More from Sophocles
I recommend bread, meat, vegetables, and beer.
SophoclesSophocles The oaths of a woman I inscribe on water.
SophoclesSophocles A mind at peace does not engender wars.
SophoclesSophocles It is a base thing for a man among the people not to obey those in command. Never in a state can the laws be well administered when fear does not stand firm.
SophoclesSophocles Nobody likes the bringer of bad news.
SophoclesSophocles Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
SophoclesSophocles I have no desire to suffer twice, in reality and then in retrospect.
SophoclesSophocles Time, which sees all things, has found you out.
SophoclesSophocles Do nothing secretly; for Time sees and hears all things, and discloses all.
SophoclesSophocles There is a point beyond which even justice becomes unjust.
SophoclesSophocles Laziness is the mother of all evils.
SophoclesSophocles You don’t know what kind of day you will have, until evening.
SophoclesSophocles Knowledge must come through action.
SophoclesSophocles Each one of us must live the life God gives him; it cannot be shirked.
SophoclesSophocles In season, all is good.
SophoclesSophocles Dark, dark! The horror of darkness, like a shroud, wraps me and bears me on through mist and cloud.
SophoclesSophocles
Original quotes
From our community writers
When you are with your friends, control your tongue.
Stuart PetersonStuart Peterson And you have fast become my weakness, even as you remain my source of strength.
Alma-May NoaAlma-May Noa No one else is on your path so why should their limits be?
Elezabeth SymondElezabeth Symond I heard many tongues in many languages saying that people cannot be Gods, and that’s a given. But what if people don’t know what was given to them?
Nikol MejdnNikol Mejdn Pride – it screams a lot louder than love sometimes.
L.T. PhoenixL.T. Phoenix Messed up people even see the beauty in all the shitty places.
Lara-LeanLara-Lean I loved you more than love was allowed.
Lang LeavLang Leav Don’t mistake your discovery for the absence of yourself.
Sania AbbasSania Abbas
Meet the writers
More on afraid
No, I am not afraid; the Lord said he would protect me, and I have full confidence in His word.
Sam SmithSam Smith Faith in something greater than ourselves enables us to do what we have said we’ll do, to press forward when we are tired or hurt or afraid, to keep going when the challenge seems overwhelming and the course is entirely uncertain.
Gordon B. HinckleyGordon B. Hinckley Great innovation only happens when people aren’t afraid to do things differently.
Georg CantorGeorg Cantor You cannot get an A if you’re afraid of getting an F.
Quincy JonesQuincy Jones A religious ought to dread more being afraid of poverty than experiencing it.
Ignatius of LoyolaIgnatius of Loyola Wanted, a man who will not lose his individuality in a crowd, a man who has the courage of his convictions, who is not afraid to say “No,” though all the world say “Yes.
Orison Swett MardenOrison Swett Marden Let’s not be afraid to look at everything that has brought us to where we are now and trust that we will soon see in it the guiding hand of a loving God.
Henri NouwenHenri Nouwen Baptists never make love standing up. They’re afraid someone might see them and think they’re dancing.
Lewis GrizzardLewis Grizzard
