Quotes on wise sayings
The day will happen whether or not you get up.
Ciardi, John
Good for the body is the work of the body, and good for the soul is the work of the soul, and good for either is the work of the other.
Thoreau, Henry David
Never miss an opportunity to make others happy, even if you have to leave them alone in order to do it.
Unknown, Author
I used to believe that anything was better than nothing. Now I know that sometimes nothing is better.
Jackson, Glenda
While seeking revenge, dig two graves - one for yourself.
Horton, Doug
When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
Unknown, Author
Things sweet the taste prove in digestion sour.
Shakespeare, William
If you hate your lot but wouldn't trade it, it's not your lot you hate.
McLaughlin, Mignon
Do not condemn the judgment of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.
Dandemis
To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy.
Hippocrates
Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.
Herbert, Frank
Tough and funny and a little bit kind: that is as near to perfection as a human being can be.
McLaughlin, Mignon
Fear less, hope more; eat less, chew more; whine less, breathe more; talk less, say more; hate less, love more; and all good things are yours.
Proverb, Swedish
You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.
Aikman, Leo
Just be ordinary and nothing special. Eat your food, move your bowels, pass water, and when you're tired, go and lie down. The ignorant will laugh at me, but the wise will understand.
Lee, Bruce
Don't let it be all in your head, nor all in your body.
Allineare, V.L.
Do not confuse your vested interests with ethics. Do not identify the enemies of your privilege with the enemies of humanity.
Lerner, Max
"It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out of your door," he used to say."You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to."
Tolkien, J.R.R.
Aspire to a lower level of harm.
Anonymous
You've got to do your own growing, no matter how tall your grandfather was.
Saying, Irish
Don't look where you fall, but where you slipped.
Proverb, African
The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.
Johnson, Jimmy
On the bathing-tub of King T'ang the following words were engraved: "If you would one day renovate yourself, do so from day to day. Yea, let there be daily renovation."
Analects, Confucian
Now that it's all over, what did you really do yesterday that's worth mentioning?
Cox, Coleman
There is a time for departure even when there's no certain place to go.
Tennessee Williams
Every one should keep a mental wastepaper basket and the older he grows the more things he will consign to it - torn up to irrecoverable tatters.
Butler, Samuel
Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace.
Hugo, Victor
Anyone can carry his burden, however hard, until nightfall. Anyone can do his work, however hard, for one day. Anyone can live sweetly, patiently, lovingly, purely, till the sun goes down. And this is all life really means.
Stevenson, Robert Louis
Giving up doesn't always mean you are weak. Sometimes it means that you are strong enough to let go.
Unknown, Author