Francis Gay – truth
“Fortunate is the nation that has writers to whom the truth means everything!” ~ Francis Gay (1979)
Year: 2011
"People only see what they are prepared to see." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“People only see what they are prepared to see.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Thought for Today – Quality Spotting
“A compassionate person develops an eye for spotting the qualities that make each person special. Even when others are at their lowest ebb, it is …
Francis Gay – true compassion
“To help people when we can – that’s good; but to anticipate their needs is true compassion.” ~Francis Gay, TFBFG 1983
Robert Downey Jr.
“ not about placating the bad dog – it’s about feeding the good dog. You still have to feed the bad dog, but only enough …
Bill Gates
“Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can’t lose.” Bill Gates quotes
Bolt, Robert
When statesmen forsake their own private conscience for the sake of their public duties they lead their country by a short route to chaos. Bolt, …
Johnsen, William H.
If it is to be, it is up to me. Johnsen, William H. quotes
Herzen, Alexander
I am truly horrified by modern man. Such absence of feeling, such narrowness of outlook, such lack of passion and information, such feebleness of thought. …
Solon
Speech is the mirror of action. Solon quotes
"Each man has his own vocation; his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him." – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Each man has his own vocation; his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him.” – Ralph …
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. [I John] -Bible
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love. -Bible
"Educate and inform the whole mass of the people… They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty." – Thomas Jefferson
“Educate and inform the whole mass of the people… They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.” – Thomas Jefferson
"I believe that every person is born with talent." – Maya Angelou
“I believe that every person is born with talent.” – Maya Angelou
Baltasar Gracian -task and confidence
“Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, …
Und sie bewegt sich doch! (Eppur si muove!)
Und sie bewegt sich doch! (Eppur si muove!)
Thought for Today – Trustee Consciousness
” …a better relationship we can choose which takes all the fear away, is to, be a trustee. Everything comes to us in trust, for …
Tom Clancy – hope and invention
“Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which belie the idea that things cannot be changed.” ~Tom Clancy
Gerald Jampolsky – healing
“Healing is peeling away the barriers of fear that keep us unaware of our true nature of love, peace, and rich interconnection with the web …
A book that furnishes no quotations is no book — it is a plaything. -Peacock, Thomas Love
A book that furnishes no quotations is no book — it is a plaything. -Peacock, Thomas Love
Der Neid ist die aufrichtigste Form der Anerkennung.
Der Neid ist die aufrichtigste Form der Anerkennung. (Wilhelm Busch)
Arturo Graf – 22/6/2011
Excelente maestro es aquel que, enseñando poco, hace nacer en el alumno un deseo grande de aprender. Frases de Arturo Graf – 22/6/2011
When you’re dying of thirst it’s too late to think about digging a well. -Proverb, Japanese
When you’re dying of thirst it’s too late to think about digging a well. -Proverb, Japanese
"I do not know the American gentleman, God forgive me for putting two such words together." – Charles Dickens
“I do not know the American gentleman, God forgive me for putting two such words together.” – Charles Dickens
War is the trade of Kings. -Dryden, John
War is the trade of Kings. -Dryden, John
This is the punishment of a liar: he is not believed, even when he speaks the truth. -Talmud, The
This is the punishment of a liar: he is not believed, even when he speaks the truth. -Talmud, The
Jennifer Aniston
“I guess we’d be living in a boring, perfect world if everybody wished everybody else well.” Jennifer Aniston quotes
Samuel Daniel
“Custom, that is before all law; Nature, that is above all art.” Samuel Daniel quotes
Mary Leakey
“The first money I ever earned was for drawing stone tools.” Mary Leakey quotes
Trump, Donald
If you’re going to be thinking, you may as well think big. Trump, Donald quotes
Rutte, Martin
You have to do it by yourself, and you can’t do it alone. Rutte, Martin quotes
Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good. -Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good. -Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Kate Wiggin
Every child born into the world is a new thought of God, an ever fresh and radiant possibility. Discuss Kate Wiggin quotes
Luck is not chance, it is toil. Fortune is expensive smile is earned. -Dickinson, Emily
Luck is not chance, it is toil. Fortune is expensive smile is earned. -Dickinson, Emily
Woran erkennt man den Sommer? Früher am Hitzefrei – heute an den Baustellen.
Woran erkennt man den Sommer? Früher am Hitzefrei – heute an den Baustellen.
Das Schicksal nimmt nichts, was es nicht gegeben hat. ~~~ Lucius Annaeus Seneca
Das Schicksal nimmt nichts, was es nicht gegeben hat. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
The greatest thing in the world is to know how to be self-sufficient. -Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De
The greatest thing in the world is to know how to be self-sufficient. -Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De
Humor ist der Knopf, der verhindert, dass
Humor ist der Knopf, der verhindert, dass uns der Kragen platzt. (Joachim Ringelnatz)
Wallace Stevens – 21/6/2011
En cuanto el hombre abandona la envidia empieza a prepararse para entrar en el camino de la dicha. Frases de Wallace Stevens – 21/6/2011
The first evil those who are prone to talk suffer, is that they hear nothing. -Plutarch
The first evil those who are prone to talk suffer, is that they hear nothing. -Plutarch