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Lucius Seneca: Poverty of desires
“The greatest wealth is a poverty of desires.” —Lucius Seneca, philosopher.
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Oscar Wilde: Compliments
“Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.” —Oscar Wilde.
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Frederick Saunders: Pride
Pride, like laudanum and other poisonous medicines, is beneficial in small, though injurious in large, quantities. No man who is not pleased with himself, even in a personal sense, can please others. -Frederick Saunders, librarian and essayist (1807-1902)
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Ambrose Bierce: Politics
Image via Wikipedia “Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.” —Ambrose Bierce.
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Jeremy Irons: Memories and dreams
“We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they’re called memories. Some take us forward, they’re called dreams.” – Jeremy Irons, British actor. Related articles by Zemanta Letters: Meryl Streep: Transcending the Screen (nytimes.com) Casual cruelties (newstatesman.com)
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Christian Nestell Bovee: Anxiety and fear
Image via Wikipedia “There is great beauty in going through life without anxiety or fear. Half our fears are baseless and the other half discreditable. ~ Christian Nestell Bovee; Chicken Soup for the Soul: Indian Women.
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Cherokee proverb: Yesterday
“Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today.” ~Cherokee Proverb, quoted in “Empty Nesters”
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Abraham Lincoln: Life
“And in the end it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years.” – Abraham Lincoln
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Lord Chesterfield: Learning
“Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket, and do not pull it out and strike it merely to show you have one. If you are asked what o’clock it is, tell it, but do not proclaim it hourly and unasked, like the watchman.” —Lord Chesterfield, statesman and writer (1694-1773). http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/3425668
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Theodore Roosevelt: Moment Of Decision
“In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing, the next best thing is the wrong thing, and the worst thing you can do is nothing.~ Theodore Roosevelt; from our forthcoming title “Chicken Soup for the Soul: Indian Teachers”
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Jan Glidewell: Embrace the present
“You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present.” ~Jan Glidewell, quoted in “Empty Nesters”
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Marcel Proust: Real voyage of discovery
Image by Kenny Teo (buy me a pro account any??) via Flickr “The real voyage of discovery consists not of seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.” ~Marcel Proust, quoted in “Empty Nesters”
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Ralph Waldo Emerson: Integrity
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind. Absolve you to yourself, and you shall have the suffrage of the world. -Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882)
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John Donne: Reason, faith and divinity
Reason is our souls left hand, Faith her right, / By these we reach divinity – John Donne Reason is our souls left hand, Faith her right, / By these we reach divinity – John Donne
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Anonymous: Blesssed are the flexible
“Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.” ~Anonymous, quoted in “Empty Nesters”
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Aldous Huxley: Propaganda
Image via Wikipedia “The propagandist’s purpose is to make one set of people forget that certain other sets of people are human.” —Aldous Huxley, novelist (1894-1963)
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John Dewey: Starting point to another
“Arriving at one goal is the starting point to another.” ~John Dewey, quoted in “My Resolution”
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Francis Bacon: Justice
If we do not maintain Justice, Justice will not maintain us. — Francis Bacon.
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Joan Didion: Self-respect
To free us from the expectations of others, to give us back to ourselves — there lies the great, singular power of self-respect.” ~Joan Didion
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Marcia Weider: Precious moments
“Use your precious moments to live life fully every single second of every single day.” ~Marcia Weider, quoted in “Count Your Blessings”.
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David Brin: Power
It is said that power corrupts, but actually it’s more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by things other than power. – David Brin.
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Vincent van Gogh: Conscience
Conscience is a man’s compass, and though the needle sometimes deviates, though one often perceives irregularities when directing one’s course by it, one must still try to follow its direction. -Vincent van Gogh, painter (1853-1890)
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Sheila Murray Bethel: Identify yourself
“One of the most courageous things you can do is identify yourself, know who you are, what you believe in, and where you want to go.” ~Sheila Murray Bethel, quoted in “Older & Wiser”
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Paulo Coelho: Experience
We all need to understand that experience is agony and ecstasy at the same time. Pain and joy holding hands. And pain is not suffering, but part of the Good Fight we must fight in the name of our dreams. – Paulo Coelho.
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Leo Longanesi: Interpreted like dreams
Memories are interpreted like dreams. -Leo Longanesi, journalist and editor (1905-1957) Related articles by Zemanta The History of Beauty (hbswk.hbs.edu) Why India’s ruling elite loves China (blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com)
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Teneva Jordan: Never did care for pie
“A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie.” ~ Tenneva Jordan, from our forthcoming Chicken Soup for the Soul: Indian Mothers
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Robert Bryne: Life of purpose
“The purpose of life is a life of purpose.” ~Robert Byrne, quoted in “Count Your Blessings”.
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Charles Kettering: Helping hand
“If you need a helping hand, look toward the end of your arm.” ~Charles Kettering, quoted in “Inside Basketball”. Related articles by Zemanta Project Manager, Sustainability Initiatives (socialactions.net)
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Mark Twain: God’s will
Image via Wikipedia “It is the will of God that we must have critics, and missionaries, and Congressmen, and humorists, and we must bear the burden.” MARK TWAIN, in his newly published autobiography, dictated a century ago.
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Mahatma Gandhi: Nation’s culture
Image via Wikipedia “A nation’s culture resides in the hearts and the soul of its people.” —Mahatma Gandhi.
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Benjamin Franklin: Time
Image via Wikipedia “Do not squander time, for that’s the stuff life is made of.” ~Benjamin Franklin, quoted in “Thanks Dad”.
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Anwar-El-Sadat: One big family
Image via Wikipedia There an be hope only for a society that acts as one big family, not as many separate ones. – Anwar-El-Sadat, former president of Egypt.
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Norbet Platt: Pen to paper
Image by cmcgough via Flickr “The act of putting pen to paper encourages pause for thought, this in turn makes us think more deeply about life, which helps us regain our equilibrium.” ~Norbet Platt, quoted in “Power Moms”
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Mother Teresa: Small things, great love
Image via Wikipedia ”We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love.” ~ Mother Teresa
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Oscar Wilde: Job appreciation
Cover via Amazon The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one. —Oscar Wilde.
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William Penn: I shall not pass this way again
Image by cmcgough via Flickr “I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.” ~William Penn, quoted…
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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi: They always fall
Image via Wikipedia “When I despair, I remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seem invincible, but in the end, they always fall…think of it, always.” ~Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, quoted in “Chicken Soup for the Indian Soul“.
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Henry Morgan: Red light
“A careful driver is one who honks his horn when he goes through a red light.”—Henry Morgan.
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Unknown: What holds you back
Image by americanartmuseum via Flickr It’s not who you are that holds you back, it’s who you think you’re not.” ~Unknown, quoted in “My Resolution” Related articles by Zemanta Today’s unknown known observation about unknown knowns (joy-mari.com) Project Management Quote (linusfernandes.com) “The Smartest Unknown Indian Entrepreneur” Talks About How He Built Zoho Into A Bootstrapped…
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Abraham Lincoln: Mercy
“I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.” –—Abraham Lincoln, 16th U.S. President (1809-1865).
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Maurice Setter: Expecting gold
Image via Wikipedia “Too many people miss the silver lining because they’re expecting gold.” ~Maurice Setter, quoted in “My Resolution”.
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Bob Klas: Creativity and effort
“People will exercise great effort and creativity to make our plan work and sometimes expend just as much creativity and effort to make your plan fail.” —Bob Klas.
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Jules Renard: Ageing
Image via Wikipedia It is not how old you are, but how you are old. –Jules Renard, writer (1864-1910) Related articles by Zemanta Quotes & Asides! (linusfernandes.com)
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William James: Singing and happiness
“I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing.” ~William James, quoted in Tough Times, Tough People.
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William Shakespeare: Company
“Company, villainous company, hath been the spoil of me.” — Shakespeare, William.
