Jane Austen -
- What dreadful weather we have! It keeps me in a continual state of inelegance.
Jane Austen - Mansfield Park
- Nothing ever fatigues me, but doing what I do not like.
- Nothing ever fatigues me, but doing what I do not like.
Jane Austen -
- Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?
- Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?
Maya Angelou -
- Courage is fear that has said its prayers.
- Courage is fear that has said its prayers.
Aesop -
- The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.
- The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.
Saint Thomas Aquinas -
- Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.
- Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.
Dante Alighieri - The Divine Comedy
- A fair request should be followed by the deed in silence.
- A fair request should be followed by the deed in silence.
Dante Alighieri - The Divine Comedy
- There is no greater sorrow
Than to be mindful of the happy time
In misery.
- There is no greater sorrow
Than to be mindful of the happy time
In misery.
Muhammad Ali -
- Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.
- Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.
Tori Amos -
- Our generation has an incredible amount of realism, yet at the same time it loves to complain and not really change because if it does change then it won't have anything to complain about.
- Our generation has an incredible amount of realism, yet at the same time it loves to complain and not really change because if it does change then it won't have anything to complain about.
Bryan Adams -
- Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement and failure. Patience creates confidence, decisiveness, and a rational outlook, which eventually leads to success.
- Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement and failure. Patience creates confidence, decisiveness, and a rational outlook, which eventually leads to success.
Neil Armstrong - USC 2005 graduation
- I hope you become confortable with the use of logic wihout being deceived into concluding that logic will inevitably lead you to the correct conclusion.
- I hope you become confortable with the use of logic wihout being deceived into concluding that logic will inevitably lead you to the correct conclusion.
Aristippus -
- It is better to be a beggar than ignorant; for a beggar only wants money, but an ignorant person wants humanity.
- It is better to be a beggar than ignorant; for a beggar only wants money, but an ignorant person wants humanity.
1 comment:
This is a silly comment but I was just wondering if you were THERE when Bryan Adams said that?
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