Selected quotes - page 12

Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. (Plato)
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. View quote
Mark Twain
Choose rather to be strong of soul than strong of body. View quote
Pythagoras
Archery teaches us how to seek the truth. When the shooter misses, he does not blame others, but looks for the fault in himself. View quote
Confucius
The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new. View quote
Socrates
The most important thing in life is to always do good. If you can't do great deeds for people, at least try to do something small. View quote
Luke (Voyno-Yasenetsky)
The time spent with your children is far more important than the money you spend on them. View quote
I don't know what weapons will be used in world war three, but in world war four people will use sticks and stones. View quote
Albert Einstein
The heart of a mother is a deep abyss at the bottom of which you will always find forgiveness. View quote
Honoré de Balzac
The fear of death is more to be dreaded than death itself. View quote
Publilius Syrus
Say not always what you know, but always know what you say. (Claudius)
When you love someone, you love the person as they are, and not as you'd like them to be. View quote
Leo Tolstoy
Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting. View quote
Two things define a person: His patience when he has nothing, and his behavior when he has everything. View quote
The tongue may hide the truth but the eyes-never! View quote
Mikhail Bulgakov
Where there are friends there is wealth. View quote
Plautus
Warfare is the way of deception. View quote
Sun Tzu
Worry less. Pray more. Discuss less. Forgive more. Judge less. Love more. View quote
Football, beer and above all, gambling filled up the horizon of their minds. To keep them in control was not difficult. View quote
George Orwell
No man is free who is not master of himself. View quote
Epictetus
Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it. (George Orwell)
I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed. View quote
Michael Jordan
Conscience is a thousand witnesses. View quote
Quintilian
One learns peoples through the heart, not the eyes or the intellect. View quote
Mark Twain
And once the storm is over, you won't remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won't even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won't be the same person who walked in. That's what this storm's all about. View quote
Haruki Murakami