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Curated Wisdom: Handpicked Quotes

Welcome to Handpicked Quotes, a unique collection where inspiration meets wisdom. From a vast gallery of over 200,000 quotations, we've carefully selected the ones that inspire, provoke thought, and resonate with the human experience.
Small: Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things
Robert Brault
"Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things"
Robert Brault, Philosopher
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Small: Problems are the price of progress. Dont bring me anything but trouble. Good news weakens me
Charles F. Kettering
"Problems are the price of progress. Don't bring me anything but trouble. Good news weakens me"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
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Small: I dont understand the whole dating thing. I know right off the bat if Im interested in someone, and I dont wan
Britney Spears
"I don't understand the whole dating thing. I know right off the bat if I'm interested in someone, and I don't want them to waste their money on me and take me out to eat if I know I'm not interested in that person"
Britney Spears, Musician
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Small: In my earlier paintings, I wanted the space between the picture plane and the spectator to be active
Bridget Riley
"In my earlier paintings, I wanted the space between the picture plane and the spectator to be active"
Bridget Riley, Artist
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Small: In necessary things, unity in doubtful things, liberty in all things, charity
Anne Baxter
"In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity"
Anne Baxter, Actress
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Small: I work with nature, although in completely new terms
Bridget Riley
"I work with nature, although in completely new terms"
Bridget Riley, Artist
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Small: The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts
Twyla Tharp
"The only thing I fear more than change is no change. The business of being static makes me nuts"
Twyla Tharp, Dancer
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Small: When love is deep, much can be accomplished
Shinichi Suzuki
"When love is deep, much can be accomplished"
Shinichi Suzuki, Musician
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Small: Superstition is foolish, childish, primitive and irrational - but how much does it cost you to knock on wood?
Judith Viorst
"Superstition is foolish, childish, primitive and irrational - but how much does it cost you to knock on wood?"
Judith Viorst, Author
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Small: How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete
C. S. Lewis
"How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete"
C. S. Lewis, Author
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Small: My life is every moment of my life. It is not a culmination of the past
Hugh Leonard
"My life is every moment of my life. It is not a culmination of the past"
Hugh Leonard, Dramatist
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Small: Everything has been figured out, except how to live
Jean-Paul Sartre
"Everything has been figured out, except how to live"
Jean-Paul Sartre, Philosopher
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Small: The only difference between a problem and a solution is that people understand the solution
Charles F. Kettering
"The only difference between a problem and a solution is that people understand the solution"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
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Small: Thinking is one thing no one has ever been able to tax
Charles F. Kettering
"Thinking is one thing no one has ever been able to tax"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
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Small: Left Behind takes what to some people may be unbelievable predictions from the Bible and shows how they might
Jerry B. Jenkins
"Left Behind takes what to some people may be unbelievable predictions from the Bible and shows how they might play out. It makes the events of biblical prophecy understandable and thus believable"
Jerry B. Jenkins, Novelist
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Small: People want to find out what happens to the characters, and want to keep reading, and turning the pages
Jerry B. Jenkins
"People want to find out what happens to the characters, and want to keep reading, and turning the pages"
Jerry B. Jenkins, Novelist
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Small: Painters have always needed a sort of veil upon which they can focus their attention. Its as though the more f
Bridget Riley
"Painters have always needed a sort of veil upon which they can focus their attention. It's as though the more fully the consciousness is absorbed, the greater the freedom of the spirit behind"
Bridget Riley, Artist
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Small: It doesnt matter if you try and try and try again, and fail. It does matter if you try and fail, and fail to t
Charles F. Kettering
"It doesn't matter if you try and try and try again, and fail. It does matter if you try and fail, and fail to try again"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
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Small: The only time you mustnt fail is the last time you try
Charles F. Kettering
"The only time you mustn't fail is the last time you try"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
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Small: He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God
Saadi
"He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God"
Saadi, Poet
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Small: The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and
Saadi
"The best loved by God are those that are rich, yet have the humility of the poor, and those that are poor and have the magnanimity of the rich"
Saadi, Poet
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Small: Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will dis
Saadi
"Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance"
Saadi, Poet
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Small: Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread before us ever
J.B. Priestley
"Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread before us every day, but it changes and withers at a touch"
J.B. Priestley, Writer
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Small: Yes, you can feel very alone as a poet and you sometimes think, is it worth it? Is it worth carrying on? But b
Roger McGough
"Yes, you can feel very alone as a poet and you sometimes think, is it worth it? Is it worth carrying on? But because there were other poets, you became part of a scene. Even though they were very different writers, it made it easier because you were together"
Roger McGough, Poet
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Small: We shouldnt have got married, really. Shouldnt have got married. Too young. Not ready for it
Roger McGough
"We shouldn't have got married, really. Shouldn't have got married. Too young. Not ready for it"
Roger McGough, Poet
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Small: People are very open-minded about new things - as long as theyre exactly like the old ones
Charles F. Kettering
"People are very open-minded about new things - as long as they're exactly like the old ones"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
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Small: The biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee how to fail intelligently. We have to train him to
Charles F. Kettering
"The biggest job we have is to teach a newly hired employee how to fail intelligently. We have to train him to experiment over and over and to keep on trying and failing until he learns what will work"
Charles F. Kettering, Inventor
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Small: Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives
C. S. Lewis
"Affection is responsible for nine-tenths of whatever solid and durable happiness there is in our lives"
C. S. Lewis, Author
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Small: My boyfriend and I broke up. He wanted to get married and I didnt want him to
Rita Rudner
"My boyfriend and I broke up. He wanted to get married and I didn't want him to"
Rita Rudner, Comedian
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Small: I was raised in a Christian home and, in fact, my mother led me to Christ as a youngster
Jerry B. Jenkins
"I was raised in a Christian home and, in fact, my mother led me to Christ as a youngster"
Jerry B. Jenkins, Novelist
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