A manna of quotes and proverbs

1.Old age is when you realize that forever is not as long as it used to be.-Joseph Prescott
2.The world is made of people who never quite get into the first team and who just miss the prizes at the flower show.-Jacob Bronowski(1908-74)
3.Be an opener of doors for such as come after thee ,and do not try to make the universe a blind alley.-Ralph Waldo Emerson
4.The shortest answer is doing.-English proverb
5.What you see is real;what you hear may not be.-Chinese proverb
6.It has been said that writing comes more easily if you have something to say.-Sholem Asch
7.If you want to be listened to,you should put in time listening.-Marge Piercy
8.Men in the game are blind to what men looking on see clearly.-Chinese proverb
9.Few delights can equal the presence of one whom we trust utterly.-George MacDonald