
Little Box of Quotes
Daily quotes. No noise.
- The infinity of past and future gapes before us—a chasm whose depths we cannot see. So it would take an idiot to feel self-importance or distress. Or any indignation, either. As if the things that irritate us lasted. ~ Marcus Aurelius
- Ignore advice to simply follow your intuition or gut without thinking through whether the course is likely to be fruitful and rewarding. ~ Steven Pinker
A daily quote. Simple.
Above are the two most-recent quotes sent. Yes, it updates here every day.
No nonsense, no noise, no hooks, no ads. Just one quote each day.
Want to see more of the quotes? The most-recent 20 are at the bottom!
Origin of my collection
A long long time ago I began collecting inspirational quotes and aphorisms.
I kept them on the first version of my web site, where they were displayed randomly. But as time went on, I realized I wanted them where I would see them. Eventually I copied the fledgeling collection onto 3×5 cards and put them in a small box. As I find new ones, I add cards.
I keep the box on my desk with one card showing — just wedged in so it stands up readable. I change the card randomly, whenever the urge strikes.
Countless times I’ve pulled another card and found it eerily appropriate to the challenges of the day.
Countless times I’ve returned to my desk and felt inspired upon rediscovering an old card’s whispered counsel.
Countless times, just as I was about to throw in the towel, I was saved by an echo from the little box on my desk.
Who am I?

Hello 👋 I’m Craig Constantine.
My mission is creating better conversations to spread understanding and compassion. I want us to go from simply having conversations, to actively creating better conversations. You can learn more about me and all my projects at, https://craigconstantine.com.
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Latest 20 quotes
Here are the last 20 quotes sent via email. Yes, it updates here every day.
- The infinity of past and future gapes before us—a chasm whose depths we cannot see. So it would take an idiot to feel self-importance or distress. Or any indignation, either. As if the things that irritate us lasted. ~ Marcus Aurelius
- Ignore advice to simply follow your intuition or gut without thinking through whether the course is likely to be fruitful and rewarding. ~ Steven Pinker
- The world will ask you who you are, and if you do not know, the world will tell you. ~ Carl Jung
- Silence is exhilarating at first—as noise is—but there is a sweetness to silence outlasting exhilaration, akin to the sweetness of listening and the velvet of sleep. ~ Edward Hoagland
- Smoke like a chimney, work like a horse, eat without thinking, go for a walk only in really pleasant company. ~ Albert Einstein
- If you don’t have enemies, you don’t have character. ~ Paul Newman
- I learned that the best projects grow organically at their own pace, and how terribly important all partnerships are. I have always had a ton of ideas, more than I could ever follow upon or make happen. So much of my dreaming and visioning was all in my own heart and mind. It was not that easy to share it. I have finally learned that I must communicate, (try that when you can’t talk.) ~ Jeff Lowe
- Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. ~ Mark Twain
- Until we know we are wrong, being wrong feels exactly like being right. ~ David McRaney
- Don’t wait to be praised, anointed, or validated. Don’t wait for someone to give you permission to lead. ~ Tara Mohr
- Become the most positive and enthusiastic person you know.~ unknown
- Based on what I know about software without deadlines, humans achieving immortality would be a disaster. ~ Jeff Atwood
- Passion creates, addiction consumes. ~ Gabor Maté
- A man’s got to have a code, a creed to live by, no matter his job. ~ John Wayne
- Look for the causes of the evil from which you suffer in yourself. Sometimes this evil is the direct consequence of your activity; Sometimes it happens after a lengthy period of transformation of an evil which you committed long ago. But the source is always in you, and salvation from it lies in changes in your actions, your way of life. ~ Leo Tolstoy
- You miss 100% of the shots you never take. ~ Wayne Gretzky
- Just because I don’t care doesn’t mean I don’t understand. ~ “Homer J. Simpson“
- Work hard in silence.Let success make the noise.~ unknown
- To refuse to participate in the shaping of our future is to give it up. Do not be misled into passivity either by false security (they don’t mean me) or by despair (there’s nothing we can do.) Each of us must find our work and do it. ~ Audre Lorde
- Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. ~ T. S. Eliot