A clutch of quotes and proverbs
1.In times of prosperity friends will be plenty;in times of adversity not one in twenty.-English proverb
2.Take pride in how far you have come,have faith in how far you can go.-Anonymous
3.Be like the fox who makes more tracks than necessary,some in the wrong direction.-Wendell Berry
4.Fortune comes in many disguises.-Chinese proverb
5.In doing what we ought we deserve no praise.-Proverb
6.There have never in history been so many opportunities to do so many things that aren't worth doing.-Novelist William Gaddis
7.Many people attempt to live their lives backward.They try to have more money in order to do more of what they want so they will be happier.The way it actually works is the reverse.You must first be who you really are,then do what you need to do ,in order to have what you want.-Margaret Young,quoted by Julia Cameron in THE ARTIST'S WAY.
8.Education is the best provision for old age.-Aristotle
9.Little old ladies is the term they use to make us laugh at the women who have been fighting for sixty years.-Alta
10.An inordinate passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young.-Oscar Wilde
11.Pleasure is the object,duty and goal of all rational creatures.-Voltaire
12.Compassion for others begins with kindness to ourselves.-Perma Chodron
13.High thoughts must have high language.-Aristophanes
14.Necessity brings strength and perseverance.-Chinese proverb
15.If you want your dreams to come true,don't sleep.-Yiddish proverb
16.Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.-Voltaire
17.The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself.-Mark Twain
18.I want to be thoroughly used up when I die,for the harder I work the more I live.I rejoice in life for its own sake.-George Bernard Shaw
19.Believe your life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.-William James
20.Paying attention to simple little things that most men neglect makes a few men rich.-Henry Ford
2.Take pride in how far you have come,have faith in how far you can go.-Anonymous
3.Be like the fox who makes more tracks than necessary,some in the wrong direction.-Wendell Berry
4.Fortune comes in many disguises.-Chinese proverb
5.In doing what we ought we deserve no praise.-Proverb
6.There have never in history been so many opportunities to do so many things that aren't worth doing.-Novelist William Gaddis
7.Many people attempt to live their lives backward.They try to have more money in order to do more of what they want so they will be happier.The way it actually works is the reverse.You must first be who you really are,then do what you need to do ,in order to have what you want.-Margaret Young,quoted by Julia Cameron in THE ARTIST'S WAY.
8.Education is the best provision for old age.-Aristotle
9.Little old ladies is the term they use to make us laugh at the women who have been fighting for sixty years.-Alta
10.An inordinate passion for pleasure is the secret of remaining young.-Oscar Wilde
11.Pleasure is the object,duty and goal of all rational creatures.-Voltaire
12.Compassion for others begins with kindness to ourselves.-Perma Chodron
13.High thoughts must have high language.-Aristophanes
14.Necessity brings strength and perseverance.-Chinese proverb
15.If you want your dreams to come true,don't sleep.-Yiddish proverb
16.Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.-Voltaire
17.The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself.-Mark Twain
18.I want to be thoroughly used up when I die,for the harder I work the more I live.I rejoice in life for its own sake.-George Bernard Shaw
19.Believe your life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.-William James
20.Paying attention to simple little things that most men neglect makes a few men rich.-Henry Ford
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