Friday, May 18, 2007

A catract of quotes and proverbs

1.Books---the gift you never stop opening.-B.Dalton ad slogan
2.In order to live free and happily you must sacrifice boredom.It is not always an easy sacrifice.-Richard Bach from ILLUSIONS.
3.Behind an able man there are always other able men.-Chinese proverb
4.He who would have others pity him must pity others.-Chinese proverb
5.We really don't learn anything from our experience.We only learn from reflecting on our experience.-Robert Sinclair.
6.Poetry does not feed,but men have died for want of it.-Robert F.Kennedy
7.All beings eat and drink.But there are few who can distinguish flavors.-Chinese proverb
8.He who would leap far must first take a long run.-Danish proverb
9.Either do not begin or,having begun ,do not give up.-Chinese proverb
10.Hours are time's shafts,
and one comes winged with death.-Scottish clock motto
11.If you find it in your heart to care for somebody else,you will have succeeded.-Maya Angelou
12Il vaut mieux vivre riche que mourir riche.-Samuel Johnson
13.Writing makes a map,and there is something about a journey that begs to have its passage marked.-Christina Baldwin
14.The brighter you are,the more you have to learn.-Don Herold
15.Whiskey is for drinking.Water is for fighting over.-Mark Twain
16.Giving presents is a talent;to know what a person wants,to know when and how to get it,to give it lovingly and well.-Paula Glenconner
17.If Jack's in love,he's no judge of Jill's beauty.-Benjamin Franklin
18.You must give time to your fellow men-even if it's a little thing,do something for others----something for which you get no pay but the privilege of doing it.-Albert Schweitzer
19.Intellect distinguishes between the possible and the impossible;reason distinguishes between the sensible and the senseless.Even the possible can be senseless.-Max Born
20.Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.-Jean de la Bruyere
21.I'm an idealist.I don't know where I'm going,but I'm on my way.-Carl Jung
22.Teach only love,for that is what you are!-A course in miracles
23.If the rich could hire someone else to die for them,the poor would make a wonderful living.-Jewish proverb
24.If you have any notion of where you are going,you will never get anywhere.-Joan Miro

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