|
| Navigation: Famous Quotes and Authors - Random Quotes |
|
|
|
Random Quotes and Quotations
 It is the characteristic excellence of the strong man that he can bring momentous issues to the fore and make a decision about them. The weak are always forced to decide between alternatives they have not chosen themselves.  To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour. Bread is the staff of life. They are proud in humility; proud that they are not proud. It is faith, and not reason, which impels men to action. ... Intelligence is content to point out the road, but never drives us along it. Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, timrous beastie 0 what a panic's in thy breastie! Wi' bickering brattle! The greater love is a mother's; then comes a dog's; then a sweetheart's. Mistakes fail in their mission of helping the person who blames them on the other fellow. Soon learnt, soon forgotten. Nothing is easy to the unwilling. Brevity is the soul of wit. For 't is always fair weather When good fellows get together With a stein on the table and a good song ringing clear. 0 beautiful for patriot dream That sees beyond the years Thine alabaster cities gleam Undimmed by human tears! America! America! God shed his grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea! No one means all he says and yet very few say all they mean. Every marriage tends to consist of an aristocrat and a peasant, of a teacher and a learner. When one has no design but to speak plain truth, he may say a great deal in a very narrow compass. Being black does not stop you. You can sit out in the world and say, "Well, white people kept me back, and I can't do this." Not so. You can have anything you want if you make up your mind and you want it. Nature tops the list of potent tranquilizers and stress reducers. The mere sound of moving water has been shown to lower blood pressure. Advice to son: Never confuse "I love you" with "I want to marry you." As long as you don't forgive, who and whatever it is will occupy a rent-free space in your mind. 
|
|
| The Quotes on this website are the property of their respective authors. All information has been reproduced on this website for informational and educational purposes only. Copyright © 2011 Famous Quotes and Authors.com. All Rights Reserved. |
