"Roses fall, but the thorns remain." – Dutch Proverb
“Roses fall, but the thorns remain.” – Dutch Proverb
Category: Quotes of the day
"I see a lilly on thy brow, / With anguish moist and fever dew; / And on thy cheek a fading rose / Fast withereth too. I met a lady in the meads / Full beautiful, a faery’s child; / Her hair was long, her foot was light, / And her eyes were wild." – John Keats
“I see a lilly on thy brow, / With anguish moist and fever dew; / And on thy cheek a fading rose / Fast withereth …
Age, like distance lends a double charm. -Oliver Wendell Holmes
Age, like distance lends a double charm. -Oliver Wendell Holmes
"A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom." – Chinese Proverbs
“A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom.” – Chinese Proverbs
A beautiful woman should break her mirror early. -Baltasar Gracian
A beautiful woman should break her mirror early. -Baltasar Gracian
To be successful, a woman has to be better at her job than a man. -Golda Meir
To be successful, a woman has to be better at her job than a man. -Golda Meir
"Geography is about maps, / But Biography is about chaps." – Eric Bentley
“Geography is about maps, / But Biography is about chaps.” – Eric Bentley
Practice in life whatever you pray for and God will give it to you more abundantly. -Edward Bouverie Pusey
Practice in life whatever you pray for and God will give it to you more abundantly. -Edward Bouverie Pusey
"Speak well of your friend, of your enemy say nothing." – Proverb
“Speak well of your friend, of your enemy say nothing.” – Proverb
Between the wish and the thing life lies waiting. -Proverb
Between the wish and the thing life lies waiting. -Proverb
They’re only truly great who are truly good. -George Chapman
They’re only truly great who are truly good. -George Chapman
Perfection is our goal, excellence will be tolerated. -J. Yahl
Perfection is our goal, excellence will be tolerated. -J. Yahl
I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. -Bill Cosby
I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. -Bill Cosby
Russell (Wayne) Baker
Inanimate objects are classified scientifically into three major categories — those that don’t work, those that break down and those that get lost. Russell (Wayne) …
We are franker towards others than towards ourselves. -Friedrich Nietzsche
We are franker towards others than towards ourselves. -Friedrich Nietzsche
He is not the same, nor is he another. -Buddha
He is not the same, nor is he another. -Buddha
All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone. -Jean De La Bruyere
All of our unhappiness comes from our inability to be alone. -Jean De La Bruyere
So far as a person thinks; they are free. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
So far as a person thinks; they are free. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
A miser grows rich by seeming poor. An extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich. -William Shakespeare
A miser grows rich by seeming poor. An extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich. -William Shakespeare
An optimist is a girl who mistakes a bulge for a curve. -Ring Lardner
An optimist is a girl who mistakes a bulge for a curve. -Ring Lardner
What you become directly influences what you get. -Jim Rohn
What you become directly influences what you get. -Jim Rohn
I am a part of all that I have met. -Lord Alfred Tennyson
I am a part of all that I have met. -Lord Alfred Tennyson
If one tells the truth, one is sure, sooner or later, to be found out. -Oscar Wilde
If one tells the truth, one is sure, sooner or later, to be found out. -Oscar Wilde
Thunder is impressive, but it is lightning that does the work. -Mark Twain
Thunder is impressive, but it is lightning that does the work. -Mark Twain
Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again. -Ovid
Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again. -Ovid
I had to pick myself up and get on with it, do it all over again, only even better this time. -Sam Walton
I had to pick myself up and get on with it, do it all over again, only even better this time. -Sam Walton
The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express. -Francis Bacon
The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express. -Francis Bacon
Privacy is not something that I’m merely entitled to, it’s an absolute prerequisite. -Marlon Brando
Privacy is not something that I’m merely entitled to, it’s an absolute prerequisite. -Marlon Brando
Man forgives women anything save the wit to outwit him. -Minna Antrim
Man forgives women anything save the wit to outwit him. -Minna Antrim
How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in? -Oscar Wilde
How else but through a broken heart may Lord Christ enter in? -Oscar Wilde
Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think. -Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
Let us not be ashamed to speak what we shame not to think. -Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance. -Nathaniel Branden
The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance. -Nathaniel Branden
No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you. -Sholom Aleichem
No matter how bad things get you got to go on living, even if it kills you. -Sholom Aleichem
Other people may not have had high expectations for me… but I had high expectations for myself. -Shannon Miller
Other people may not have had high expectations for me… but I had high expectations for myself. -Shannon Miller
Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product. -Eleanor Roosevelt
Happiness is not a goal, it is a by-product. -Eleanor Roosevelt
Work banishes those three great evils: boredom, vice and poverty. -Voltaire
Work banishes those three great evils: boredom, vice and poverty. -Voltaire
How long will they kill our prophets while we stand aside and look? -Bob Marley
How long will they kill our prophets while we stand aside and look? -Bob Marley
Well done, is better than well said. -Benjamin Franklin
Well done, is better than well said. -Benjamin Franklin
Silence implies consent. -Proverb
Silence implies consent. -Proverb
Lydia Sigourney
The strength of a nation, especially of a republican nation, is in the intelligent and well ordered homes of the people. Lydia Sigourney quotes