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Wisdom Quotes and Sayings

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

A man who regards his own life and that of his own fellow creatures as meaningless is not merely unhappy but hardly fit for life. – Albert Einstein

Give every man thy ear but few thy voice. – Shakespeare

The gods themselves cannot reclaim their gifts. They may rob us of our future and embitter our present, but our past they may not touch. With all its laughter and delight and glamour it is our eternal possession. – LM Montgomery – The Story Girl

Ever tried? Ever Failed? No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. – Samuel Beckett

It is better to die on your feet, than to live on your knees. – Emiliano Zapata

Let us not waste our time in idle discourse! Let us do something, while we have the chance! It is not every day that we are needed. Not indeed that we personally are needed. Others would meet the case equally well, if not better. To all mankind they were addressed, those cries for help still ringing in our ears! But at this place, at this moment in time, all mankind is us, whether we like it or not. Let us make the most of it, before it is too late! Let us represent worthily, for once, the foul brood to which a cruel fate consigned us! What do you say? (pause) It is true that when with folded arms we weigh the pros and cons we are no less a credit to our species. The tiger bounds to the help of his congeners without the least reflection , or else he slinks away into the depths of the thickets. But that is not the question. What we are doing here, that is the question. And we are blessed in this, that we happen t o know the answer. Yes, in this immense confusion, one thing alone is clear. We are waiting for Godot to come. – Samuell Beckett, Waiting for Godot

Family is there because they have to be, friends are there because they want to be. – Unknown

What I want is what I’ve not got, and what I need is all around me. – Dave Matthews

It was once said that is it better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all. This is not entirely true. It is neither better nor worse. Both hurt and both are, in their own separate ways, unbearable. – Cristoph Lamarte

It doesn’t mean that I advocate violence, but at the same time I am not against using violence in self-defense. I don’t call it violence when it’s self-defense, I call it intelligence. – Malcolm X

If you try, you might fail…if you don’t try you are guranteed to fail. – Chris Bannister

After a while you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand & changing a soul. And you learn that love doesn’t mean leaning & company doesn’t mean security. And you begin to learn that kisses aren’t contracts & presents aren’t promises. And you begin to accept your defeats with your head up & your eyes ahead… & you learn to build all your roads on today because tomorrow’s ground is too uncertain for plans & futures have a way of falling down in mid-flight. So you plant your own garden instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers. And you learn that you really can endure, that you really are strong & that you really do have worth… and with every goodbye, you learn… – Unknown

Society has closed all possibilities of a fresh and open mind, if we can control our minds before our brain tells us what it is surely then we are free – Edward McEwan

Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul. – Oscar Wilde

Some people listen to themselves rather then listen to what others say. These people don’t come along very often, but when they do, they remind us that once you set off on a path, even though critics may doubt you, it’s ok to believe that there is no CAN’T, WON’T or IMPOSSIBLE. They remind us that it’s ok to believe that IMPOSSIBLE IS NOTHING. – Adidas commercial

The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it. Resist it, and your soul grows sick with longing for the things it has forbidden to itself, with desire for what its laws had made unlawful. – Oscar Wilde

In the beginning of life, when we are infants, we need others to survive, right. And at the end of life, when you get like me[weak/feeble], you need others to survive, right? But here’s the secret: in between, we need others as well. – Tuesdays with Morrie

There are two lasting bequests we can give our children: One of these is Roots; the other, Wings. – Hodding Carter

The object of war isn’t to die for your country but to make the other poor bastard die for his. – General George Patton

Hope Quotes and Sayings

Posted on May 26, 2011 by

Hope is that thing that all of us need in tough times. Let me show you some great hope quotes for a better day.

Hope, deceitful as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route. ~François Duc de La Rochefoucauld

Once you choose hope, anything’s possible. ~Christopher Reeve

Hope is the only universal liar who never loses his reputation for veracity. ~Robert G. Ingersoll

Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope. ~Titus Maccius Plautus

Hope is some extraordinary spiritual grace that God gives us to control our fears, not to oust them. ~Vincent McNabb

In reality, hope is the worst of all evils, because it prolongs man’s torments. ~Friedrich Nietzsche, Human, All Too Human, 1878

When the world says, “Give up,”
Hope whispers, “Try it one more time.” ~Author Unknown

There is nothing so well known as that we should not expect something for nothing – but we all do and call it Hope. ~Edgar Howe

If you knew that hope and despair were paths to the same destination, which would you choose? ~Robert Brault

Hope itself is a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords; but, like all other pleasures immoderately enjoyed, the excesses of hope must be expiated by pain. ~Samuel Johnson

Hope is that thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops… at all. ~Emily Dickinson

Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come. ~Anne Lamott

All it takes is one bloom of hope to make a spiritual garden. ~Terri Guillemets

The miserable have no other medicine
But only hope. ~William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure

The road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination. ~Marian Zimmer Bradley

You’ve gotta have hope. Without hope life is meaningless. Without hope life is meaning less and less. ~ Author Unknown

Hope is the feeling we have that the feeling we have is not permanent. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic’s Notebook, 1960

Lord save us all from… a hope tree that has lost the faculty of putting out blossoms. ~Mark Twain

Hope is faith holding out its hand in the dark. ~George Iles

When hope is hungry, everything feeds it. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic’s Notebook, 1960

Love Quotes

Posted on March 5, 2011 by

Anyone here yelled for a great article of love quotes? Here it is, my friends. Some wonderful love quotes special selected for you and your girlfriend (or boyfriend).

Love doesn’t make the world go ’round; love is what makes the ride worthwhile. – Franklin P. Jones

Where there is love there is life. – Mohandas K. Gandhi

Love is the greatest refreshment in life. – Pablo Picasso

Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring. – Oscar Wilde

If you have love in your life it can make up for a great many things you lack. If you don’t have it, no matter what else there is, it’s not enough. – Ann Landers

Love is the only sane and satisfactory answer to the problem of human existence. – Erich Fromm

Love is the thing that enables a woman to sing while she mops up the floor after her husband has walked across it in his barn boots. – Hoosier Farmer

Love is a language spoken by everyone, but understood only by a heart. – Shirley Rindani

You know you’re in love when you don’t want to fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams. – Dr. Seuss

Love is friendship set on fire. – Jeremy Taylor

Age does not protect you from love. But love, to some extent, protects you from age. – Jeanne Moreau

Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health has vanished. – Og Mandingo

There is no remedy for love but to love more. – Henry David Thoreau

Gravitation is not responsible for people falling in love. – Albert Einstein

It is love that makes the impossible possible. – Indian Proverb

Love conquers all things; let us too surrender to love. – Virgil

To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides. – David Viscott

To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance. – Oscar Wilde

Love is a condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own. – Robert Heinlein

True love begins when nothing is looked for in return. – Antoine De Saint-Exupery

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, it’s what you are expected to give — which is everything – Anonymous

This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love; the more they give, the more they possess. – Rainer Maria Rilke

I’ve learned … that no one is perfect until you fall in love with them. – Andy Rooney

I love you, not for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. – Roy Croft

The best thing about me is you. – Shannon Crown

I can’t say anymore than I love you. Anything else would be a waste of breath. – Elvis Costello

I miss you a little, I guess you could say, a little too much, a little too often, and a little more each day. – Anonymous

Love is not blind, it sees but it doesn’t mind. – Rizi Jane Baldon

Love sees roses without thorns. – German Proverb

Love is being stupid together. – Paul Valery

Love is missing someone whenever you’re apart, but somehow feeling warm inside because you’re close in heart. – Kay Knudsen

We sat side by side in the morning light and looked out at the future together. – Brian Andres

Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward in the same direction. – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Thanks for reading and sharing that!

Spring Quotes

Posted on March 2, 2011March 2, 2011 by

Springtime is the land awakening. The March winds are the morning yawn. ~ Lewis Grizzard in Kathy Sue Loudermilk, I Love You

Spring is nature’s way of saying, “Let’s party!” ~Robin Williams

Spring makes its own statement, so loud and clear that the gardener seems to be only one of the instruments, not the composer. ~Geoffrey B. Charlesworth

April prepares her green traffic light and the world thinks Go. ~Christopher Morley, John Mistletoe

Hee that is in a towne in May loseth his spring. ~George Herbert

It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade. ~Charles Dickens

Everything is blooming most recklessly; if it were voices instead of colors, there would be an unbelievable shrieking into the heart of the night. ~Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters of Rainer Maria Rilke

It’s spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you’ve got it, you want – oh, you don’t quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so! ~Mark Twain

Hoe while it is spring, and enjoy the best anticipations. It is not much matter if things do not turn out well. ~Charles Dudley Warner

Awake, thou wintry earth –
Fling off thy sadness!
Fair vernal flowers, laugh forth
Your ancient gladness! ~Thomas Blackburn, “An Easter Hymn”

I love spring anywhere, but if I could choose I would always greet it in a garden. ~Ruth Stout

No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb

Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush. ~Doug Larson

Science has never drummed up quite as effective a tranquilizing agent as a sunny spring day. ~W. Earl Hall

If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. ~Anne Bradstreet

The year’s at the spring
And day’s at the morn;
Morning’s at seven;
The hillside’s dew-pearled;
The lark’s on the wing;
The snail’s on the thorn;
God’s in His heaven –
All’s right with the world! ~Robert Browning

No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn. ~Hal Borland

Spring shows what God can do with a drab and dirty world. ~Virgil A. Kraft

April is a promise that May is bound to keep. ~Hal Borland

Where man sees but withered leaves,
God sees sweet flowers growing. ~Albert Laighton

That God once loved a garden we learn in Holy writ.
And seeing gardens in the Spring I well can credit it. ~Winifred Mary Letts

In June as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single day. No man can heed all of these anniversaries; no man can ignore all of them. ~Aldo Leopold

In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt. ~Margaret Atwood

Indoors or out, no one relaxes in March, that month of wind and taxes, the wind will presently disappear, the taxes last us all the year. ~Ogden Nash

Every spring is the only spring – a perpetual astonishment. ~Ellis Peters