Thousand Quotes

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell.
Buddha

Yourself, Win, Cannot

There is a sacredness in tears. They are not the mark of weakness, but of power. They speak more eloquently than ten thousand tongues. They are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition, and of unspeakable love.
Washington Irving

Love, Power, Deep

Better than a thousand hollow words, is one word that brings peace.
Buddha

Peace, Words, Word

Quote

One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.
Euripides

Friend, Worth, Relatives

If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.
Winston Churchill

Respect, Law, Destroy

I try to give to the poor people for love what the rich could get for money. No, I wouldn't touch a leper for a thousand pounds; yet I willingly cure him for the love of God.
Mother Teresa

Love, Money, God

All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years.
Abraham Lincoln

Earth, Military, Drink

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.
Marilyn Monroe

Soul, Place, Kiss

Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment.
Mahatma Gandhi

Love, Power, Fear

Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
Lao Tzu

Great, Single, Small

I freed a thousand slaves I could have freed a thousand more if only they knew they were slaves.
Harriet Tubman

Knew, Slaves, Freed

Some mischievous people always there. Last several thousand years, always there. In future, also.
Dalai Lama

Future, Last, Several

We are asking the nations of Europe between whom rivers of blood have flowed to forget the feuds of a thousand years.
Winston Churchill

Forget, Between, Blood

A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.
Plato

Men, Wise, Hero

Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.
John F. Kennedy

Victory, Defeat, Fathers

To give pleasure to a single heart by a single act is better than a thousand heads bowing in prayer.
Mahatma Gandhi

Heart, Single, Give

Quote

Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time.
Lyndon B. Johnson

Peace, Time, Step

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense.
Robert Green Ingersoll

Education, Sense, Times

Though we may know Him by a thousand names, He is one and the same to us all.
Mahatma Gandhi

I spent three days a week for 10 years educating myself in the public library, and it's better than college. People should educate themselves - you can get a complete education for no money. At the end of 10 years, I had read every book in the library and I'd written a thousand stories.
Ray Bradbury

Education, Money, End

There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.
Henry David Thoreau

Evil, Hacking, Striking

The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.
Lao Tzu

Step, Journey, Begins

If the stars should appear but one night every thousand years how man would marvel and stare.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Night, Stars, Appear

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.
Benjamin Franklin

Die, Few, Eating

Truth can be stated in a thousand different ways, yet each one can be true.
Swami Vivekananda

Truth, True, Different

A picture is worth a thousand words.
Napoleon Bonaparte

Words, Worth, Picture

Gun control? We need bullet control! I think every bullet should cost 5,000 dollars. Because if a bullet cost five thousand dollar, we wouldn't have any innocent bystanders.
Chris Rock

Control, Gun, Innocent

I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it.
Ray Bradbury

Love, Work, Good

The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Creation, Forests, Acorn

Rice is great if you're really hungry and want to eat two thousand of something.
Mitch Hedberg

Great, Two, Eat

Share with your Friends

Everyone likes a good quote - don't forget to share.

Related Definition

Thousand Definition

Walter Scott

Popular Topics

Friendship Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

Get Social with BrainyQuote

BrainyQuote Desktop

BrainyQuote Mobile

Site

Quote of the Day

Social

BQ on Pinterest

Syndication

Funny Quote Feed

Love Quote Feed

Nature Quote Feed

About Us