quotes for today

Men, it has been well said, think in herds; it will be seen that they go mad in herds, while they only recover their senses slowly, and one by one.

- Charles Mackay

He is free who knows how to keep in his own hand the power to decide, at each step, the course of his life, and who lives in a society which does not block the exercise of that power.

- Salvador de Madariaga

Women are repeatedly accused of taking things personally. I cannot see any other honest way of taking things.

- Marya Mannes

There is a wonderful mythical law of nature that the three things we crave most in life - happiness, freedom and peace of mind - are always attained by giving them to someone else.

- Peyton Conway March

Trust that still, small voice that says, "This might work and I'll try it."

- Diane Mariechild

Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.

- Joshua J. Marine

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.

- Peter Marshall

One can go back toward safety or forward toward growth.

- Abraham Maslow

The difficulties, hardships and trials of life, the obstacles... are positive blessings. They knit the muscles more firmly, and teach self-reliance.

- William Matthews

You wouldn't worry so much about what someone else is thinking about you if you knew how seldom they do.

- Dr. Phil McGraw's Father