Quotable Quotes Part II

[Visalakshi Ramani]

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"Life without endeavor is like entering a jewel mine and coming out with empty hands."

-Japanese Proverb

Is it not strange that many people are happy to come out empty handed!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

"Life is like a library owned by the author. In it are a few books which he wrote himself, but most of them were written for him."

-Harry Emerson Fosdick

They are the words of wisdom passed down to us.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

He knew himself no doubt!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

"Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them."

-William Shakespeare

Strangely the other category got left out...
those who are truly great but are denied it!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

"The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others."

-Solomon Ibn Gabriol

Often the order is reversed and we start with the :blabla: :becky:

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

"Our minds are as different as our faces: we are all traveling to one destination; --happiness; but few are going by the same road."

-Charles Caleb Colton

A classic case where "All the roads do not lead to Rome"???

 

[கால பைரவன்]

So brainwashing has existed even in Budhdha's time!

Some of your one-liners themselves may qualify as a quotable quote!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Some of your one-liners themselves may qualify as a quotable quote!

I have already stated long back that
when you like a post, it means that
it is really really brilliant! ray2:
I do hope they catch on...
even as by Mr(Mrs) Anon!

 

[Raji Ram]

That explains why only the mentally deranged persons are always happy!
They neither think nor feel!

:nono:

I have watched a retarded child closely. He used to laugh and giggle, when someone talked to him with a smiling face

and cry when scolded! The only problem was that he could not express his feelings and thoughts by words! :sad:

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Mentally deranged = lunatic / loco /nut-loose-case.

Mentally retarded = individuals who have intelligence below normal.

 

[Raji Ram]

Lunatics also have feelings and thinking power. They also cry when teased or beaten up.

They assume themselves as doctors, politicians, musicians and as the like and mimic them.
That is what I think! :decision:

 

[Raji Ram]

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[C RAVI]

”Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”

- Albert Einstein

 

[C RAVI]

“Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.”

- Eleanor Roosevelt

 

[C RAVI]

“There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.”

- Dr. Denis Waitley

 

[C RAVI]

“Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”

- Dale Carnegie

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

”Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.”

- Albert Einstein

Where can those who have neither logic nor imagination go???

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

“Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people.”

- Eleanor Roosevelt

That has cleared many of my doubts
as to why they do what they do! :clap2:

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

“There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist, or accept the responsibility for changing them.”

- Dr. Denis Waitley

The third choice is to expect somebody to accept the
responsibility of changing the existing conditions.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

“Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.”

- Dale Carnegie

..or try to project you as they think you are!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

My father's famous quote

(may be by Mr. Anon or his very own)

You are not what you think you are. :nono:

You are not what I think you are. :nono:

You are what you think I think you are! :high5:

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

The story of Mr. Anon!

I have always loved good quotations.

It is my habit to collect /copy them.

My friend once wondered loudly,

"Why all the excellent quotes are

by one Mr. Anon? Who is he???"

In that book all the anonymous

quotes were marked as by Anon!!!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Patriotism

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. :heh:
Samuel Johnson

So to be patriots as not to forget that we are gentlemen. :moony:
Edmund Burke.

Patriotism is the egg from which wars are hatched. :scared:
Guy De Maupassant.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Peace

Blessed are the peacemakers : for
they shall be called the children of God. :angel:
Matthew 5:8

I believe it is peace for our time...
peace with honor. eace:
Neville Chamberlain

Peace is indivisible. :high5:
Maxim Litvinov

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Peace
If peace cannot be maintained with honor,
it is no longer peace. :nono:
Lord John Russel.

What is peace? Is it war? NO. Is it strife? No.
Is it lovely and gentle and beautiful and pleasant and serene and joyful?
O yes! :high5:
Charles Dickens

Peace is in the grave. :rip:
Percy Bysshe Shelly.