Sentiment
Sentiment is the poetry of the imagination. – Lamartine, Alphonse De
Month: December 2009
Excess
To go too far is as bad as to fall short. – Confucius
Asking the right questions takes as much skill as giving the right answers. -Half, Robert
Asking the right questions takes as much skill as giving the right answers. -Half, Robert
Character is what you are in the dark. -Moody, Dwight L.
Character is what you are in the dark. -Moody, Dwight L.
Animals are such agreeable friends, they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. -Eliot, George
Animals are such agreeable friends, they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. -Eliot, George
With every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see. -Wilcox, Ella Wheeler
With every deed you are sowing a seed, though the harvest you may not see. -Wilcox, Ella Wheeler
It’s not the bulls and bears you need to avoid — it’s the bum steers. -Hillis, Chuck
It’s not the bulls and bears you need to avoid — it’s the bum steers. -Hillis, Chuck
A truth looks freshest in the fashions of the day. -Tennyson, Lord Alfred
A truth looks freshest in the fashions of the day. -Tennyson, Lord Alfred
Ones’ ego only fools its’ architect -Blum, Donald
Ones’ ego only fools its’ architect -Blum, Donald
We can learn from history on condition that we understand it is history. -Kaplan, Roger
We can learn from history on condition that we understand it is history. -Kaplan, Roger
Harry S. Truman
“Art is parasitic on life, just as criticism is parasitic on art.” Harry S. Truman quotes
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. -Wells, H.G.
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. -Wells, H.G.
Chilo
“The three things most difficult are: to keep a secret, to forget an injury, and to make good use of leisure.” Chilo quotes
Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before. -West, Mae
Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before. -West, Mae
Roche, Arthur Somers
Anxiety is a thin stream of fear trickling through the mind. If encouraged, it cuts a channel into which all other thoughts are drained. Roche, …
Boom, Corrie Ten
The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation. Boom, Corrie Ten quotes
Schuller, Robert H.
It takes but one positive thought when given a chance to survive and thrive to overpower an entire army of negative thoughts. Schuller, Robert H. …
Bayly, Thomas Haynes
Oh! no! we never mention her, her name is never heard; my lips are now forbid to speak, that once familiar word. Bayly, Thomas Haynes …
Literature is a toil and a snare, a curse that bites deep. -Lawrence, D. H.
Literature is a toil and a snare, a curse that bites deep. -Lawrence, D. H.
Common sense is calculation applied to life. -Amiel, Henri Frederic
Common sense is calculation applied to life. -Amiel, Henri Frederic
To change a habit, make a conscious decision, then act out the new behavior. -Maltz, Maxwell
To change a habit, make a conscious decision, then act out the new behavior. -Maltz, Maxwell
Lewis Carroll
“Sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.” Lewis Carroll quotes
David Smith
“In this business you either sink or swim or you don’t.” David Smith quotes
Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. -Proverb, African
Do not look where you fell, but where you slipped. -Proverb, African
Lord Byron
“I love not man the less, but Nature more.” Lord Byron quotes
Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters. -Hugo, Victor
Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters. -Hugo, Victor
Arlo Guthrie
“You can’t have a light without a dark to stick it in.” Arlo Guthrie quotes
Laws are not invented. They grow out of circumstances. -Azarias
Laws are not invented. They grow out of circumstances. -Azarias
I don’t say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could. -Welles, Orson
I don’t say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could. -Welles, Orson
Parting is such sweet sorrow. -Shakespeare, William
Parting is such sweet sorrow. -Shakespeare, William
Originality
The man with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds. – Twain, Mark
Love At First Sight
The advantage of love at first sight is that it delays a second sight. – Barney, Natalie Clifford
Act as if you have already achieved your goal and it is yours. -Anthony, Dr. Robert
Act as if you have already achieved your goal and it is yours. -Anthony, Dr. Robert
Men love to wonder and that is the seed of our science. -Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Men love to wonder and that is the seed of our science. -Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Wayne Dyer
“You cannot be lonely if you like the person you’re alone with.” Wayne Dyer quotes
Depression is the inability to construct a future. -May, Rollo
Depression is the inability to construct a future. -May, Rollo
Harvey Samuel Firestone
“You get the best out of others when you give the best of yourself.” Harvey Samuel Firestone quotes
Beauty is pleasure to the mind through the senses. -Kessler, Daniella
Beauty is pleasure to the mind through the senses. -Kessler, Daniella
Singer, Isaac Bashevis
The waste basket is a writer’s best friend. Singer, Isaac Bashevis quotes
Sterne, Laurence
Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas. Sterne, Laurence quotes