I quote others only in order the better to express myself. â¢Michel De Montaigne Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said. â¢Jean Rostand I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said.
On the whole we must repeat the often repeated saying, that it is unworthy a religious man to view an irreligious one either with alarm or aversion; or with any other feeling than regret, and hope, and brotherly commiseration.
Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.
Remorse: beholding heaven and feeling hell.
Little, vicious minds abound with anger and revenge, and are incapable of feeling the pleasure of forgiving their enemies.
This was love at first sight, love everlasting: a feeling unknown, unhoped for, unexpected-in so far as it could be a matter of conscious awareness; it took entire possession of him, and he understood, with joyous amazement, that this was for life.
A feeling of sadness and longing, That is not akin to pain, And resembles sorrow only As the mist resembles the rain.
What exactly is success? For me it is to be found not in applause, but in the satisfaction of feeling that one is realizing one's ideal.
, Raising an Emotionally Intelligent Child In the last decade or so, science has discovered a tremendous amount about the role emotions play in our lives. Researchers have found that even more than IQ, your emotional awareness and abilities to handle feelings will determine your success and happiness in all walks of life, including family relationships. -John Gottman.
It's surprising how many persons go through life without ever recognizing that their feelings toward other people are largely determined by their feelings toward themselves, and if you're not comfortable within yourself, you can't be comfortable with others. -Sydney J. Harris.
Exaggerated sensitiveness is an expression of the feeling of inferiority.
Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.
All success consists in this: You are doing something for somebody - benefiting humanity - and the feeling of success comes from the consciousness of this. -Elbert Hubbard.
The worthy gentleman [Mr. Coombe], who has been snatched from us at the moment of the election, and in the middle of the contest, while his desires were as warm, and his hopes as eager as ours, has feelingly told us, what shadows we are, and what shadows we pursue.
All Heaven and Earth are still, though not in sleep, But breathless, as we grow when feeling most.
I waive the quantum o' the sin, The hazard of concealing: But, och! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling!
If it were possible to have a life absolutely free from every feeling of sin, what a terrifying vacuum it would be!
Sing again, with your dear voice revealing A tone Of some world far from ours, Where music and moonlight and feeling Are one.
Civilized man has always had a great inclination to read his conceptions and feelings into the mind of primitive man; but he has only a limited capacity for understanding the latter's undeveloped mental life and for interpreting, as it were, his nature.
We know that words cannot move mountains, but they can move the multitude; and men are more ready to fight and die for a word than for anything else. Words shape thought, stir feeling, and beget action; they kill and revive, corrupt and cure. The "men-of-words"- priests, prophets, intellectuals- have played a more decisive role in history than military leaders, statesmen, and businessmen.
Whenever I feel like exercise I lie down until the feeling passes.
My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging.
Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. â¢George S. Patton Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful. â¢Benjamin Disraeli Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. â¢William Feather All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. â¢Mark Twain The reward of a thing well done is having done it. â¢Ralph Waldo Emerson It takes time to succeed because success is merely the natural reward of taking time to do anything well. â¢Joseph Ross Success is getting what you want, and happiness is wanting what you get. â¢Dave Gardner If at first you don't succeed, assassinate everyone who knows you failed. â¢Anonymous The secret of success is this: there is no secret of success. â¢Elbert Hubbard Success is determined by those whom prove the impossible, possible. â¢James W. Pence The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary. â¢Vince Lombardi or â¢Donald Kendall The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Irving Berlin The first and most important step toward success is the feeling that we can succeed. â¢Nelson Boswell The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got it made. â¢Jean Giraudoux I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody. â¢Bill Cosby Why be a man when you can be a success? â¢Bertold Brecht For a successful technology, reality must take precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled. â¢Richard Feynman Nothing succeeds like the appearance of success.
To each his suff'rings; all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan; The tender for another's pain, Th' unfeeling for his own. Yet ah! why should they know their fate, Since sorrow never comes too late, And happiness too swiftly flies? Thought would destroy their paradise.