Quotes
Quotes about Rest
Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he had got.
If today is the first day of the rest of your life, what was yesterday?
Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.
If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it away from him. An investment of knowledge always pays the best interest.
To appreciate nonsense requires a serious interest in life.
A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed--I well know. For it is a sign that he has tried to surpass himself.
The first virtue is to restrain the tongue; he approaches nearest to the gods who knows how to be silent, even though he is in the right.
If they can make those 'black box' flight recorders indestructible, why can't they do the same with the rest of the plane?
The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.
It is difficult to begin without borrowing, but perhaps it is the most generous course thus to permit your fellow-men to have an interest in your enterprise.
Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
A man builds a fine house; and now he has a master, and a task for life; he is to furnish, watch, show it, and keep it in repair, the rest of his days.
I have enough money to last me the rest of my life, unless I buy something.
The creation of a thousand forests is in one acorn.
If I seem to take part in politics, it is only because politics encircles us today like the coil of a snake from which one cannot get out, no matter how much one tries. I wish therefore to wrestle with the snake.
If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?
By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest.
It is of interest to note that while some dolphins are reported to have learned Englishâup to fifty words used in correct contextâno human being has been reported to have learned dolphinese.
We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the Devil in human form.
Worry is interest paid on trouble before it comes due.
A painting is never finished - it simply stops in interesting places.
You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity.
Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
He that wrestles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.
