller
“He does not believe that does not live according to his belief.” -Thomas Fuller
“He lives long that lives well; and time misspent is not lived, but lost.” -Thomas Fuller
“He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea.” -Thomas Fuller
Thomas Fuller was born in 1608. Thomas Fuller passed on in 1661.
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“Choose a wife by your ear than your eye.” -Thomas Fuller: “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732)
“He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much.” -Thomas Fuller: “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732)
“He that would have the fruit must climb the tree.” -Thomas Fuller (1732): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732)
“If you sleep till Noon, you have no right to complain that the Days are short.” -Thomas Fuller: “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732)
“It is better to have a Hen to Morrow, than an Egg to Day.” -Thomas Fuller: “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 2916
“Men hate those they have hurt.” -Thomas Fuller: “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 3395
Thomas Fuller was born on 24 June 1654 in Rosehill, Sussex, England. He became a physician, a preacher, and an adage collector. Thomas Fuller passed on at 80 years of age on 17 September 1734.
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“Gluttons no longer gorge themselves; they are simply suffering from one of a variety of eating disorders.” -Frank Furedi: ‘Making a Virtue of Vice’ published in “The Spectator” (12 Jan 2002)
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“There are souls in this world which have the gift of finding joy everywhere and of leaving it behind them when they go.” -Frederick William Faber
Frederick William Faber was born in 1814. He was an English hymn writer and theologian. He converted from Anglicanism to Catholicism, and became a member of its priesthood. His is known for the hymn “Faith of Our Fathers” (1849). Frederick William Faber passed on in 1863.
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“Enjoy life by limiting your emotional baggage to a small carry-on.” -Tim Fargo
“Forget your weaknesses, increase your strengths, and be the most awesome you that you can be.” -Tim Fargo
“If you think you’ll laugh about it someday, go ahead and start today.” -Tim Fargo
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“I believe that man will not merely endure: he will prevail.” -William Faulkner
William Cuthbert ‘Will’ Faulkner was born in 1897. He was an American short story writer, essayist, novelist, playwright, and poet. William Cuthbert ‘Will’ Faulkner passed on at 64 years of age on 6 July 1962 in Byhalia, Mississippi.
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“Private choices are not private; they all have public consequences . . . Our society is the sum total of what millions of individuals do in their private lives.” -James E. Faust: ‘Will I Be Happy,’ published in “Ensign” (May 1987) magazine, page 80
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“Beware of the man who won’t be bothered with details.” -William A. Feather
“Conditions are never just right. People who delay action until all factors are favorable do nothing.” -William A. Feather
“If people really liked to work, we’d still be plowing the land with sticks and transporting goods on our backs.” -William A. Feather
“If you’re naturally kind, you attract a lot of people you don’t like.” -William A. Feather
“Let us resolve to do the best we can with what we’ve got.” -William A. Feather: as attributed in “Forbes” (1984)
“The hardest job of all is trying to look busy when you’re not.” -William A. Feather
William Arthur Feather was born on 25 August 1889 in Jamestown, New York, United States of America. He was married to Ruth Elizabeth Presley on 30 October 1912. He became a publisher and a writer. He spent much of his life in Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, where he owned a printing business and published, “The William Feather Magazine.” William Arthur Feather passed on at 91 years of age on 7 January 1981.
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“I used to think I was poor. Then they told me I wasn’t poor, I was needy. Then they told me it was self-defeating to think of myself as needy. I was deprived (oh, not deprived but rather underprivileged). Then they told me that underprivileged was overused. I was disadvantaged. I still don’t have a dime. But I have a great vocabulary.” -Jules Feiffer
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“I claim the right to contradict myself. I don’t want to deprive myself of the right to talk nonsense, and I ask humbly to be allowed to be wrong sometimes.” -Federico Fellini
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“The greatest results in life are usually attained by simple means and the exercise of ordinary qualities. These may for the most part be summed up in these two - common sense and perseverance.” -Owen Feltham
Owen Feltham was born in 1602. Owen Feltham passed on in 1668.
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Your body cannot heal without play.
Your mind cannot heal without laughter.
Your soul cannot heal without joy.
-Catherine Rippenger Fenwick
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“Think big and don’t listen to people who tell you it can’t be done. Life’s too short to think small.” -Tim Ferriss
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“If we make every day better than the one before, today will be the best day yet, and the greatest days ever will await us in every tomorrow.” -Wes Fesler
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“Say yes, and you’ll figure it out afterwards.” -Tina Fey
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“Sometimes I found that in my happy moments I could not believe that I had ever been miserable.” -Joanna Field
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“He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported with the latter.” -Henry Fielding
“If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.” -Henry Fielding
“Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.” -Henry Fielding
Henry Fielding was born in 1707. He was married to Charlotte Cradock in 1734. He was an English novelist and dramatist. He is known for his humor and satire, and as the writer of the novel “Tom Jones.” Aside from his literary achievements, he has a significant place in the history of law-enforcement, having founded what some have called London’s first police force, the Bow Street Runners, using his authority as a magistrate. Henry Fielding passed on in 1754.
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“The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. Remember, the greatest failure is to not try.” -Debbie Fields
Debbie Fields is the founder of Mrs. Fields Cookies.
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“We are making stupendous effort to extend the physical and economic life of the many. But of what high consequence is that extension unless the activity of the mind is also extended unless we strive ever to live better rather than simply to make a better living?” -John H. Finley
John H. Finley is a doctor.
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“Every day do something that will inch you closer to a better tomorrow.” -Doug Firebaugh
“Goals are simply an image in your mind that need to be crystallized on paper by your hand . . . and embraced with your heart . . .” -Doug Firebaugh
“The future looks bright . . . for those who choose to shine . . . and become a star.” -Doug Firebaugh
Doug Firebaugh was born on 9 June 1968 in Birmingham, Michigan, United States of America.
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“The essence of our effort to see that every child has a chance must be to assure each an equal opportunity, not to become equal, but to become different - to realize whatever unique potential of body, mind, and spirit he or she possesses.” -John Fischer
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“It isn’t where you came from; it’s where you’re going that counts.” -Ella Fitzgerald
“Just don’t give up trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don’t think you can go wrong.” -Ella Fitzgerald
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“My generation of radicals and breakers-down never found anything to take the place of the old virtues of work and courage and the old graces of courtesy and politeness.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald
“The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald
“Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.” -F. Scott Fitzgerald
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, also known as F. Scott Fitzgerald, was born on 24 September 1896 in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States of America. He was married to Zelda Sayre in 1920. He became a novelist, a short story writer, and a screenwriter. Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald passed on at 44 years of age on 21 December 1940 in Hollywood, California, United States of America.
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“The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days, when out of dejection and despair, you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments.” -Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert was born in 1821. He was a French novelist. Gustave Flaubert passed on in 1880.
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“The ultimate goal should be doing your best and enjoying it.” -Peggy Fleming
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“If the career you have chosen has some unexpected inconvenience, console yourself by reflecting that no career is without them.” -Jane Fonda
“It’s never too late never too late to start over, never too late to be happy.” -Jane Fonda
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“Any business arrangement that is not profitable to the other fellow will in the end prove unprofitable for you. The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.” -B. C. Forbes
“History has demonstrated that the most notable winners usually encountered heartbreaking obstacles before they triumphed. They won because they refused to become discouraged by their defeats.” -B. C. Forbes
“The man who has done his level best . . . is a success, even though the world may write him down a failure.” -B. C. Forbes
“The men who have done big things are those who were not afraid to attempt big things, who were not afraid to risk failure in order to gain success.” -B. C. Forbes
Robert Charles ‘Bertie’ Forbes, also known as B. C. Forbes, was born on 14 May 1880 in New Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He became an American journalist, financier, writer, publisher, and the founder of “Forbes” magazine. Robert Charles ‘Bertie’ Forbes passed on at 73 years of age on 6 May 1954 in New York City, New York, United States of America.
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“A free ride is always very expensive.” -Malcolm S. Forbes
“The biggest mistake people make in life is not trying to make a living at doing what they most enjoy.” -Malcolm S. Forbes
“By the time we’ve made it, we’ve had it.” -Malcolm S. Forbes
Malcolm Stevenson Forbes was born on 19 August 1919. He became the publisher of “Forbes” magazine, which was founded by his father, B. C. Forbes. Later, the magazine was run by Malcolm’s son, Steve Forbes. Malcolm Stevenson Forbes passed on at 70 years of age on 24 February 1990.
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“All I would tell people is to hold onto what was individual about themselves, not to allow their ambition for success to cause them to try to imitate the success of others. You’ve got to find it on your own terms.” -Harrison Ford
“Being happy is something you have to learn. I often surprise myself by saying, ‘Wow, this is it. I guess I’m happy. I’ve got a home that I love. A career that I love. I’m even feeling more and more at peace with myself.’ If there’s something else to happiness, let me know. I’m ambitious for that, too.” -Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford was born in 1942. He is an American actor and film producer. He is known for his roles as fictional characters Han Solo in the original Star Wars epic space opera trilogy and the title character of the Indiana Jones film series.
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“We’re not lost. We’re locationally challenged.” -John M. Ford
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“How do I know what I think until I see what I say?” -E. M. Forster
“Personal relations are the important thing for ever and ever, and not this outer life of telegrams and anger.” -E. M. Forster: “Howards End” (1910)
Edward Morgan Forster, commonly known as E. M. Forster, was born in 1879. He was an English novelist, short story writer, essayists, and librettist. His 1908 novel “A Room with a View” is his most optimistic work, while “A Passage to India” brought him his greatest success. Edward Morgan Forster passed on in 1970.
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“At very best, a person wrapped up in himself makes a small package.” -Harry Emerson Fosdick
“Life is a library owned by an author. It has a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him.” -Harry Emerson Fosdick
Harry Emerson Fosdick was born on 24 May 1878 in Buffalo, New York, United States of America. He became a Protestant Christian minister in the Presbyterian and Baptist Churches and a writer. Harry Emerson Fosdick passed on at 91 years of age on 5 October 1969 in Bronxville, New York, United States of America.
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“If you could only love enough, you would be the most powerful person in the world.” -Emmet Fox
Emmett Fox was born in 1886. He became a scientist, a philosopher, and a writer. Emmett Fox passed on in 1951.
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“One’s dignity may be assaulted, vandalized, and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered.” -Michael J. Fox
Michael J. Fox is a pseudonym of Michael Andrew Fox, who was born on 9 June 1961 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He is an American actor, writer, and producer.
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“An education isn’t how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It’s being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don’t.” -Anatole France
“If a million people say a foolish thing, it is still a foolish thing.” -Anatole France
“It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.” -Anatole France: as quoted in Haakon M. Chevalier: “The Ironic Temper: Anatole France and His Time” (1932)
“Man is so made that he can only find relaxation from one kind of labor by taking up another.” -Anatole France: “The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard”
“The law, in its majestic equality, forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, or to steal bread.” -Anatole France
Anatole France is a pseudonym of Jacques Anatole François Thibault, who was born in 1844 in Paris, France. He became a journalist, novelist, poet, and critic. Jacques Anatole François Thibault passed on in 1924 in Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire.
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“Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew.” -Francis de Sales
“Nothing is so strong as gentleness, and nothing is so gentle as true strength.” -Francis de Sales
Francis de Sales was born in 1567. He was a French Catholic bishop of Geneva. Francis de Sales passed on in 1622.
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“A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.” -Francis of Assisi
“Start by doing what’s necessary, then what’s possible. Suddenly, you are doing the impossible.” -Francis of Assisi: as attributed in “Reader’s Digest” (1987)
Francis of Assisi was born in 1181. He was an Italian Catholic monk, friar, and preacher. He founded the Franciscan Order of Priests, the men’s Order of Friars Minor, the women’s Order of Saint Clare, and the Third Order of Saint Francis. Francis of Assisi passed on in 1226. He was made a Saint by the Roman Catholic Church.
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“The mode by which the inevitable is reached is effort.” -Felix Frankfurter
“Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.” -Felix Frankfurter
Felix Frankfurter was born in 1882. Felix Frankfurter passed on in 1965.
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“What is to give light must endure burning.” -Viktor Frankl
Viktor Emil Frankl was born in 1905. He was a Holocaust survivor. Viktor Emil Frankl passed on in 1997.
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“Life is full of obstacle illusions.” -Grant Frazier
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“Quotations help us remember the simple yet profound truths that give life perspective and meaning. When it comes to life’s most important lessons, we can all use gentle reminders.” -Chriswell Freeman
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“Success is not measured by what you accomplish. It’s measured by the opposition you encounter, and the courage with which you maintain your struggle against the odds.” -Jerry Frenz
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“Beauty has no obvious use; nor is there any clear cultural necessity for it. Yet civilization could not do without it.” -Sigmund Freud
“I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within. It is there all the time.” -Sigmund Freud
“Maturity is the ability to live with ambiguity.” -Sigmund Freud
“We are so made, that we can only derive intense enjoyment from a contrast and only very little from a state of things.” -Sigmund Freud: “Civilization and Its Discontents” (1930)
“When inspiration does not come to me, I go halfway to meet it.” -Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud was born on 6 May 1856. He was an Austrian psychiatrist and the originator of psychoanalysis. Sigmund Freud passed on at 83 years of age on 23 September 1939.
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“The greatest advances of civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science and literature, in industry or agriculture, have never come from centralized government.” -Milton Friedman
“The long-range solution to high unemployment is to increase the incentive for ordinary people to save, invest, work, and employ others. We make it costly for employers to employ people; we subsidize people not to go to work. We have a system that increasingly taxes work and subsidizes nonwork.” -Milton Friedman: as quoted in “US News & World Report” (March 1977)
Milton Friedman was born in 1912. He was an American economist. Milton Friedman passed on in 2006.
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“If you roll out the red carpet for a billionaire, they won’t even notice it. If you roll out the red carpet for a millionaire, they expect it. If you roll out the red carpet for a thousandaire, they appreciate it. If you roll out the red carpet for a hundredaire, they tell everybody they know.” -Patricia Fripp
“It’s better to do something for nothing than nothing for nothing.” -Patricia Fripp
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“Not he who has much is rich, but he who gives much.” -Erich Fromm
“Who knows whether one happy moment of love or the joy of breathing or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies.” -Erich Fromm
Erich Seligmann Fromm was born on 23 March 1900 in Frankfurt, Germany. He became a philosopher, a social psychologist, and a psychoanalyst. Erich Seligmann Fromm passed on at 79 years of age on 18 March 1980 in Muralto, Switzerland.
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“Don’t aim for success. If you want it, just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.” -David Frost
“He’s turned his life around. He used to be depressed and miserable. Now he’s miserable and depressed.” -David Frost
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“You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge one for yourself.” -James Froud
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A man convinced against his will,
stands opposed ever still.
A man convinced he is right,
gives the effort twice the fight.
-Jeffrey Fry
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“Might the simple maxim, that honesty is the best policy be laid to heart! Might a sense of the true aims of life elevate the tone of politics and trade, till public and private honor become identical!” -Margaret Fuller
Margaret Fuller was born in 1810. Margaret Fuller passed on in 1850.
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“A fox should not be on the jury at a goose’s trial.” -Thomas Fuller
“He does not believe that does not live according to his belief.” -Thomas Fuller
“He lives long that lives well; and time misspent is not lived, but lost.” -Thomas Fuller
“He that will not sail till all dangers are over must never put to sea.” -Thomas Fuller
Thomas Fuller was born in 1608. Thomas Fuller passed on in 1661.
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“Choose a wife by your ear than your eye.” -Thomas Fuller: “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732)
“He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much.” -Thomas Fuller: “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732)
“He that would have the fruit must climb the tree.” -Thomas Fuller (1732): “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732)
“If you sleep till Noon, you have no right to complain that the Days are short.” -Thomas Fuller: “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732)
“It is better to have a Hen to Morrow, than an Egg to Day.” -Thomas Fuller: “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 2916
“Men hate those they have hurt.” -Thomas Fuller: “Gnomologia: Adages and Proverbs” (1732), number 3395
Thomas Fuller was born on 24 June 1654 in Rosehill, Sussex, England. He became a physician, a preacher, and an adage collector. Thomas Fuller passed on at 80 years of age on 17 September 1734.
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“Gluttons no longer gorge themselves; they are simply suffering from one of a variety of eating disorders.” -Frank Furedi: ‘Making a Virtue of Vice’ published in “The Spectator” (12 Jan 2002)
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