The glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fall. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #failure #perseverance

For piety lies not in being often seen turning a veiled head to stones, nor in approaching every altar, nor in lying prostrate before the temples of the gods, nor in sprinkling altars with the blood of beasts but rather in being able to look upon all things with a mind at peace. ~Lucretius
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If you see an intelligent man who tells you where true treasures are to be found, who shows what is to be avoided, and administers reproofs, follow that wise man; it will be better, not worse, for those who follow him. ~Gautama Buddha
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We criticize, copy, patronize, idolize and insult but we never doubt that the U.S. has a unique position in the history of human hopes. ~Ferdinand Mount
#quotes #ferdinand-mount #history #united-states

To inquire into the origin of life is like seeking the origin of electrical machinery or the origin of music. Every increase in complexity of arrangement, of form, of substance, leads to new and often incalculable properties. ~Gilbert Newton Lewis
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Your prosperity will only grow as fast as you do. ~Randy Gage
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I do all my own make-up, it takes me 10 minutes. ~Joan Collins
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Judging is a lonely job in which a man is, as near as may be, an island entire. ~Abe Fortas
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Life is like stepping onto a boat that is about to sail out to sea and sink. ~Zen Proverb
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Out of the choked Devonian waters emerged sight and sound and the music that rolls invisible through the composer's brain. They are there still in the ooze along the tideline, though no one notices. The world is fixed, we say, fish in the sea, birds in the air. But in the mangrove swamps by the Niger, fish climb trees and ogle uneasy naturalists who try unsuccessfully to chase them back to the water. There are things still coming ashore. ~Loren Eiseley
#quotes #loren-eiseley #nature

With lies you may get ahead in the world, but you can never go back. ~Russian Proverb
#proverbs #russian-proverbs #lying #honesty

Hope is a risk that must be run. ~Georges Bernanos
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Do not be born good or handsome, but be born lucky. ~Russian Proverb
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Do not give cherries to pigs or advice to fools. ~Irish Proverb
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Additionally, Smart Irrigation Month serves to recognize advances in irrigation technology and practices that produce not only more but also higher quality plants with less water. ~Jim Costa
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"Hey Pudge," the Colonel said. "What do you think of a truce?" "It reminds me of when the Germans demanded that the U.S. surrender at the Battle of the Bulge," I said. "I guess I'd say to this truce offer what General McAuliffe said to that one: Nuts." ~John Green
#quotes #john-green

Zen is not some kind of excitement, but merely concentration on our usual everyday routine. ~Zen Proverb
#proverbs #zen-proverbs #buddhism #perspective

One's only rival is one's own potentialities. One's only failure is failing to live up to one's own possibilities. In this sense, every man can be a king, and must therefore be treated like a king. ~Abraham Maslow
#quotes #abraham-maslow #king #future

There is a fundamental difference between the Polish experience of the state and the Russian experience. In the Polish experience, the state was always a foreign power. So, to hate the state was a patriotic act. ~Ryszard Kapuscinski
#quotes #ryszard-kapuscinski #patriotism #power #russia #poland

I think that what went wrong with religion is the same thing that went wrong with politics. Is that it became too money based and too controlling. It is just a weakness that we human beings have for control, we want one thing and then we want more and then we want more. ~Dave Davies
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Do not permit the events of your daily life to bind you, but never withdraw yourself from them. ~Zen Proverb
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Theatre is where my heart is. It is where I can do my best work. And even if I do films and TV, that is what I want to come back to. ~Kelly Reilly
#quotes #kelly-reilly #theatre

It is an equal failing to trust everybody, and to trust nobody. ~English Proverb
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Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook. ~Zen Proverb
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Something that's happened recently is that I don't beat myself up about stuff. ~Mindy Kaling
#quotes #mindy-kaling