Life sucks order from a sea of disorder. ~James Gleick
#quotes #james-gleick #life #order

More grows in the garden than the gardener sows. ~Spanish Proverb
#proverbs #spanish-proverbs

I am defeated all the time, yet to victory I am born. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
#quotes #ralph-waldo-emerson #success #failure

So that the new generation that will be born can enjoy happiness. To pay the cost we will have to shoulder corpses and cross a river of blood. ~Hiromu Arakawa
#quotes #hiromu-arakawa #fullmetal-alchemist #struggle

Rice is born in water and must die in wine. ~Italian Proverb
#proverbs #italian-proverbs #wisdom #poverty

Never underestimate the hypocrisy of politicians. ~James Herbert
#quotes #james-herbert #hypocrisy #politics

I have been, or seemed, hard with everyone because I was carried away by a sort of brutality born of my distrust in myself and my ill-humor. I have felt so badly equipped, so soft, in spite of the fact that my attitude towards art seemed to me so just. I was disgusted with everyone, and especially myself. ~Edgar Degas
#quotes #edgar-degas #art #attitude

No man is quick enough to enjoy life to the full. ~Spanish Proverb
#proverbs #spanish-proverbs #carpe-diem

Friendship is not how long we have been together; not how much we have given or received; not how many times we have helped each other; it is how we value each other.
#friendship #relationship #love

Nothing is more certain of destroying any good feeling that may be cherished towards us than to show distrust. To be suspected as an enemy is often enough to make a man become so; the whole matter is over, there is no farther use of guarding against it. On the contrary, confidence leads us naturally to act kindly, we are affected by the good opinion which others entertain of us, and we are not easily induced to lose it. ~Marie de Rabutin Chantal
#quotes #marquise-de-sevigne #marie-de-rabutin-chantal #feelings

I was no Marie Antoinette. I was not born to nobility, but I had a human right to nobility. ~Imelda Marcos
#quotes #imelda-marcos #nobility #humanity

Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, but an eternal now, does always last. ~Abraham Cowley
#quotes #abraham-cowley #future #past

I believe babies are born as innovative personalities. But our social processes work to stamp out exploration and questioning. ~Jay Wright Forrester
#quotes #jay-wright-forrester #children #society #education

I think one of the successes of Gladiator is how we manage to turn on a dime the character from one thing to another where you believe he is one thing and he is something very different. ~Ridley Scott
#quotes #ridley-scott #believe #movies

Be neither intimate nor distant with the clergy. ~Irish Proverb
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Truly, the sword inspires dread even in its scabbard. ~Arabic Proverb
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Learn a new language and get a new soul. ~Czech Proverb
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God does not change; and neither does His love. He loved you before you were born. He loves you now; and He will love you forever. ~Billy Graham
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Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. ~English Proverb
#proverbs #english-proverbs #nature

Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is. ~German Proverb
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You can make the dream bigger than the night. ~Yiddish Proverb
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Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without. ~Chinese Proverb
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Envy is thin because it bites but never eats. ~Spanish Proverb
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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

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