Quotes

"Life is a daring adventure or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable."

Helen Keller

"Our duty is to be useful, not according to our desires but according to our powers."

Henri Frederick Amiel

"Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil. ‘Tis the sole remedy against misfortune, the very ventilation of the soul."

Baltasar Gracian

"The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes." Benjamin Disraeli

"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."

Norman Mac Ewan

"They can conquer who believe they can."

John Dryden

"Aim at the sun, and you may not reach it; but your arrow will fly far higher than if you aimed at an object on a level with yourself"

J.Hawes

"The greatest wealth is to live content with little, for there is never want where the mind is satisfied."

Lucretius

"Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for,it is a thing to be achieved."

W.J. Bryan

"Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity."

Aristotle

"God could not be everywhere so he created mothers."

Jewish Proverb

"Success generally depends upon knowing how long it takes to succeed."

C.L. de Montesquieu

The future cannot be predicted, but futures can be invented. - Dennis Gabor

"There have always been men who understood this fact; who knew that the meaning of life is to be interested in the whole of mankind and who tried to develop social interest and love. In all religions we find this concern for the salvation of man. In all the great movements of the world men have been striving to increase social interest, and religion is one of the greatest strivings in this way."—Alfred Adler

I don't answer all questions, just the ones the know-it-alls secretly ask themselves.
--Mulla Nasrudin

Trying to speak about the ultimate reality is like sending a kiss through a messenger.
--Rumi

God helps those who help themselves, Bible

The journey is the reward." - Chinese Proverb

"How could drops of water know themselves to be a river? Yet the river flows on." - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

"The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness of his own life. To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something. Not to be onto something is to be in despair." - Walker Percy

"Lack of something to feel important about is almost the greatest tragedy a man may have." - Arthur E. Morgan

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed." - Chamfort

"Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live." - Goethe

"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen, nor touched... but are felt in the heart." - Helen Keller

"Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're right." - Henry Ford

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain

"When one door closes, another opens. But we often look so regretfully upon the closed door that we don't see the one that has opened for us." - Alexander Graham Bell

"Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. I am thankful that thorns have roses." - Alphonse Karr

"There are always two choices, two paths to take. One is easy. And its only reward is that it's easy." - Unknown

"I haven't failed, I've found 10,000 ways that don't work." - Ben Franklin

"Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. There is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of its filling a vacuum, it makes one. If it satisfies one want, it doubles and trebles that want another way. That was a true proverb of the wise man, rely upon it; "Better is little with the fear of the Lord, than great treasure, and trouble therewith." - Ben Franklin

"Here are Socrates' two simple rules for life: Know Thyself Take nothing in Excess" - Socrates

"I often say that I don't worry about the meaning of life--I can't handle that big stuff. What concerns me is the meaning in life--day by day, hour by hour, while I'm doing whatever it is I do. What counts is not what I do, but how I think about myself while I'm doing it." - Robert Fulghum

"Wisdom comes more from living than from studying."

LOVE

"I suspect you of cherishing a dream that you will find some man who will provide the central meaning in your life. I distrust this dream because I believe that the central meaning must come from yourself. If you can't find it there you won't find it...In fact, I wonder if it is possible to love without having achieved a degree of personal fulfillment within oneself." - Eleanor McGarr

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