"You either make dust or eat dust." – H. Jackson Brown Jr.
“You either make dust or eat dust.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr.
Category: Famous Quotes by Authors
Famous Quotes by Authors :
James Agate Arabian Proverb Aristotle Richard Armour Jane Austen Henry Ward Beecher Georges Bernanos Bible Jacques BeNigne Bossuet Emily Bronte H. Jackson Brown Jr. Robert Browning John Buchan Lord Chesterfield Chinese Proverb Chuang Tzu Samuel Taylor Coleridge Denis Diderot Marlene Dietrich Diogenes of Sinope Lawrence Durrell Wayne Dyer Henry Van Dyke Ralph Waldo Emerson English Proverb Epictetus Benjamin Franklin French Proverb Thomas Hardy George Herbert Doug Horton Jean De La Fontaine Walter Savage Landor Latin Proverb Walter Lippmann Andre Maurois Comte De Mirabeau Octavio Paz Francis Picabia Ronald Reagan Antoine De Saint-Exupery William Shakespeare George Bernard Shaw Percy Bysshe Shelley Spanish Proverb Harriet Beecher Stowe Turkish Proverb Voltaire
"To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her life than a beauty from her cradle can ever receive." – Jane Austen
“To look almost pretty is an acquisition of higher delight to a girl who has been looking plain for the first fifteen years of her …
"We had a lot in common. I loved him and he loved him." – Shelley Winters
“We had a lot in common. I loved him and he loved him.” – Shelley Winters
"Be on your guard against a silent dog and still water" – Latin Proverb
“Be on your guard against a silent dog and still water” – Latin Proverb
"In order to please others, we loose our hold on our life’s purpose." – Epictetus
“In order to please others, we loose our hold on our life’s purpose.” – Epictetus
"Genius is talent set on fire by courage" – Henry Van Dyke
“Genius is talent set on fire by courage” – Henry Van Dyke
"Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air." – Georges Bernanos
“Little things seem nothing, but they give peace, like those meadow flowers which individually seem odorless but all together perfume the air.” – Georges Bernanos
"If you keep your mouth shut, the flies won’t get in" – Spanish Proverb
“If you keep your mouth shut, the flies won’t get in” – Spanish Proverb
"The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance" – Percy Bysshe Shelley
“The more we study, the more we discover our ignorance” – Percy Bysshe Shelley
"Nature is unfair? So much the better, inequality is the only bearable thing, the monotony of equality can only lead us to boredom" – Francis Picabia
“Nature is unfair? So much the better, inequality is the only bearable thing, the monotony of equality can only lead us to boredom” – Francis …
"A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner" – English Proverb
“A smooth sea never made a skilled mariner” – English Proverb
"All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it will not change you. The only thing blame does is to keep the focus off you when you are looking for external reasons to explain your unhappiness or frustration. You may succeed in making another feel guilty about something by blaming him, but you won’t succeed in changing whatever it is about you that is making you unhappy." – Wayne Dyer
“All blame is a waste of time. No matter how much fault you find with another, and regardless of how much you blame him, it …
"A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they would understand the dilemma." – Marlene Dietrich
“A king, realizing his incompetence, can either delegate or abdicate his duties. A father can do neither. If only sons could see the paradox, they …
"Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people’s bad manners." – H. Jackson Brown Jr.
“Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people’s bad manners.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr.
"Give, and it shall be given to you. For whatever measure you deal out to others, it will be dealt to you in return." – Bible
“Give, and it shall be given to you. For whatever measure you deal out to others, it will be dealt to you in return.” – …
"Modesty and unselfishness: These are the virtues which men praise, and pass by" – Andre Maurois
“Modesty and unselfishness: These are the virtues which men praise, and pass by” – Andre Maurois
"When a woman is openly bad she is then at her best" – Latin Proverb
“When a woman is openly bad she is then at her best” – Latin Proverb
"If wishes were fishes we’d all be throwing nets. If wishes were horses we’d all ride." – Doug Horton
“If wishes were fishes we’d all be throwing nets. If wishes were horses we’d all ride.” – Doug Horton
"Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who rejoice, but for those who love, time is eternity." – Henry Van Dyke
“Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too long for those who grieve, too short for those who …
"A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe." – Wayne Dyer
“A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe.” – Wayne Dyer
"A man would prefer to come home to an unmade bed and a happy woman than to a neatly made bed and an angry woman." – Marlene Dietrich
“A man would prefer to come home to an unmade bed and a happy woman than to a neatly made bed and an angry woman.” …
"Oh! dreadful is the check – intense the agony – / When the ear begins to hear, and the eye begins to see; / When the pulse begins to throb, the brain to think again; / The soul to feel the flesh, and the flesh to feel the chain." – Emily Bronte
“Oh! dreadful is the check – intense the agony – / When the ear begins to hear, and the eye begins to see; / When …
"When you think of the huge uninterrupted success of a book like Don Quixote, you’re bound to realize that if humankind have not yet finished being revenged, by sheer laughter, for being let down in their greatest hope, it is because that hope was cherished so long and lay so deep!" – Georges Bernanos
“When you think of the huge uninterrupted success of a book like Don Quixote, you’re bound to realize that if humankind have not yet finished …
"Coffee should be black as Hell, strong as death, and sweet as love" – Turkish Proverb
“Coffee should be black as Hell, strong as death, and sweet as love” – Turkish Proverb
"A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools." – Spanish Proverb
“A man too busy to take care of his health is like a mechanic too busy to take care of his tools.” – Spanish Proverb
"For true love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have. And if you go to draw at the true fountainhead, the more water you draw, the more abundant is its flow." – Antoine de Saint-Exupery
“For true love is inexhaustible; the more you give, the more you have. And if you go to draw at the true fountainhead, the more …
"The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him" – Thomas Hardy
“The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him” – Thomas Hardy
"We know the true worth of a thing when we have lost it." – French Proverb
“We know the true worth of a thing when we have lost it.” – French Proverb
"A kind word warms a man throughout three winters." – Turkish Proverb
“A kind word warms a man throughout three winters.” – Turkish Proverb
"The sign brings customers" – Jean de La Fontaine
“The sign brings customers” – Jean de La Fontaine
"Love and a cough cannot be hid." – George Herbert
“Love and a cough cannot be hid.” – George Herbert
"Where once we danced, where once we sang, Gentlemen, / The floors are shrunken, cobwebs hang." – Thomas Hardy
“Where once we danced, where once we sang, Gentlemen, / The floors are shrunken, cobwebs hang.” – Thomas Hardy
"We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak." – Epictetus
“We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” – Epictetus
"Better die with honor than live with shame." – English Proverb
“Better die with honor than live with shame.” – English Proverb
"Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest" – Henry Van Dyke
“Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest” – Henry Van Dyke
"The error of one moment becomes the sorrow of a whole life" – Chinese Proverbs
“The error of one moment becomes the sorrow of a whole life” – Chinese Proverbs
"Judgment is not upon all occasions required, but discretion always is" – Lord Chesterfield
“Judgment is not upon all occasions required, but discretion always is” – Lord Chesterfield
"To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education." – John Buchan
“To live for a time close to great minds is the best kind of education.” – John Buchan
"Love is like the wild rose-briar; Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, But which will bloom most constantly?" – Emily Bronte
“Love is like the wild rose-briar; Friendship like the holly-tree. The holly is dark when the rose-briar blooms, But which will bloom most constantly?” – …
"If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more." – Jane Austen
“If I loved you less, I might be able to talk about it more.” – Jane Austen