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A man should choose a friend who is better than himself. There are plenty of acquaintances in the world, but very few real friends. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #friendship
proverbios
Our problem with desire is that we want too little. ~C. S. Lewis
#quotes #c-s-lewis #desire #wish
quotistWhen the going gets tough, the tough get going. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #adversity
Our deepest mature conviction is that finite and infinite interpenetrate, as time and eternity interpenetrate, and our problems must be solved in the light of that conviction. ~Lily Dougall
#quotes #lily-dougall #wisdom
Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy. ~Irish Proverb
#proverbs #irish-proverbs
Stupidly it should not be. It should be also nice. One must get along with that. Is however not necessary. ~Karl Lagerfeld
#quotes #karl-lagerfeld
The owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees, the less it talks. ~African Proverb
#proverbs #african-proverbs #wisdom #speaking
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
Zen is not some kind of excitement, but merely concentration on our usual everyday routine. ~Zen Proverb
#proverbs #zen-proverbs #buddhism #perspective
It is no use trying to sum people up. One must follow hints, not exactly what is said, nor yet entirely what is done. ~John Greenleaf Whittier
#quotes #john-greenleaf-whittier #people
Hope is a risk that must be run. ~Georges Bernanos
#quotes #georges-bernanos #hope #risk
The virtual world is not the enemy. The pioneers invented a world they believed in, but the followers must follow that world whether they believe in it or not. ~Leos Carax
#quotes #leos-carax #world
Yes, God wants you to do signs and wonders. But the love of God manifested through you is what people really need. So you first must see His face. You must become so close to His very heartbeat that you can feel what others feel. ~Heidi Baker
#quotes #heidi-baker #god #compassion
He who has nothing to die for has nothing to live for. ~Moroccan Proverb
#proverbs #moroccan-proverbs #life
I don't think I'm unlike a lot of people. I am just someone who is trying to find that mate, and I think it's a really hard thing to do. ~Halle Berry
#quotes #halle-berry #search
God could not be everywhere and therefore he made mothers. ~Jewish Proverb
#proverbs #jewish-proverbs #parents #mother
There must be a law against forcing children to perform at an early age. Children should have a wonderful childhood. They should not be given too much responsibility.
#quotes #maria-callas #responsibility
In reading a novel, any novel, we have to know perfectly well that the whole thing is nonsense, and then, while reading, believe every word of it. Finally, when we're done with it, we may find, if it's a good novel, that we're a bit different from what we were before we read it, that we have changed a little. But it's very hard to say just what we learned, how we were changed. ~Ursula K. Le Guin
#quotes #ursula-k-le-guin #reading #novels
To fold the hands in prayer is well, to open them in charity is better. ~French Proverb
#proverbs #french-proverbs #praying #helping
One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb
#proverbs #chinese-proverbs #patience
For breath is life, and if you breathe well you will live long on earth. ~Sanskrit Proverb
#proverbs #sanskrit-proverbs
When God blesses the harvest, there is enough for the thief as well as the gardener. ~Polish Proverb
#proverbs #polish-proverbs #harvest
If one shed tears, they must be shed on one's pillow. ~Henry Adams
#quotes #henry-adams #weeping
The past has been a mint of blood and sorrow. That must not be true of tomorrow. ~Langston Hughes
#quotes #langston-hughes #optimism