Here are some of the most well-known quotes of all-time

“I have a dream.” – Martin Luther King Jr. “Fortune favours the bold.” – Virgil “I think, therefore I am.” – René Descartes “Time is money.” – Benjamin Franklin “I came, I saw, I conquered.” – Julius Caesar “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” – Elbert Hubbard “Practice makes perfect.” – Vince Lombardi “Knowledge …

“Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke”

Benjamin Disraeli, 1804 – 1881 Benjamin Disraeli was a British statesman, Conservative politician and writer who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. One of the most resonant inspirational quotes on bullying, attributed to Benjamin Disraeli: “Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.” This quote succinctly captures the essential attitude for those confronting bullying, highlighting that real strength …

“Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama.

The Dalai Lama is the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism and has been a prominent advocate for peace and compassion worldwide The current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, was born in 1935 and recognised as the 14th Dalai Lama at the age of two. He has written extensively on topics such as ethics, mindfulness, and the …

Amazon announces new AI chip

Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced Trainium2, a chip for training artificial intelligence (AI) models, and it will also offer access to Nvidia’s next-generation H200 Tensor Core graphics processing units. Amazon’s AWS cloud department of the encompassing Amazon empire has announced new chips for customers to build and run artificial intelligence (AI) applications on, as well …

‘You can dream, create, design, and build the most wonderful place in the world. But it requires people to make the dream a reality.’

Walt Disney 1901 – 1966 Walt Disney was an American animator, film producer and entrepreneur. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons. As a film producer, he holds the record for most Academy Awards earned and nominations by an individual. See other quotes

‘We shape our buildings; thereafter, they shape us.’

Winston Churchill 1874 – 1965 Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill He was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 during the Second World War, and again from 1951 to 1955. Great statesman He is considered one of the best-known, and some say one of the greatest statesman of …

‘The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.’

George Orwell 1903 – 1950 George Orwell 1903 – 1950. This quote is ‘attributed’ to George Orwell, a British writer and journalist who is best known for his novels 1984 and Animal Farm. But this quote is most likely NOT an Orwell one – eventhough it is widely accepted as his. It is most likely that Orwell never …

‘Even if I knew that tomorrow the world would go to pieces, I would still plant my apple tree’.

Martin Luther 1483 – 1546 Martin Luther was a German theologian and leader of the Protestant Reformation in the 16th century. He is known for his writings and teachings on topics such as justification by faith, the authority of Scripture, the priesthood of all believers, and the freedom of the Christian. He also translated the Bible …

‘All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others’

George Orwell 1903 – 1950  This is the famous quote in the novel Animal Farm where it suggests ‘we are all equal, but some are more equal than others’. Animal Farm is a fable by George Orwell that criticizes the corruption of power and the dangers of totalitarianism. It appears in the last chapter of …

‘To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.’

Oscar Wilde This quote, from Wilde’s essay, ‘The Soul of Man Under Socialism‘, suggests that most people do not live fully or authentically, but merely survive or conform to society’s expectations. Are we restricted by society to conform? Do the rich conform less than the poor? Is it a foregone conclusion that the poor conform …