Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them. Washington Irving
Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.AdversityQuotations by Washington Irving
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Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great. Pliny The Elder
Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great.AdversityQuotations by Pliny The Elder
Trouble shared is trouble halved. Dorothy L. Sayers
Trouble shared is trouble halved.AdversityQuotations by Dorothy L. Sayers
Many miles away there’s a shadow on the door of a cottage on the Shore of a dark Scottish lake. Sting
Many miles away there’s a shadow on the door of a cottage on the Shore of a dark Scottish lake.AdversityQuotations by Sting
Breakdowns can create breakthroughs. Things fall apart so things can fall together. Source Unknown
Breakdowns can create breakthroughs. Things fall apart so things can fall together.AdversityQuotations by Source Unknown
An advertising agency is 85 percent confusion and 15 percent commission. Fred A. Allen
An advertising agency is 85 percent confusion and 15 percent commission.AdvertisingQuotations by Fred A. Allen
Advertising is the greatest art form of the twentieth century. Marshall Mcluhan
Advertising is the greatest art form of the twentieth century.AdvertisingQuotations by Marshall Mcluhan
Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether. Thomas Carlyle
Talk that does not end in any kind of action is better suppressed altogether.AdviceQuotations by Thomas Carlyle
A good scare is worth more than good advice. Horace
A good scare is worth more than good advice.AdviceQuotations by Horace
To advise is easier than to help. German Proverb
To advise is easier than to help.AdviceQuotations by German Proverb
Never play leapfrog with a unicorn. Source Unknown
Never play leapfrog with a unicorn.AdviceQuotations by Source Unknown
Men must endure, their going hence even as their coming hither. Ripeness is all. William Shakespeare
Men must endure, their going hence even as their coming hither. Ripeness is all.Death and DyingQuotations by William Shakespeare
A thick skin is a gift from God. Konrad Adenauer
A thick skin is a gift from God.DeterminationQuotations by Konrad Adenauer
A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happened. Oliver Wendell Holmes
A great calamity is as old as the trilobites an hour after it has happened.DisastersQuotations by Oliver Wendell Holmes
There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady’s head-dress. Joseph Addison
There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady’s head-dress.DressQuotations by Joseph Addison
Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes as it smites. Christian Nevell Bovee
Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes as it smites.AfflictionQuotations by Christian Nevell Bovee
I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am. Bernard M. Baruch
I will never be an old man. To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am.Age and AgingQuotations by Bernard M. Baruch
It is not by the gray of the hair that one knows the age of the heart. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
It is not by the gray of the hair that one knows the age of the heart.Age and AgingQuotations by Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Old age isn’t so bad when you consider the alternatives. Maurice Chevalier
Old age isn’t so bad when you consider the alternatives.Age and AgingQuotations by Maurice Chevalier
I am thirty-three — the age of the good Sans-culotte Jesus; an age fatal to revolutionists. Camille Desmoulins
I am thirty-three — the age of the good Sans-culotte Jesus; an age fatal to revolutionists.Age and AgingQuotations by Camille Desmoulins
I guess I don’t so much mind being old, as I mind being fat and old. Peter Gabriel
I guess I don’t so much mind being old, as I mind being fat and old.Age and AgingQuotations by Peter Gabriel
Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle. Bob Hope
Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle.Age and AgingQuotations by Bob Hope
Few people know how to be old. Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Few people know how to be old.Age and AgingQuotations by Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Being seventy is not a sin. Golda Meir
Being seventy is not a sin.Age and AgingQuotations by Golda Meir
In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day’s long. Nikita Ivanovich Panin
In youth the days are short and the years are long. In old age the years are short and day’s long.Age and AgingQuotations by Nikita …
No one grows old by living. Only by losing interest in living. Marie Beyon Ray
No one grows old by living. Only by losing interest in living.Age and AgingQuotations by Marie Beyon Ray
Life is a dream walking death is a going home. Chinese Proverb
Life is a dream walking death is a going home.Death and DyingQuotations by Chinese Proverb
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead. Bertrand Russell
To fear love is to fear life, and those who fear life are already three parts dead.Death and DyingQuotations by Bertrand Russell
God’s finger touched him and he slept. Lord Alfred Tennyson
God’s finger touched him and he slept.Death and DyingQuotations by Lord Alfred Tennyson
Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live. Henry Van Dyke
Some people are so afraid to die that they never begin to live.Death and DyingQuotations by Henry Van Dyke
Virtue alone has majesty in death. Edward Young
Virtue alone has majesty in death.Death and DyingQuotations by Edward Young
When I was born I owed twelve dollars. George S. Kaufman
When I was born I owed twelve dollars.DebtQuotations by George S. Kaufman
The government who robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. George Bernard Shaw
The government who robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.DebtQuotations by George Bernard Shaw
Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive. Sir Walter Scott
Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.DeceitQuotations by Sir Walter Scott
To give up pretensions is as blessed a relief as to get them ratified. William James
To give up pretensions is as blessed a relief as to get them ratified.DeceptionQuotations by William James
The refusal to choose is a form of choice; disbelief is a form of belief. Frank Barron
The refusal to choose is a form of choice; disbelief is a form of belief.DecisionsQuotations by Frank Barron
Make decisions from the heart and use your head to make it work out. Sir Girad
Make decisions from the heart and use your head to make it work out.DecisionsQuotations by Sir Girad
The roads we take are more important than the goals we announce. Decisions determine destiny. Frederick Speakman
The roads we take are more important than the goals we announce. Decisions determine destiny.DecisionsQuotations by Frederick Speakman
Though language forms the preacher, ‘Tis good works make the man. Eliza Cook
Though language forms the preacher, ‘Tis good works make the man.Deeds and Good DeedsQuotations by Eliza Cook
Nothing can be made of nothing; he who has laid up no material can produce no combination. Sir Joshua Reynolds
Nothing can be made of nothing; he who has laid up no material can produce no combination.Deeds and Good DeedsQuotations by Sir Joshua Reynolds