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~ Quotes, Proverbs and Poems ~
Here a few Quotes , Proverbs and Poems I have picked up on the internet and through newspapers. I will be adding a lot more as soon as they catch my eye. Hope you like and find a wise word in them.
"The effort to understand the universe is one of the very few things that lifts human life a little above the level of farce, and gives it some of the grace of tragedy."~Steven Weinberg~
If two people who love each other let a single instant wedge itself between them,
It grows.
It becomes a month, a year, a century.
It becomes too late.
The hardest thing about growing up is that you have to do what's best for you, even if it means breaking someone's heart.
Including your own.
Life is like a rainbow: You need both the sun and the rain to make its colors appear.
Happiness is not an accident.
Nor is it something you wish for.
Happiness is something you design.
Be bold and courageous. When you look back on your life, you'll regret the things you didn't do more than the ones you did.
The privilege of a lifetime is being who you are.
~Joseph Campbell~
'Why Not?' is a slogan for an interesting life.
I love my past.I love my present.I'm not ashamed of what I've had, and I'm not sad because I have it no longer.
"I have always been an admirer. I regard the gift of admiration as indispensable if one is to amount to something; I don't know where I would be without it."
~Thomas Mann [1875-1955], German writer and philosopher~
"When a friend deals with a friend, let the bargain be clear and well-penned, that they may continue friends to the end."
~Benjamin Franklin [1706-1790], American scientist and statesman~
"It was my science that drove me to the conclusion that the world is much more complicated than can be explained by science. It is only through the supernatural that I can understand the mystery of existence."
~Allan Sandage, American astronomer~
"Hatred is toxic waste in the river of life."
~Micron~
"It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to. . . . The feeling for the things themselves, for reality, is more important than the feeling for pictures."
~Vincent Van Gogh [1853-1890], Dutch painter~
"The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes"
~Frank Lloyd Wright [1869-1959], American architect~
"Half our life is spent trying to find something to do with the time we have rushed through life trying to save."
~Will Rogers~
"It is a capital mistake to theorize before one has data"
~Arthur Conan Doyle [1859-1930], British novelist, author of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries~
"Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen."
~Winston Churchill [1874-1965], British prime minister, war hero, author~
"Many men know how to flatter, few men know how to praise."
~Greek Proverb~
"A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom."
~Chinese Proverb~
There's no thrill in easy sailing when the skies are clear and blue,
there's no joy in merely doing things which any one can do.
But there is some satisfaction that is mighty sweet to take,
when you reach a destination that you thought you'd never make
~Spirella~
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