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Christian Friendship Quotes

Posted on May 30, 2011 by

Love prospers when a fault is forgiven, but dwelling on it separates close friends. ~Proverbs 17:9

To flatter friends is to lay a trap for their feet. ~Proverbs 29:5

The heartfelt counsel of a friend is as sweet as perfume and incense. ~Proverbs 27:9

An open rebuke is better than hidden love! Wounds from a sincere friend are better than many kisses from an enemy. ~Proverbs 27:5-6

Don’t befriend angry people or associate with hot-tempered people, or you will learn to be like them and endanger your soul. ~Proverbs 22:24–25

There are “friends” who destroy each other, but a real friend sticks closer than a brother. ~Proverbs 18:24

A friend is always loyal, and a brother is born to help in time of need. ~Proverbs 17:17

A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends. ~Proverbs 16:28

Two are better than one, Because they have a good reward for their labor. ~Ecclesiastes 4:9

“A mirror reflects a man’s face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses.” ~ Proverbs 27:19

“The greatest love a person can have for his friends is to give his life for them.” ~ John 15:13

“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven; for He makes His sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. For if you love those who love you, what reward have you? Do not even the tax collectors do the same? ~Matthew 5:43-46

Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble. Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm. But how can one be warm alone? A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken. ~Ecclesiastes 4:9–12

There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you slaves, because a master doesn’t confide in his slaves. Now you are my friends, since I have told you everything the Father told me. ~John 15:13–15

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William Somerset Maugham Quotes

Posted on May 28, 2011May 28, 2011 by

Love is a dirty trick played on us to achieve the continuation of the species.

A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn’t want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.

An unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.

Any nation that thinks more of its ease and comfort than its freedom will soon lose its freedom; and the ironical thing about it is that it will lose its ease and comfort too.

Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.

At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely.

Beauty is an ecstasy; it is as simple as hunger. There is really nothing to be said about it. It is like the perfume of a rose: you can smell it and that is all.

Considering how foolishly people act and how pleasantly they prattle, perhaps it would be better for the world if they talked more and did less.

Death doesn’t affect the living because it has not happened yet. Death doesn’t concern the dead because they have ceased to exist.

Death is a very dull, dreary affair, and my advice to you is to have nothing whatsoever to do with it.

Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.

Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.

Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.

Habits in writing as in life are only useful if they are broken as soon as they cease to be advantageous.

Have common sense and stick to the point.

I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.

I made up my mind long ago that life was too short to do anything for myself that I could pay others to do for me.

I would sooner read a time-table or a catalogue than nothing at all. They are much more entertaining than half the novels that are written.

I’ll give you my opinion of the human race in a nutshell… their heart’s in the right place, but their head is a thoroughly inefficient organ.

If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.

If you don’t change your beliefs, your life will be like this forever. Is that good news?

Stupidity Quotes

Posted on May 26, 2011 by

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the the universe.” – Albert Einstein

“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and
conscientious stupidity.” –Martin Luther King, Jr.

“Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward.” – Bill Davidsen

“Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education.” –Bertrand Russell

“In politics stupidity is not a handicap.” – Napoleon Bonaparte

“Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.” – Frank Leah

“There are only two ways by which to rise in this world, either by one’s own industry or by the stupidity of others.” – Jean de la Bruyere

“The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget.” –Thomas Szasz

“The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.” – Unknown

“The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.” –Bertrand Russell

“Stupidity has a certain charm – ignorance does not” – Frank Zappa

“It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.” – George Bernard Shaw

Life Quotes

Posted on May 23, 2011 by

There are a lot of people who wrote things about life. Let me show you what some of them tell us. Some wonderful life quotes just for you. Enjoy!

Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep. – Carl Sandburg

Life is tough, and if you have the ability to laugh at it you have the ability to enjoy it. – Salma Hayek

The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. – Oprah Winfrey

Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don’t let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity. – R. I. Fitzhenry

Life, like poker has an element of risk. It shouldn’t be avoided. It should be faced. – Edward Norton

Life is a field of unlimited possibilities. – Deepak Chopra

Life has no limitations, except the ones you make. – Les Brown

Nobody gets to live life backward. Look ahead, that is where your future lies. – Ann Landers

We are all here for some special reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future. – Robin Sharma

Learn to drink the cup of life as it comes. – Agnes Turnbull

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well. – Bible

The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them. – Bernard M. Baruch

Life is like riding a bicycle – in order to keep your balance, you must keep moving. – Albert Einstein

Life is the art of drawing without an eraser. – John Gardner

Life is a progress, and not a station. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn and you will. – Vernon Howard

You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life. – Albert Camus

Your distress about life might mean you have been living for the wrong reason, not that you have no reason for living. – Tom O’Connor

Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact. – Henry James

Keep breathing. – Sophie Tucker

Let go of what you think life should be so you can experience the life you have. – Rhonda Britten

Go ahead with your life, your plans…. Don’t waste time by stopping before the interruptions have started. – Richard L. Evans

If you look at life one way, there is always cause for alarm. – Elizabeth Bowen

If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun. – Katharine Hespburn

Beauty Quotes

Posted on May 22, 2011 by

“Beauty, more than bitterness, makes the heart break.” – Sara Teasdale

“When you reach the heart of life you shall find beauty in all things, even in the eyes that are blind to beauty.” – Kahlil Gibran

“Beauty is how you feel inside, and it reflects in your eyes. It is not something physical.” – Sophia Loren

“Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye.” – Miss Piggy

“Character contributes to beauty. It fortifies a woman as her youth fades. A mode of conduct, a standard of courage, discipline, fortitude, and integrity can do a great deal to make a woman beautiful.” – Adlai E. Stevenson

“When you look closely people are so strange & so complicated that they’re actually beautiful.” – Kahlil Gibran

“Practice random beauty and senseless acts of love.” – Don Williams, Jr

“I pull you from your tower, take away your pain. Show you all the beauty you possess, if you only let yourself believe.” – Sarah McLachlan

“Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder” – Kinky Friedman

“She’s beautiful, and therefore to be woo’d She is a woman, therefore to be won” – William Shakespeare

“Beauty is only skin deep, but ugly goes clean to the bone” – Dorothy Parker

“By plucking her petals, you do not gather the beauty of the flower.” – Rabindranath Tagore

“Beauty is simply reality seen with the eyes of love” – Rabindranath Tagore

Get Over Yourself Quotes

Posted on May 10, 2011May 10, 2011 by

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The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. – Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi

Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on. – Les Brown

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell. – The Buddha

The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have. – Norman Vincent Peale

Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it’s always your choice. – Wayne Dyer

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. – Mark Twain

Surround yourself with only people who are going to lift you higher. – Oprah Winfrey

Inspiring Quotes on Life

Posted on May 6, 2011 by

“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself” – George Bernard Shaw

“You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take” – Wayne Gretzky

“If you don’t get everything you want, think of the things you don’t get that you don’t want” – Unknown

“Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are a good person is a little like expecting the bull not to attack you because you area vegetarian” – Dennis Wholey

“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow” – Mary Anne Radmacher

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that they always see the past better than it was, the present worse than it is, and the future less resolved than it will be” – Marcel Pagnol

“Don’t let life discourage you; everyone who got where he is had to begin where he was” – Richard L. Evans

“It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not”- Unknown

Inspiring Quotes on Enemies and Forgiveness

Posted on May 5, 2011 by

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.” –Eleanor Roosevelt

“When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you” –African Proverb

“One thing you will probably remember well is any time you forgive and forget” –Franklin P. Jones

“There are two types of people who will tell you that you cannot make a difference in this world: Those who are afraid to try themselves and Those who are afraid that you will succeed”- Ray Goforth

Forgive your enemies but never forget their names” – JFK

“Take care that no one hates you justly”- Pubilius Syrus

“To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it” – Confucius

“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one getting burned”- Buddha

Inspiring Quotes on Experience

Posted on May 4, 2011 by

“In times like these, it is helpful to remember that there have always been times like these” – Paul Harvey

“No one can go back and make a brand new start, my friend, but anyone can start from here and make a brand new end” –Dan Zadra

“The difficulties of life are intended to make us better, not bitter”- Unknown

“Happiness is beneficial for the body but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind” – Marcel Proust

“Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him”- Aldous Huxley

“Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time; it is regret for the things we did not do that is inconsolable”- Sydney J. Harris

“Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better” — Samuel Beckett

“It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere”- Agnes Repplier

“There is nothing noble about being superior to some other man. The true nobility is in being superior to your previous self” – Hindu proverb

Advice Quotes

Posted on May 3, 2011 by

“Don’t compromise yourself. You are all you’ve got” – Janis Joplin

“Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret” – Ambrose Bierce

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind. ~Dr. Seuss

“Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.” – John R. Wooden

“You will face many defeats in your life, but never let yourself be defeated”– Maya Angelou

Never tell your problems to anyone…20% don’t care and the other 80% are glad you have them. –Lou Holtz

When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the fire department generally uses water. –Unknown

Never regret. If it’s good, it’s wonderful. If it’s bad, it’s experience –Victoria Holt