English quotes

English quotes with translation | page 41

“The only person who never makes mistakes is the person who never does anything.”

“Friendship is one mind in two bodies.”

“In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by.”

“Life has no blessing like a prudent friend.”

“The real problem is not whether machines think but whether men do.”

“Life is a progress, and not a station.”

“Edison failed 10,000 times before he made the electric light. Do not be discouraged if you fail a few times.”

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”

“Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths.”

“Not every difficult and dangerous thing is suitable for training, but only that which is conducive to success in achieving the object of our effort.”

“Good, better, best. Never let it rest. 'Til your good is better and your better is best.”

“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.”

“No matter how hard the past, you can always begin again.”

“Well done is better than well said.”

“Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom.”

“If facts are the seeds that later produce knowledge and wisdom, then the emotions and the impressions of the senses are the fertile soil in which the seeds must grow.”

“For everything that lives is holy, life delights in life.”

“That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.”

“Success in business requires training and discipline and hard work. But if you're not frightened by these things, the opportunities are just as great today as they ever were.”

“Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?”

“A friend is a gift you give yourself.”

“Happiness comes when your work and words are of benefit to yourself and others.”

“As an organizer I start from where the world is, as it is, not as I would like it to be.”

“Self-trust is the first secret of success.”

“Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.”

“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”

“If you surrender to the wind, you can ride it.”

“The right way is not always the popular and easy way. Standing for right when it is unpopular is a true test of moral character.”

“Using the power of decision gives you the capacity to get past any excuse to change any and every part of your life in an instant.”

“You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.”

“Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.”

“Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations.”

“No man can succeed in a line of endeavor which he does not like.”

“A friend is, as it were, a second self.”

“We are not animals. We are not a product of what has happened to us in our past. We have the power of choice.”

“Technology is nothing. What’s important is that you have a faith in people, that they’re basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they’ll do wonderful things with them.”

“Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.”

“Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.”

“A goal is a dream with a deadline.”

“Make the best use of what is in your power, and take the rest as it happens.”

“All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.”

“There are two kinds of failures: those who thought and never did, and those who did and never thought.”

“Wisdom is found only in truth.”

“Let yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love.”

“There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.”

“You might well remember that nothing can bring you success but yourself.”

“Genuine love should first be directed at oneself; if we do not love ourselves, how can we love others?”

“The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone.”

“People are so constituted that everybody would rather undertake what they see others do, whether they have an aptitude for it or not.”

“Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal.”

“Ask yourself the secret of your success. Listen to your answer, and practice it.”

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.”

“The fact is, with every friendship you make, and every bond of trust you establish, you are shaping the image of America projected to the rest of the world. That is so important. So when you study abroad, you're actually helping to make America stronger.”

“With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings.”

“What lies behind us and what lies before us are small matters compared to what lies within us.”

“Make it your habit not to be critical about small things.”

“Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our own share of miseries is sufficient: why enter then as volunteers into those of another?”

“To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.”

“The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts.”

“There is no way to prosperity, prosperity is the way.”

“Formula for success: under promise and over deliver.”

“This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle; wonderful, inscrutable, magical and more, to whosoever will think of it.”

“The only real valuable thing is intuition.”

“The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.”

“What we see depends mainly on what we look for.”

“Our lives are a sum total of the choices we have made.”

“He who wishes to secure the good of others, has already secured his own.”

“Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.”

“On every thorn, delightful wisdom grows, In every rill a sweet instruction flows.”

“It is only the great hearted who can be true friends. The mean and cowardly, Can never know what true friendship means.”

“Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use.”

“Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it.”

“A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.”

“It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do.”

“Consider that not only do negative thoughts and emotions destroy our experience of peace, they also undermine our health.”

“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”

“Even an animal, if you show genuine affection, gradually trust develops... If you always showing bad face and beating, how can you develop friendship?”

“Here is one quality that one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.”

“A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.”

“Write your plans in pencil and give God the eraser.”

“If you seek truth you will not seek victory by dishonourable means, and if you find truth you will become invincible.”

“I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.”

“Don't leave a stone unturned. It's always something, to know you have done the most you could.”

“All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted.”

“Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.”

“We should not give up and we should not allow the problem to defeat us.”

“Your friend is your needs answered.”

“Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.”

“To be tested is good. The challenged life may be the best therapist.”

“I define friendship as a bond that transcends all barriers. When you are ready to expect anything and everything from friends, good, bad or ugly... that's what I call true friendship.”

“There is no retirement for an artist, it's your way of living so there is no end to it.”

“The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.”

“Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.”

“Don't smother each other. No one can grow in the shade.”

“The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands.”

“Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of knowledge is not the tree of life.”

“All I required to be happy was friendship and people I could admire.”

“Communications tools don’t get socially interesting until they get technologically boring.”

“If you love someone, set them free. If they come back they're yours; if they don't they never were.”