Quotes

Collection of quotes

One of the fondest memories of my Granddad Nelson was trading quotes regularly over email. Sadly I lost the email archive when I went on my mission, but it has continued to be an interest of mine. I hope you enjoy my collection of quotes. A bit of everything from religion to politics to leadership.

2026-09-27 11:14:27

When one acts on pity against justice, it is the good whom one punishes for the sake of the evil; when one saves the guilty from suffering, it is the innocent whom one forces to suffer. There is no escape from justice, nothing can be unearned and unpaid for in the universe, neither in matter nor in spirit—and if the guilty do not pay, then the innocent have to pay it.

Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged
2026-09-27 11:11:10

A viler evil than to murder a man, is to sell him suicide as an act of virtue.

Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged
2026-09-27 11:01:38

There’s no way to rule innocent men. The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.

Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged
2026-09-27 10:59:38

…do you know the hallmark of the second-rater? It’s resentment of another man’s achievement.

Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged
2026-09-27 10:58:17

name a person more evil than the man with a heart closed to pity. The man who uses another’s pity for him as a weapon.

Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged
2026-09-27 10:56:11

I hated every minute of training, but I said,
Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.

Muhammad Ali
2026-09-27 10:54:39

It is not advisable… to venture unsolicited opinions. You should spare yourself the embarrassing discovery of their exact value to your listener.

Ayn Rand
Atlas Shrugged
2026-09-27 10:52:43

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

George Washington
2026-09-27 10:51:17

Don't bother people for help without first trying to solve the problem yourself.

Colin Powell
2026-09-27 10:49:49

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

Winston Churchill