Caesar, Julius
As a rule, men worry more about what they can’t see than about what they can. Caesar, Julius quotes
Month: September 2009
Jiminez, Juan Ramon
Love, you are eternal like springtime. Jiminez, Juan Ramon quotes
A wise man turns chance into good fortune. -Fuller, Thomas
A wise man turns chance into good fortune. -Fuller, Thomas
Thou seest I have more flesh than another man, and therefore more frailty. -Shakespeare, William
Thou seest I have more flesh than another man, and therefore more frailty. -Shakespeare, William
Hamlin Garland on Nature
Whenever the pressure of our complex city life thins my blood and numbs my brain, I seek relief in the trail; and when I hear …
Devil
The devil has the power to assume a pleasing shape. – Shakespeare, William
In the service of the Lord, it is not where but how you serve. -Clark, J. Reuben
In the service of the Lord, it is not where but how you serve. -Clark, J. Reuben
What the lion cannot manage to do the fox can. -Proverb, German
What the lion cannot manage to do the fox can. -Proverb, German
John Muir on Nature
Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul. …
Judgment and Judges
We are more casual about qualifying the people we allow to act as advocates in the courtroom than we are about licensing electricians. – Burger, …
Disability
Disability is a matter of perception. If you can do just one thing well, you’re needed by someone. – Navratilova, Martina
Experience
All is but lip-wisdom which wants experience. – Sidney, Sir Philip
Just vengeance does not call for punishment. -Corneille, Pierre
Just vengeance does not call for punishment. -Corneille, Pierre
Morrie Schwartz
“The most important thing in life is to learn how to give out love, and to let it come in.” Morrie Schwartz quotes
Alan Alda
“Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been.” Alan Alda quotes
William C. Bryant
“The groves were God’s first temples.” William C. Bryant quotes
John Wooden
“Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” John Wooden quotes
We will burn that bridge when we come to it. -Gorski, Nick
We will burn that bridge when we come to it. -Gorski, Nick
Isaac Disraeli
“After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work, for an author can have nothing truly his own but …
Adams, Henry Brooks
Accident counts for as much in companionship as in marriage. Adams, Henry Brooks quotes
Erhard, Werner
Create your future from your future not your past. Erhard, Werner quotes
Franklin, Benjamin
He that speaks much, is much mistaken. Franklin, Benjamin quotes
Proverb, Swedish
Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are …
Easy DOESN’T do it. -Bernstein, Al
Easy DOESN’T do it. -Bernstein, Al
Post-modernism is modernism with the optimism taken out. -Hewison, Robert
Post-modernism is modernism with the optimism taken out. -Hewison, Robert
If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new. -Voltaire
If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new. -Voltaire
Barbara Pym on Love
How absurd and delicious it is to be in love with somebody younger than yourself. Everybody should try it. – Barbara Pym Quotes, Famous Quotes, …
Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones. -Seneca
Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones. -Seneca
Christo
“The work of art is a scream of freedom.” Christo quotes
Jay London
“I was going to buy a book on hair loss, but the pages kept falling out.” Jay London quotes
Mary Wollstonecraft
“The beginning is always today.” Mary Wollstonecraft quotes
I have not yet begun to fight. -Jones, John Paul
I have not yet begun to fight. -Jones, John Paul
Grant, Ulysses S.
I know of no method to secure the repeal of bad or obnoxious laws so effective as their strict execution. Grant, Ulysses S. quotes
Russell, Bertrand
Of all forms of caution, caution in love is perhaps the most fatal to true happiness. Russell, Bertrand quotes
Ferree, Jim
There are some people who knock the pyramids because they don’t have elevators. Ferree, Jim quotes
Joubert, Joseph
Politeness is the flower of humanity. Joubert, Joseph quotes
Better to be ignorant of a matter than half know it. -Syrus, Publilius
Better to be ignorant of a matter than half know it. -Syrus, Publilius
Paul Louis Courier
“The surest way to get rid of a bore is to lend money to him.” Paul Louis Courier quotes
To do nothing is also a good remedy. -Hippocrates
To do nothing is also a good remedy. -Hippocrates
Norman Cousins on Business
Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country. – Norman Cousins Quotes, Famous Quotes, Norman Cousins, Business