May 2010 – Page 68 – Dictionary of Quotes

"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best." – Epictetus

“The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.” – Epictetus

"Never love with all your heart, it only ends in breaking. English Proverb" – English Proverb

“Never love with all your heart, it only ends in breaking. English Proverb” – English Proverb

"The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable." – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

"The person had to be really familiar with the main sites in Buffalo." – Robert Brown

“The person had to be really familiar with the main sites in Buffalo.” – Robert Brown

"No one takes my life away from me. I give it up of my own free will. [John 10:18]" – Bible

“No one takes my life away from me. I give it up of my own free will. ” – Bible

"The wish to pray is a prayer in itself. God can ask no more than that of us." – Georges Bernanos

“The wish to pray is a prayer in itself. God can ask no more than that of us.” – Georges Bernanos

"Only from the heart Can you touch the sky." – Jalal ad-Din Rumi

“Only from the heart Can you touch the sky.” – Jalal ad-Din Rumi

"I’m a little surprised and very satisfied about (the margin of victory)." – Ai Miyazato

“I’m a little surprised and very satisfied about (the margin of victory).” – Ai Miyazato

"I knew what I had to do when things started getting rough. If I went hard to the hole enough, I was going to get some calls." – AB Rodriguez

“I knew what I had to do when things started getting rough. If I went hard to the hole enough, I was going to get …

It is respectable to have no illusions, and safe, and profitable and dull. -Conrad, Joseph

"You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head, but you can prevent their making a nest in your hair" – Chinese Proverbs

“You cannot prevent the birds of sadness from passing over your head, but you can prevent their making a nest in your hair” – Chinese …

"Before you love, Learn to run through the snow Leaving no footprint" – Turkish Proverb

“Before you love, Learn to run through the snow Leaving no footprint” – Turkish Proverb

"Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn" – Harriet Beecher Stowe

“Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn” – Harriet Beecher Stowe

"No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks" – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

“No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks” – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

"You can easily find people who are ten times as rich at sixty as they were at twenty; but not one of them will tell you that they are ten times as happy" – George Bernard Shaw

“You can easily find people who are ten times as rich at sixty as they were at twenty; but not one of them will tell …

"Each man carries within him the soul of a poet who died young" – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“Each man carries within him the soul of a poet who died young” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short." – Andre Maurois

“A happy marriage is a long conversation which always seems too short.” – Andre Maurois

"Many a time I have wanted to stop talking and find out what I really believed" – Walter Lippmann

“Many a time I have wanted to stop talking and find out what I really believed” – Walter Lippmann

"Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not." – Oprah Winfrey

“Real integrity is doing the right thing, knowing that nobody’s going to know whether you did it or not.” – Oprah Winfrey

"To believe in God is impossible – to not believe in Him is absurd" – Voltaire

“To believe in God is impossible – to not believe in Him is absurd” – Voltaire

"Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist" – George Carlin

“Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist” – George Carlin

""Well," said Pooh, "what I like best — " and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn’t know what it was called" – Winnie the Pooh

“”Well,” said Pooh, “what I like best — ” and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good …

"How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has flewn. How did it get so late so soon?" – Dr. Seuss

“How did it get so late so soon? Its night before its afternoon. December is here before its June. My goodness how the time has …

"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen." – Winston Churchill

“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” – Winston Churchill

"Storms make the oak grow deeper roots." – George Herbert

“Storms make the oak grow deeper roots.” – George Herbert

"I need not go / Through sleet and snow / To where I know / She waits for me: / She will tarry there / Till I find it fair, / And have time to spare / From company." – Thomas Hardy

“I need not go / Through sleet and snow / To where I know / She waits for me: / She will tarry there / …

"God visits us, but most of the time we are not at home" – French Proverb

“God visits us, but most of the time we are not at home” – French Proverb

"Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst" – English Proverb

“Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst” – English Proverb

"It is not length of life, but depth of life." – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It is not length of life, but depth of life.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Music was invented to confirm human loneliness" – Lawrence Durrell

“Music was invented to confirm human loneliness” – Lawrence Durrell

"Darling, the legs aren’t so beautiful, I just know what to do with them." – Marlene Dietrich

“Darling, the legs aren’t so beautiful, I just know what to do with them.” – Marlene Dietrich

"Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm." – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

"It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward." – Old Chinese Proverb

“It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward.” – Old …

"A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things but cannot receive great ones" – Lord Chesterfield

“A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things but cannot receive great ones” – Lord Chesterfield

"It lessens the historical saliency of King for younger kids. It is one thing to read King and another to see him. Hearing him is so much more powerful than reading it." – Robert Brown

“It lessens the historical saliency of King for younger kids. It is one thing to read King and another to see him. Hearing him is …

"And what does the lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God (Micah 6:8)." – Bible

“And what does the lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God (Micah 6:8).” – …

"This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, to take a step without feet." – Jalal ad-Din Rumi

“This is love: to fly toward a secret sky, to cause a hundred veils to fall each moment. First to let go of life. Finally, …

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