selected quotations
Sunday, December 24, 2006
Selected quotations
It is better to light one candle. Than to curse the darkness
Men are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.
Saying is one thing is another.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
Familiar acts are beautiful through love.
Literature is not. In itself. A means of solving problems; these can be solved only by action. By social and political action.
Do noble things. Do not dream them all day long.
No one knows what he can do till he tries.
One must learn by doing the things; though you think you know it. You have no certainty until you try.
Our deeds determine us. As much as we determine our deeds.
We become just by performing just actions. Temperate by performing temperate actions. Brave by performing brave actions.
Ability is poor men’s wealth
Inspiration
Every flower must grow through dirt
Worrying is like a rocking chair.
It gives you something to do.
But it doesn’t get you anywhere.
Pleasure in the job perfection in the work.
We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence. Then. Is not an act. But a habit.
Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.
Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.
Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.
The great advantage of being in a rut is that when one is in a rut. One knows exactly where one is.
Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.
Life
Despite the high cost of living it remains a popular hem.
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon. But that we wait so long to begin it.
Choose the life that is most useful. And habit will make it the most agreeable.
Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.
In the book of life. The answers aren’t in the back.
The tragedy of life is not that man loses. But that he almost wins.
The great art of life is sensation. Feel that we exist even in pain.
We make a living by what we get.. we make a life by what we give.
Selected quotations
To go against the dominant thinking of your friends...of most of the people you see every day. Is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety percent perspiration.
There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power
I have found that the best way to give advice to your children is to finds out their want. And then advice them to do it.
To ask advice is nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.
Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least. – earl of chesterfield
Youth is blunder; manhood a struggle’ old age a regent.
Old men are always young enough to learn. With profit.
Old age has its pleasures. \which though different. Are not less that the pleasures of youth.
It is better to light one candle. Than to curse the darkness
Men are all alike in their promises. It is only in their deeds that they differ.
Saying is one thing is another.
The great end of life is not knowledge but action.
Familiar acts are beautiful through love.
Literature is not. In itself. A means of solving problems; these can be solved only by action. By social and political action.
Do noble things. Do not dream them all day long.
No one knows what he can do till he tries.
One must learn by doing the things; though you think you know it. You have no certainty until you try.
Our deeds determine us. As much as we determine our deeds.
We become just by performing just actions. Temperate by performing temperate actions. Brave by performing brave actions.
Ability is poor men’s wealth
Inspiration
Every flower must grow through dirt
Worrying is like a rocking chair.
It gives you something to do.
But it doesn’t get you anywhere.
Pleasure in the job perfection in the work.
We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence. Then. Is not an act. But a habit.
Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.
Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.
Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.
The great advantage of being in a rut is that when one is in a rut. One knows exactly where one is.
Be like a postage stamp. Stick to one thing until you get there.
Life
Despite the high cost of living it remains a popular hem.
The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon. But that we wait so long to begin it.
Choose the life that is most useful. And habit will make it the most agreeable.
Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.
In the book of life. The answers aren’t in the back.
The tragedy of life is not that man loses. But that he almost wins.
The great art of life is sensation. Feel that we exist even in pain.
We make a living by what we get.. we make a life by what we give.
Selected quotations
To go against the dominant thinking of your friends...of most of the people you see every day. Is perhaps the most difficult act of heroism you can perform.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety percent perspiration.
There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power
I have found that the best way to give advice to your children is to finds out their want. And then advice them to do it.
To ask advice is nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.
Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least. – earl of chesterfield
Youth is blunder; manhood a struggle’ old age a regent.
Old men are always young enough to learn. With profit.
Old age has its pleasures. \which though different. Are not less that the pleasures of youth.
