Citations en anglais

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“I believe that if you focus on what you should do, the road ahead will open up naturally.”

Yuzuru Hanyu (1994) Japanese figure skater (1994-)

“Communication is an essential factor in any type of relationship; friend, romantic, or business.”

Paul J. Alessi (1968) Actor / Producer

“I'm not perfect. But I'll always be real.”

Tupac Shakur (1971–1996) rapper and actor

“The first true love is always the last one.”

Andrzej Majewski (1966) Polish writer and photographer

“Breathe. It’s only a bad day, not a bad life.”

Johnny Depp (1963) American actor, film producer, and musician

“We all have two lives. The second begins when you realize you only have one.”

Tom Hiddleston (1981) English actor, producer and musical performer

“The noblest art is that of making others happy”

P.T. Barnum (1810–1891) American showman and businessman

“I am a hard person to love but when I love, I love really hard.”

Tupac Shakur (1971–1996) rapper and actor

“Don't live to fight, fight to live.”

Tupac Shakur (1971–1996) rapper and actor

“The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.”

Eden Phillpotts (1862–1960) British author

“Friends are the siblings God never gave us.”

Mencius (-372–-289 BC) Chinese philosopher

“Where there is love there is life.”

Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism during British-ruled India

“The smallest flower is a thought, a life answering to some feature of the Great Whole, of whom they have a persistent intuition.”

Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850) French writer

“A man may fulfil the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer, and attempting a task he cannot achieve.”

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841–1935) United States Supreme Court justice

“I think and that is all that I am.”

Wayne W. Dyer (1940–2015) American writer

“It always seems impossible until it's done.”

Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) President of South Africa, anti-apartheid activist

“Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.”

Leo Buscaglia (1924–1998) Motivational speaker, writer

“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.”

Epictetus (50–138) philosopher from Ancient Greece

“Silence is deep as Eternity, Speech is shallow as Time.”

Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher

“Intuition will tell the thinking mind where to look next.”

Jonas Salk (1914–1995) Inventor of polio vaccine

“When people are like each other they tend to like each other.”

Anthony Robbins (1960) Author, actor, professional speaker

“Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live.”

Dorothy Thompson (1893–1961) American journalist and radio broadcaster

“In the sky, there is no distinction of east and west; people create distinctions out of their own minds and then believe them to be true.”

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism

“Change your thoughts and you change your world.”

Norman Vincent Peale (1898–1993) American writer

“Commitment is an act, not a word.”

Jean Paul Sartre (1905–1980) French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and …

“We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.”

Khalil Gibran (1883–1931) Lebanese artist, poet, and writer

“America's freedom of religion, and freedom from religion, offers every wisdom tradition an opportunity to address our soul-deep needs: Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, secular humanism, agnosticism and atheism among others.”

Parker Palmer (1939) American theologian

“A man cannot be said to succeed in this life who does not satisfy one friend.”

Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) 1817-1862 American poet, essayist, naturalist, and abolitionist

“Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.”

H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (1940) American writer

“Share your smile with the world. It's a symbol of friendship and peace.”

Christie Brinkley (1954) American model

“Our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world as being able to remake ourselves.”

Mahatma Gandhi (1869–1948) pre-eminent leader of Indian nationalism during British-ruled India

“Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.”

Euripidés (-480–-406 BC) ancient Athenian playwright

“Let there be no purpose in friendship save the deepening of the spirit.”

Khalil Gibran (1883–1931) Lebanese artist, poet, and writer

“To change ones life, start immediately, do it flamboyantly, no exceptions.”

William James (1842–1910) American philosopher, psychologist, and pragmatist

“I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying.”

Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician

“If you were to offer a thirsty man all wisdom, you would not please him more than if you gave him a drink.”

Sophocles (-496–-406 BC) ancient Greek tragedian

“The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth.”

Peter Abelard (1079–1142) French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician

“Knowledge has three degrees: opinion, science, illumination. The means or instrument of the first is sense; of the second, dialectic; of the third, intuition.”

Plotinus (203–270) Neoplatonist philosopher

“There is nothing permanent except change.”

Heraclitus (-535) pre-Socratic Greek philosopher

“All of our technology is completely unnecessary to a happy life.”

Tom Hodgkinson (1968) British writer

“Work while you have the light. You are responsible for the talent that has been entrusted to you.”

Henri-Frédéric Amiel (1821–1881) Swiss philosopher and poet

“Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has.”

Josh Billings (1818–1885) American humorist

“Once a new technology rolls over you, if you’re not part of the steamroller, you’re part of the road.”

Stewart Brand (1938) American writer

“Happiness mainly comes from our own attitude, rather than from external factors.”

Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet

“Acquaintances we meet, enjoy, and can easily leave behind; but friendship grows deep roots.”

H. Jackson Brown, Jr. (1940) American writer

“There is no passion to be found playing small - in settling for a life that is less than the one you are capable of living.”

Nelson Mandela (1918–2013) President of South Africa, anti-apartheid activist

“If you wish to be a writer, write.”

Epictetus (50–138) philosopher from Ancient Greece

“It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.”

Epictetus (50–138) philosopher from Ancient Greece

“Our shared values define us more than our differences. And acknowledging those shared values can see us through our challenges today if we have the wisdom to trust in them again.”

John McCain (1936–2018) politician from the United States

“I believe that every person is born with talent.”

Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet

“True happiness means forging a strong spirit that is undefeated, no matter how trying our circumstances.”

Daisaku Ikeda (1928) Japanese writer

“You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is.”

Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist and entertainer

“Sometimes I am happy and sometimes not. I am, after all, a human being, you know. And I am glad that we are sometimes happy and sometimes not. You get your wisdom working by having different emotions.”

Yoko Ono (1933) Japanese artist, author, and peace activist

“Do not be embarrassed by your mistakes. Nothing can teach us better than our understanding of them. This is one of the best ways of self-education.”

Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher

“Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.”

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism

“The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.”

John Burroughs (1837–1921) American naturalist and essayist

“All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope.”

Alexandre Dumas (1802–1870) French writer and dramatist, father of the homonym writer and dramatist

“If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.”

Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013) British stateswoman and politician

“There is no duty we so underrate as the duty of being happy. By being happy we sow anonymous benefits upon the world.”

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer

“Our distrust is very expensive.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

“It is difficult to achieve a spirit of genuine cooperation as long as people remain indifferent to the feelings and happiness of others.”

Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet

“To want to be what one can be is purpose in life.”

Cynthia Ozick (1928) American writer

“You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success - or are they holding you back?”

W. Clement Stone (1902–2002) American New Thought author

“If you must tell me your opinions, tell me what you believe in. I have plenty of douts of my own.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German writer, artist, and politician

“The greatest healing therapy is friendship and love.”

Hubert H. Humphrey (1911–1978) Vice-President of the USA under Lyndon B. Johnson

“If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop digging.”

Will Rogers (1879–1935) American humorist and entertainer

“Sooner or later, those who win are those who think they can.”

Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer

“I know not age, nor weariness nor defeat.”

Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy (1890–1995) American philanthropist and mother of John F. Kennedy

“Either I will find a way, or I will make one.”

Philip Sidney (1554–1586) English diplomat

“Without freedom of thought, there can be no such thing as wisdom - and no such thing as public liberty without freedom of speech.”

Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, …

“The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.”

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism

“Skill to do comes of doing.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

“Technology is a word that describes something that doesn’t work yet.”

Douglas Adams (1952–2001) English writer and humorist

“Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.”

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841–1935) United States Supreme Court justice

“I believe that we are fundamentally the same and have the same basic potential.”

Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet

“The possibilities are numerous once we decide to act and not react.”

George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright

“In the end we retain from our studies only that which we practically apply.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German writer, artist, and politician

“Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.”

Og Mandino (1923–1996) American author

“What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.”

Marcus Tullius Cicero (-106–-43 BC) Roman philosopher and statesman

“There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.”

Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475–1564) Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet

“You only lose what you cling to.”

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism

“True friendship multiplies the good in life and divides its evils. Strive to have friends, for life without friends is like life on a desert island... to find one real friend in a lifetime is good fortune; to keep him is a blessing.”

Baltasar Gracián (1601–1658) Spanish Jesuit and baroque prose writer and philosopher

“The Universal Zulu Nation stands to acknowledge wisdom, understanding, freedom, justice, and equality, peace, unity, love, and having fun, work, overcoming the negative through the positive, science, mathematics, faith, facts, and the wonders of God, whether we call him Allah, Jehovah, Yahweh, or Jah.”

Afrika Bambaataa (1957) American DJ, record producer and activist

“Everything that exists is in a manner the seed of that which will be.”

Marcus Aurelius (121–180) Emperor of Ancient Rome

“I will love the light for it shows me the way, yet I will endure the darkness because it shows me the stars.”

Og Mandino (1923–1996) American author

“Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.”

Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister

“In separateness lies the world's great misery, in compassion lies the world's true strength.”

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism

“Reason and free inquiry are the only effectual agents against error.”

Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America

“However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?”

Gautama Buddha (-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism

“The most important thing is transforming our minds, for a new way of thinking, a new outlook: we should strive to develop a new inner world.”

Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet

“Love is flower like; Friendship is like a sheltering tree.”

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) English poet, literary critic and philosopher

“Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.”

Epictetus (50–138) philosopher from Ancient Greece

“If we have a positive mental attitude, then even when surrounded by hostility, we shall not lack inner peace.”

Tenzin Gyatso (1935) spiritual leader of Tibet

“All our talents increase in the using, and the every faculty, both good and bad, strengthen by exercise.”

Anne Brontë (1820–1849) British novelist and poet

“Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price well have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.”

Vince Lombardi (1913–1970) American football player, coach, and executive

“There never was a good knife made of bad steel.”

Benjamin Franklin (1706–1790) American author, printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, …

“Each day provides its own gifts.”

Marcus Aurelius (121–180) Emperor of Ancient Rome

“I seek constantly to improve my manners and graces, for they are the sugar to which all are attracted.”

Og Mandino (1923–1996) American author

“All wisdom does not reside in Delhi.”

P. Chidambaram (1945) Indian politician

“I allow my intuition to lead my path.”

Manuel Puig (1932–1990) Argentine author and screenwriter

“Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.”

Baltasar Gracián (1601–1658) Spanish Jesuit and baroque prose writer and philosopher

“The pine stays green in winter... wisdom in hardship.”

Norman Douglas (1868–1952) British writer

“Love is rarer than genius itself. And friendship is rarer than love.”

Charles Péguy (1873–1914) French poet, essayist, and editor

“Marriage is the highest state of friendship. If happy, it lessens our cares by dividing them, at the same time that it doubles our pleasures by mutual participation.”

Samuel Richardson (1689–1761) English writer and printer

“Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain.”

Khalil Gibran (1883–1931) Lebanese artist, poet, and writer

“Be slow of tongue and quick of eye.”

Miguel de Cervantes (1547–1616) Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright

“Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.”

Khalil Gibran (1883–1931) Lebanese artist, poet, and writer

“It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.”

Richard Whately (1787–1863) English rhetorician, logician, economist, and theologian