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Why deep quotes?
Someone once said, "How does it profit a man to have gained the whole world and lost his soul?" Someone else said "I'm lost but I'm making good time." Okay, that last was from Yogi Berra. With or without the humor, though, these kinds of short pithy quotes touch us in a way that an argument or explanation can't.
They don't argue or explain at all, but instead point to an aspect of truth for us to see and understand, each in our own way. They introduce us to new ideas, sometimes helping us see in seconds what we had never understood in years. Here are some of my favorites.
Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting different results.
Albert Einstein
I look at the world, and there is nothing to think... nothing to say...
nothing to do... nothing to feel... but gratitude.
Steve Gillman
Start by doing what's necessary, then what's possible,
and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
Francis of Assisi
To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream;
not only plan, but also believe.
Anatole France
It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows
Epictetus
Some men see things as they are and say, "Why?"
I dream of things that never were and say, "Why not?"
George Bernard Shaw
When you meet someone better than yourself,
turn your thoughts to becoming his equal.
When you meet someone not as good as you are,
look within and examine your own self
Confucius
It is common sense to take a method and try it; if it fails,
admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Never mistake motion for action.
Ernest Hemingway
Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back into the same box.
Italian proverb
What lies behind us and what lies before us
are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities,
but in the expert's there are few.
Shunryu Suzuki
The eye, with which I see God, sees me;
my eye and God's eye is one eye, one seeing
one realizing and one love
Meister Eckhard
Heaven never helps men who will not act.
Sophocles
Restless man's mind is,
So strongly shaken
In the grip of the senses...
Truly I think
The wind is no wilder.
Bhagavad Gita
Adversity introduces a man to himself.
Anonymous
In music, in the sea, in a flower, in a leaf, in an act of kindness...
I see what people call God in all these things.
Pablo Casals
God respects me when I work, but he loves me when I sing.
Rabidranath Tagore
Just because a man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision.
Stevie Wonder
The last of the human freedoms is to choose one's attitudes.
Victor Frankl
If you want to know your past - look into your present conditions.
If you want to know your future - look into your present actions.
Buddhist Saying
Great minds have purposes, others have wishes.
Washington Irving
No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
President Calvin Coolidge
"In a way, the world is a great liar," she writes. "It shows you it worships and admires money, but at the end of the day it doesn't, not really. The world admires, and wants to hold on to, and not lose, goodness. It admires virtue. At the end it gives its greatest tributes to generosity, honesty, courage, mercy, talents well used, talents that, brought into the world, make it better. That's what it really admires. That's what we talk about in eulogies, because that's what's important. We don't say, 'The thing about Joe was that he was rich.' We say, if we
can, 'The thing about Joe was he took care of people.'"
Peggy Noonan
"A veces sentimos que lo que hacemos es tan solo un a gota en el mar,
pero el mar sería menos si le faltara una gota"
Madre Teresa de Calcuta
RECOMMENDED SOURCES
Famous People in History
Fifty Famous Fairy Tales
Nine Secrets of the Rich and Famous
Living Biographies of Famous Women
All The World's A Stage: Shakespeare's Speeches
Great Speeches |
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