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Greatness alone is not enough, or the cow would outrun the hare. ~Proverb
#proverbs #greatness
proverbiosEven if I had expected it, even if I had known what I was going to do with my life, it would have knocked the wind out of me. When something that violent hits you, you can't help but lose your balance and fall. And after you pick yourself up, you realize you can't trust anybody to save you, not your husband, not your mother, not God. So what can you do to stop yourself from tilting and falling all over again? ~Amy Tan
#quotes #amy-tan #family
A secret is like a dove, when it leaves the hand, it takes wings. ~Saudi Proverb
#proverbs #saudi-proverbs #secret
If Darwin could see what we now see, what we now know about the ocean, about the atmosphere, about the nature of life, as we now understand it, about the importance of microbes. I think he would just beam with joy that many of the thoughts and the glimpses of the majesty of life on Earth that he had during his life, now magnified many times over. ~Sylvia Earle
#quotes #sylvia-earle #darwin
Those who wish to sing always find a song. ~Proverb
#proverbs #singing #happiness
I have total respect for anyone who discovers a band like Snow Patrol. I would be hopeless at signing a rock band, or anything alternative, cause I don't know what that audience are into and I don't particularly like that kind of music. ~Simon Cowell
#quotes #simon-cowell #snow-patrol #band #music
A thorn defends the rose, harming only those who would steal the blossom. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #nature #flower
Filthy water cannot be washed. ~African Proverb
#proverbs #african-proverbs
Call on God, but row away from the rocks. ~Indian Proverb
#proverbs #indian-proverbs
No matter how long the winter, spring is sure to follow. ~Proverb
#proverbs #adversity #time
You seek problems because you need their gifts. ~Richard Bach
#quotes #richard-bach #hardship
An ounce of blood is worth more than a pound of friendship. ~Spanish Proverb
#proverbs #spanish-proverbs #family #friendship
Life is an onion and one cries while peeling it. ~French Proverb
#proverbs #french-proverbs #life #weeping
If envy were a fever, all the world would be ill. ~Danish Proverb
#proverbs #danish-proverbs #jealousy
Remain a child so that your children may always love you. ~Swedish Proverb
#proverbs #swedish-proverbs #childhood #children #love
Look down if you would know how high you stand. ~Yiddish Proverb
#proverbs #yiddish-proverb #ranks
There would be no idling in a co-operative workshop. Each workman, being an employer, has a spur to his own industry, and has a pecuniary reason for being watchful of the industry of his fellow workmen. ~Leland Stanford
#quotes #leland-stanford #industry
The teeth are smiling, but is the heart? ~African Proverb
#proverbs #african-proverbs #happiness #heart
To contribute to the emergence of a society in which development will supplant stagnation, in which growth will take the place of decay, and in which culture will put an end to barbarism is the noblest, and, indeed, the only true function of intellectual endeavor. ~Paul A. Baran
#quotes #paul-a-baran #society #culture
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #nature
I felt sorry for myself because I had no shoes, until I met a man who had no feet. ~Jewish Proverb
#proverbs #jewish-proverbs
The rose has thorns only for those who would gather it. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs
Everything is chance, or nothing is chance. If I believed the first, I would be unable to live on, but I am not yet fully convinced of the second. ~Etty Hillesum
#quotes #etty-hillesum #chance
Once I saw my parents argue because we didn't have a lot of money anymore. So, I did what I had to do. I got my piggy bank and I went out to the backyard and buried it. ~Jack Handey
#quotes #jack-handey #family #money