Quotable quotes and sources~

[jugs_06]

“It is better to be vaguely right than precisely wrong.”

- H. Wildon Carr

[hera_82]

What we acquire without sweat, we give without regret.
-- American Proverb

About the only thing that comes to us without effort is old age.
-- [b]Gloria Pitzer

[bokiratx]

"The hardest of all is learning to be a well of affection, and not a fountain; to show them we love them not when we feel like it, but when they do."

-Nan Fairbrother

[toryo]

No matter how's a man trying to kill oneself for hard labor to reach fame, glory and honor comes a realization at the end that we all belongs to common clay. Be aware of our spriritual life next.

[bokiratx]

Avoiding the phrase “I don’t have time...”, will soon help you to realize that you do have the time needed for just about anything you choose to accomplish in life.

-Bo Bennett-

[junenine]

"I'm not good enough for heaven but I'm not bad enough for hell..and the purgatory is already full."

-- taken from a lady who is celebrating her 105th birthday --


Note: It's not me

[hera_82]

A kind word is like a spring day.
-- Russian Proverb

The nicest thing about the promise of spring is that sooner or later she'll have to keep it.
-- [b]Mark Beltaire

[hera_82]

We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation.

-- Ivan Illich (1926-2002), Sociologist and educator


Take hope from the heart of a man and you make him a beast of prey.

-- [b]Ouida, "A Village Commune"

[hera_82]

Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails.
-- Scottish Proverb

The world is a dangerous place to live - not because of the people who are evil but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
-- [b]Albert Einstein

[jugs_06]

"Happiness lies in conquering one's enemies, in driving them in front of oneself, in taking their property, in savoring their despair, in outraging their wives and daughters."

- Genghis Khan