Angol idézetek fordítással (oldal 40) | Híres emberek idézetei

“Never promise more than you can perform.”
Soha ne ígérj többet, mint amennyit teljesíteni tudsz.

Publilio Siro Latin writer

Maxim 528
Sentences, The Moral Sayings of Publius Syrus, a Roman Slave

Robert T. Kiyosaki idézet: “A job is only a short-term solution to a long-term problem.”

“A job is only a short-term solution to a long-term problem.”
A munkahely csak rövid távú megoldás egy hosszú távú problémára.

Robert T. Kiyosaki (1947) American finance author , investor

Rich Dad Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money-That the Poor and the Middle Class Do Not!

“Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with the part of another; people are friends in spots.”
A barátság szinte mindig az egy tudat részének egyesülése egy másik részével; az emberek foltokban barátok.

George Santayana (1863–1952) 20th-century Spanish-American philosopher associated with Pragmatism

"Friendships"
Soliloquies in England and Later Soliloquies (1922)

“The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful, and then only for a short while.”
A bölcsesség és a hatalom egyesítésére tett kísérlet csak ritkán járt sikerrel, akkor is csak rövid ideig.

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

The New Quotable Einstein
1950s, Essay to Leo Baeck (1953)

“What I assert, deny, question, in the present, I still can.”
Amit a jelenben állítok, tagadok, megkérdőjelezek, azt még mindig megtehetem.

Samuel Beckett könyv Molloy

Molloy (1951)
Kontextus: What I assert, deny, question, in the present, I still can. But mostly I shall use the various tenses of the past. For mostly I do not know, it is perhaps no longer so, it is too soon to know, I simply do not know, perhaps shall never know.

“The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.”
A fiatalember ismeri a szabályokat, de az öregember ismeri a kivételeket.

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

Attributed in the Sioux City Journal http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/ (6 Jul 2008), p. A8
In fact, from a " Valedictory Address https://books.google.com/books?id=7joCAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA426&dq=The+young+man+knows+the+rules,+but+the+old+man+knows+the+exceptions&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAmoVChMI1-e4oOewyAIVWFmICh0eVQsI#v=onepage&q=%22The%20young%20man%20knows%20the%20rules%2C%20but%20the%20old%20man%20knows%20the%20exceptions%22&f=false, delivered to the Graduating Class of the Bellevue Hospital College" in 1871 by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr, reprinted in the New York Medical Journal 13 (April 1871): 426.
Misattributed

“Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world”
Az oktatás a legerősebb fegyver, amellyel megváltoztathatjuk a világot.

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

" Lighting your way to a better future : Speech delivered by Mr N R Mandela at launch of Mindset Network http://db.nelsonmandela.org/speeches/pub_view.asp?pg=item&ItemID=NMS909&txtstr=education%20is%20the%20most%20powerful," July 16, 2003 at db.nelsonmandela.org. ; Cited in: Nelson Mandela, ‎S. K. Hatang, ‎Sahm Venter (2012) Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom. p. 101.
2000s
Kontextus: Education is the most powerful weapon we can use to change the world and is a powerful part of that world changing arsenal.

“Words may, through the devotion, the skill, the passion, and the luck of writers prove to be the most powerful thing in the world. They may move men to speak to each other because some of those words somewhere express not just what the writer is thinking but what a huge segment of the world is thinking.”

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William Golding (1911–1993) British novelist, poet, playwright and Nobel Prize for Literature laureate

Nobel prize lecture (1983)
Kontextus: Words may, through the devotion, the skill, the passion, and the luck of writers prove to be the most powerful thing in the world. They may move men to speak to each other because some of those words somewhere express not just what the writer is thinking but what a huge segment of the world is thinking. They may allow man to speak to man, the man in the street to speak to his fellow until a ripple becomes a tide running through every nation — of commonsense, of simple healthy caution, a tide that rulers and negotiators cannot ignore so that nation does truly speak unto nation. Then there is hope that we may learn to be temperate, provident, taking no more from nature's treasury than is our due. It may be by books, stories, poetry, lectures we who have the ear of mankind can move man a little nearer the perilous safety of a warless and provident world. It cannot be done by the mechanical constructs of overt propaganda. I cannot do it myself, cannot now create stories which would help to make man aware of what he is doing; but there are others who can, many others. There always have been. We need more humanity, more care, more love. There are those who expect a political system to produce that; and others who expect the love to produce the system. My own faith is that the truth of the future lies between the two and we shall behave humanly and a bit humanely, stumbling along, haphazardly generous and gallant, foolishly and meanly wise until the rape of our planet is seen to be the preposterous folly that it is.
For we are a marvel of creation. I think in particular of one of the most extraordinary women, dead now these five hundred years, Juliana of Norwich. She was caught up in the spirit and shown a thing that might lie in the palm of her hand and in the bigness of a nut. She was told it was the world. She was told of the strange and wonderful and awful things that would happen there. At the last, a voice told her that all things should be well and all manner of things should be well and all things should be very well.
Now we, if not in the spirit, have been caught up to see our earth, our mother, Gaia Mater, set like a jewel in space. We have no excuse now for supposing her riches inexhaustible nor the area we have to live on limitless because unbounded. We are the children of that great blue white jewel. Through our mother we are part of the solar system and part through that of the whole universe. In the blazing poetry of the fact we are children of the stars.

“Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.”
Az idő a legértékesebb dolog, amit az ember elkölthet.

Theophrastus (-371–-287 BC) ancient greek philosopher

Diogenes Laërtius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers, Book 5.

“The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.”
Az ember boldogsága ebben az életben nem a szenvedélyek hiányában, hanem azok uralásában rejlik.

Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–1892) British poet laureate

Quoted in A Dictionary of Quotations, in Most Frequent Use by D.E. Macdonnel (1809) translated from French: Le bonheur de l'homme en cette vi ne consiste pas á être sans passions: il consiste à en être le maître.
Misattributed

“Saying is inventing. Wrong, very rightly wrong.”
A kijelentés feltalálás. Téves, nagyon helyesen téves.

Samuel Beckett könyv Molloy

Molloy (1951)
Kontextus: And truly it little matters what I say, this or that or any other thing. Saying is inventing. Wrong, very rightly wrong. You invent nothing, you think you are inventing, you think you are escaping, and all you do is stammer out your lesson, the remnants of a pensum one day got by heart and long forgotten, life without tears, as it is wept.

“Who is to blame but her and the third factor, from whence no one knows, which moved me with its stimulus and transformed me?”
Ki a hibás, ha nem ő és a harmadik tényező, akiről senki sem tudja, hogy honnan jött, amely ösztönzésével megmozgatott és átalakított engem?

Sören Kierkegaard (1813–1855) Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism

Repetition 202-203
1840s, Repetition (1843)
Kontextus: Who is to blame but her and the third factor, from whence no one knows, which moved me with its stimulus and transformed me? After all, what I have done is praised in others.-Or is becoming a poet my compensation? I reject all compensation, I demand my rights-that is, my honor. I did not ask to become one, I will not buy it at this price. – Or if I am guilty, then I certainly should be able to repent of my guilt and make it good again. Tell me how. On top of that, must I perhaps repent that the world plays with me as a child plays with a beetle?-Or is it perhaps best to forget the whole thing? Forget-indeed, I shall have ceased to be if I forget it. Or what kind of life would it be if along with my beloved I have lost honor and pride and lost them in such a way that no one knows how it happened, for which reason I can never retrieve them again? Shall I allow myself to be shoved out in this manner? Why, then, was I shoved in?

“A philosophy has a practical power: it contributes to the changing of the world.”
A filozófiának van gyakorlati ereje: hozzájárul a világ megváltoztatásához.

Umberto Eco könyv Semiotics and the Philosophy of Language

[O] : Introduction, 0.7
Semiotics and the Philosophy of Language (1984)
Kontextus: A philosophy has a practical power: it contributes to the changing of the world. This practical power has nothing to do with the engineering power that in the discussion above I attributed to sciences, including specific semiotics. A science can study either an animal species or the logic of road signals, without necessarily determining their transformation. There is a certain 'distance' between the descriptive stage and the decision, let us say, to improve a species through genetic engineering or to improve a signaling system by reducing or increasing the number of its pertinent elements.
On the contrary, it was the philosophical position of the modern notion of thinking subject that led Western culture to think and to behave in terms of subjectivity. It was the position of notions such as class struggle and revolution that led people to behave in terms of class, and not only to make revolutions but also to decide, on the grounds of this philosophical concept, which social turmoils or riots of the past were or were not a revolution. Since a philosophy has this practical power, it cannot have a predictive power. It cannot predict what would happen if the world were as it described it. Its power is not the direct result of an act of engineering performed on the basis of a more or less neutral description of independent data.

“Don't look back — something might be gaining on you.”
Ne nézz hátra - lehet, hogy valami elkap téged.

Satchel Paige (1906–1982) American baseball player and coach; Negro Leagues

"How to Stay Young" Collier's Magazine (13 June 1953)
Kontextus: Avoid fried meats which angry up the blood.
If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts.
Keep the juices flowing by jangling around gently as you move.
Go very light on the vices, such as carrying on in society— the social ramble ain't restful.
Avoid running at all times.
And don't look back— something might be gaining on you.

“Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.”
A szabadságot nem érdemes birtokolni, ha nem jár együtt a tévedés szabadságával.

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

Young India (12 March 1931), p. 31 http://books.google.com/books?id=1HZDAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Freedom+is+not+worth+having+if+it+does+not+connote+freedom+to+err%22&pg=PA31#v=onepage
1930s
Kontextus: Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight in depriving other human beings of that precious right.

“Nothing is more real than nothing.”
Semmi sem valósabb a semminél.

Samuel Beckett könyv Malone Dies

Malone Dies (1951), p. 16

“Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.”

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

Crabbed Age and Youth.
Virginibus Puerisque and Other Papers (1881)
Kontextus: There is a strong feeling in favour of cowardly and prudential proverbs. The sentiments of a man while he is full of ardour and hope are to be received, it is supposed, with some qualification. But when the same person has ignominiously failed and begins to eat up his words, he should be listened to like an oracle. Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity. And since mediocre people constitute the bulk of humanity, this is no doubt very properly so. But it does not follow that the one sort of proposition is any less true than the other, or that Icarus is not to be more praised, and perhaps more envied, than Mr. Samuel Budgett the Successful Merchant. The one is dead, to be sure, while the other is still in his counting-house counting out his money; and doubtless this is a consideration. But we have, on the other hand, some bold and magnanimous sayings common to high races and natures, which set forth the advantage of the losing side, and proclaim it better to be a dead lion than a living dog. It is difficult to fancy how the mediocrities reconcile such sayings with their proverbs. According to the latter, every lad who goes to sea is an egregious ass; never to forget your umbrella through a long life would seem a higher and wiser flight of achievement than to go smiling to the stake; and so long as you are a bit of a coward and inflexible in money matters, you fulfil the whole duty of man.

“Buy into a company because you want to own it, not because you want the stock to go up.”
Vásároljon meg egy vállalatot azért, mert birtokolni akarja, nem pedig azért, mert azt akarja, hogy a részvények emelkedjenek.

Warren Buffett (1930) American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist

Interview in Forbes magazine (1 November 1974)
Kontextus: Draw a circle around the businesses you understand and then eliminate those that fail to qualify on the basis of value, good management and limited exposure to hard times. … Buy into a company because you want to own it, not because you want the stock to go up. … People have been successful investors because they've stuck with successful companies. Sooner or later the market mirrors the business.

“Leave no stone unturned.”
Kő kövön nem marad.

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

Heraclidæ (c 428 BC)

“As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.”
Ahogy megszabadulunk saját félelmünktől, jelenlétünk automatikusan felszabadít másokat is.

Marianne Williamson (1952) American writer

Forrás: A Return to Love: Reflections on the Principles of "A Course in Miracles" (1992), Ch. 7 : Work, §3 : Personal Power, p. 190 (p. 165 in some editions). This famous passage from her book is often erroneously attributed to Nelson Mandela. About the mis-attribution Williamson said, "Several years ago, this paragraph from A Return to Love began popping up everywhere, attributed to Nelson Mandela's 1994 inaugural address. As honored as I would be had President Mandela quoted my words, indeed he did not. I have no idea where that story came from, but I am gratified that the paragraph has come to mean so much to so many people."
Variant which appears in the film Coach Carter (2005): "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
Variant which appears in the film Akeelah and the Bee (2006), displayed in a picture frame on the wall, attributing it to Mandela: "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same."
Kontextus: Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It is not just in some of us; it is in everyone and as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give others permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.

“To adore, to understand, to receive, to feel, to give, to act: there is my law my duty, my happiness, my heaven. Let come what come will — even death.”
Imádni, megérteni, befogadni, érezni, adni, cselekedni: ez az én törvényem, az én kötelességem, az én boldogságom, az én mennyországom. Jöjjön, ami jön - még a halál is.

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

16 July 1848
Journal Intime (1882), Journal entries
Kontextus: To adore, to understand, to receive, to feel, to give, to act: there is my law my duty, my happiness, my heaven. Let come what come will — even death. Only be at peace with self, live in the presence of God, in communion with Him, and leave the guidance of existence to those universal powers against whom thou canst do nothing! If death gives me time, so much the better. If its summons is near, so much the better still; if a half-death overtake me, still so much the better, for so the path of success is closed to me only that I may find opening before me the path of heroism, of moral greatness and resignation. Every life has its potentiality of greatness, and as it is impossible to be outside God, the best is consciously to dwell in Him.

“Appearances often are deceiving.”
A látszat gyakran csal.

Aesop (-620–-564 BC) ancient Greek storyteller

The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing.

“I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are painful.”
Soha nem próbáltam kizárni a múlt emlékeit, még ha némelyik fájdalmas is volt.

Sophia Loren (1934) Italian actress

As quoted in Valentines & Vitriol (1977) by Rex Reed
Kontextus: I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are painful. I don't understand people who hide from their past. Everything you live through helps to make you the person you are now.

“Good government is no substitute for self-government.”
A jó kormány nem helyettesíti az önkormányzást.

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

Young India (2 September 1920) p. 1
1920s
Kontextus: For me the only training in Swaraj we need is the ability to defend ourselves against the whole world and to live our natural life in perfect freedom, even though it may be full of defects. Good government is no substitute for self-government.

“Our strength grows out of our weakness.”
Erőnk a gyengeségünkből nő.

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

1840s, Essays: First Series (1841), Compensation
Kontextus: Our strength grows out of our weakness. The indignation which arms itself with secret forces does not awaken until we are pricked and stung and sorely assailed. A great man is always willing to be little. Whilst he sits on the cushion of advantages, he goes to sleep. When he is pushed, tormented, defeated, he has a chance to learn something; he has been put on his wits, on his manhood; he has gained facts; learns his ignorance; is cured of the insanity of conceit; has got moderation and real skill. The wise man throws himself on the side of his assailants. It is more his interest than it is theirs to find his weak point. The wound cicatrizes and falls off from him like a dead skin, and when they would triumph, lo! he has passed on invulnerable. Blame is safer than praise. I hate to be defended in a newspaper. As long as all that is said is said against me, I feel a certain assurance of success. But as soon as honeyed words of praise are spoken for me, I feel as one that lies unprotected before his enemies. In general, every evil to which we do not succumb is a benefactor.

“Sincerity is the way of Heaven. The attainment of sincerity is the way of men.”
Az őszinteség a mennyország útja. Az őszinteség elérése az emberek útja.

Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher

The Analects, The Doctrine of the Mean
Kontextus: Sincerity is the way of Heaven. The attainment of sincerity is the way of men. He who possesses sincerity is he who, without an effort, hits what is right, and apprehends, without the exercise of thought — he is the sage who naturally and easily embodies the right way. He who attains to sincerity is he who chooses what is good, and firmly holds it fast. To this attainment there are requisite the extensive study of what is good, accurate inquiry about it, careful reflection on it, the clear discrimination of it, and the earnest practice of it.

“Uncertainty is the refuge of hope.”
A bizonytalanság a remény menedéke.

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

Amiel's journal; the Journal intime of Henri-Frédéric Amiel 1890 (p.368)
Journal Intime (1882), Journal entries
Forrás: https://archive.org/details/amielsjournaljou00amieiala

“Change in all things is sweet.”
Minden változás édes.

Aristotle könyv Nicomachean Ethics

Book VII, 14
Remark: While this quote is known as Aristotle's, he did not propose it as his own saying, but as a citation from another author. The full text is: "But 'change in all things is sweet', as the poet says, because of some vice."
Nicomachean Ethics

“A short saying often contains much wisdom.”
Egy rövid mondás gyakran sok bölcsességet tartalmaz.

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

Aletes, fragment 99.

“Practice yourself, for heaven's sake, in little things; and thence proceed to greater.”
Gyakorolj, az ég szerelmére, először a kis dolgokat, és onnan haladj tovább a nagyobbak felé.

Epictetus (50–138) philosopher from Ancient Greece

Book I, ch. 18.
Discourses

“There is truth in every ancient fable, and there is here even something of it in the fancy that finds the symbol of the Republic in the bird that bore the bolts of Jove.”
Minden ősi mesében van valami igaz, és van valami igaz azokban a képzeletekben is, amelyek a köztársaság szimbólumát látják a Jupiter villámait hordozó madárban.

G. K. Chesterton könyv What I Saw in America

"The Future of Democracy"
What I Saw in America (1922)
Kontextus: There is truth in every ancient fable, and there is here even something of it in the fancy that finds the symbol of the Republic in the bird that bore the bolts of Jove. Owls and bats may wander where they will in darkness, and for them as for the sceptics the universe may have no centre; kites and vultures may linger as they like over carrion, and for them as for the plutocrats existence may have no origin and no end; but it was far back in the land of legends, where instincts find their true images, that the cry went forth that freedom is an eagle, whose glory is gazing at the sun.

“When a man does not know what harbour he is making for, no wind is the right wind.”
Semmilyen szél nem kedvez annak, aki nem tudja, melyik kikötőbe tart.

Seneca the Younger (-4–65 BC) Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist

Letter LXXI: On the supreme good, line 3
Alternate translation: If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable. (translator unknown).
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium (Moral Letters to Lucilius)
Kontextus: Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbour he is making for, no wind is the right wind.

“I think of Dean Moriarty, I even think of Old Dean Moriarty the father we never found, I think of Dean Moriarty.”
Dean Moriartyra gondolok, még az öreg Dean Moriartyra is, az apára, akit soha nem találtunk meg, gondolok Dean Moriartyra.

Jack Kerouac könyv On the Road

Part Five
On the Road (1957)
Kontextus: So in America when the sun goes down and I sit on the old broken-down river pier watching the long, long skies over New Jersey and sense all that raw land that rolls in one unbelievable huge bulge over to the West Coast, and all that road going, all the people dreaming in the immensity of it, and in Iowa I know by now the children must be crying in the land where they let the children cry, and tonight the stars'll be out, and don't you know that God is Pooh Bear? the evening star must be drooping and shedding her sparkler dims on the prairie, which is just before the coming of complete night that blesses the earth, darkens all rivers, cups the peaks and folds the final shore in, and nobody, nobody knows what's going to happen to anybody besides the forlorn rags of growing old, I think of Dean Moriarty, I even think of Old Dean Moriarty the father we never found, I think of Dean Moriarty.

“Each religion has got their own way of making you feel like a victim.”

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Timothy Leary (1920–1996) American psychologist

Timothy Leary's Last Trip (1997)
Kontextus: Each religion has got their own way of making you feel like a victim. The Christians say "you are a sinner", and you better just zip up your trousers and give the money to the pope and we'll give you a room up in the hotel in the sky.

“Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”
Ne a betakarított termés, hanem az elvetett magok alapján ítélj meg minden napot.

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

“There are three faithful friends, an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.”
Három hűséges barát létezik - egy öreg feleség, egy öreg kutya és a készpénz.

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

“If you fail to prepare, you prepare to fail.”
Ha nem sikerül felkészülni, akkor a kudarcra készülsz.

Peter Urs Bender

“Experience keeps a dear school, but fools learn in no other.”

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

“A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success.”
Az igazi barát az, aki elnézi a kudarcaidat és elviseli a sikereidet.

Дуг Ларсон (1926)

“Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.”
Az életben való boldogság három nagyszerű alapfeltétele, hogy legyen mit tenni, legyen mit szeretni, és legyen miben reménykedni.

Джордж Вашингтон Бернап (1802–1859)

“Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing. ”
Légy lassú mikor barátot választasz, Még lassabb mikor cseréled.

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

“No man is free who is not master of himself. ”
Senki sem szabad, aki nem ura önmagának.

Epictetus (50–138) philosopher from Ancient Greece

“I can't change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination. ”
Nem tudom megváltoztatni a szél irányát, de be tudom állítani úgy a vitorláimat, hogy mindig elérjem a célomat.

Jimmy Dean (1928–2010) American singer

“If you’ll not settle for anything less than your best, you will be amazed at what you can accomplish in your lives. ”
Ha nem elégedtek meg a legjobbnál kevesebbel, meg fogtok lepődni, hogy mit tudtok elérni az életetekben.

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

“Good people are good because they’ve come to wisdom though failure. We get very little wisdom from success.”
A jó emberek azért jók, mert a kudarcok által jutottak el a bölcsességhez. A sikerből nagyon kevés bölcsességre teszünk szert.

John C. Maxwell (1947) American author, speaker and pastor

Book Sometimes you win Sometimes you Learn

“The weak are more likely to make the strong weak than the strong are likely to make the weak strong.”
A gyengék nagyobb valószínűséggel teszik gyengévé az erőseket, mint az erősek teszik erőssé a gyengéket.

Marlene Dietrich (1901–1992) German-American actress and singer

“When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts. You are connected to your child and to all those who touch your lives. A mother always has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child.”
Amikor anya vagy, soha nem vagy igazán egyedül a gondolataiddal. Összeköttetésben állsz a gyermekeddel és mindazokkal, akik megérintik az életedet. Egy anyának mindig kétszer kell gondolkodnia, egyszer magára, aztán a gyermekére.

Sophia Loren (1934) Italian actress

“You have to enjoy life. Always be surrounded by people that you like, people who have a nice conversation. There are so many positive things to think about.”
Élvezni kell az életet. Mindig olyan emberek vegyenek körül, akiket kedvelsz, olyanok, akikkel jól el lehet beszélgetni. Annyi pozitív dolog létezik, amire érdemes gondolni.

Sophia Loren (1934) Italian actress

“Music in the soul can be heard by the Universe.”
A lélek zenéjét az Univerzum is meghallja.

Ralph Smart

“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, And the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.”
Több ezer gyertyát gyújthatnak meg egyetlen gyertyáról, de a gyertya életét nem fogják megrövidíteni. A boldogság sem csökken soha azáltal, hogy megosztják.

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

From The Teaching of Buddha http://www.bdk.or.jp/english/about/popularization/buddhist-scriptures.html, by Bukkyo Dendo Kyokai (Society for the Promotion of Buddhism), Pg 132. It is a paraphrased version of Section 10 of the Sutra of Forty-two Sections
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“Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.”
Áldottak azok a szívek, amelyek képesek meghajolni. Azok sosem törnek meg.

Albert Camus könyv A Happy Death

A Happy Death (1971)

“Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I may remember. Involve me and I learn.”
Mondd el, és elfelejtem. Tanítsd meg, és talán fogok rá emlékezni. Vonj be, és megtanulom.

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

There is no evidence that Franklin said this. Scholars believe the saying comes from the Xunzi.
Additional information may be read at the following websites:
http://dakinburdick.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/tell-me-and-i-forget/
http://www.quora.com/History/Where-and-when-did-Benjamin-Franklin-say-Tell-me-and-I-forget-teach-me-and-I-may-remember-involve-me-and-I-learn
http://gazettextra.com/weblogs/word-badger/2013/mar/24/whose-quote-really/
Misattributed

“Our lives are the only meaningful expression of what we believe and in Whom we believe. And the only real wealth, for any of us, lies in our faith.”
Az életünk az egyetlen értelmes kifejezése annak, hogy miben hiszünk és kiben hiszünk. És az egyetlen igazi gazdagság bármelyikünk számára a hitünkben rejlik.

Gordon B. Hinckley könyv Standing for Something

Why do I say this? Faith in a Divine Being, in the Almighty, is the great moving power that can change our lives. With it comes the only lasting comfort and peace of mind. God is our Eternal Father, and He lives. I don't understand the wonder of His majesty; I can't comprehend His glory. But I know that He is intensely interested in our welfare and involved in our lives, that I can speak with Him in prayer, and that He will hear and listen.
Standing for Something: Ten Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes.

“You are not here merely to prepare to make a living. You are here to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, and with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget this errand.”

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Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924) American politician, 28th president of the United States (in office from 1913 to 1921)

“Ideals of College” http://books.google.com/books?id=_VYEIml1cAkC&pg=PA15&dq=%22You+are+not+here+merely%22, Swarthmore (25 October 1913)
1910s

“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.”
Ha megváltoztatod azt, ahogyan a dolgokra nézel, megváltoznak a dolgok, amiket nézel.

Wayne W. Dyer (1940–2015) American writer

“Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.”
A tudásnak nincs értéke, ha nem ültetjük át gyakorlatba.

Anton Chekhov (1860–1904) Russian dramatist, author and physician

“Never bet against the United States of America”
Soha ne fogadj az Amerikai Egyesült Államok ellen.

Warren Buffett (1930) American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist

“Those who need leaders are not qualified to choose them.”
Azok, akiknek vezetőre van szükségük, nem képesek azt kiválasztani.

Michael Malice (1976) American writer

Tweeted on March 2, 2020 https://twitter.com/michaelmalice/status/1234604154741497857, repeated subsequently.

“Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best.”

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Henry Van Dyke (1852–1933) American diplomat

The following information is from the following site: http://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/Talento , the fourth entry, which gives the citation as (( Henry van Dyke quoted in "Handicapped Individuals Services and Training Act: hearing before the Subcommittee on Select Education of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-seventh Congress, second session, on HR 6820 … hearing held in St. Paul, Minn., and Loretto, Minn. on September 2, 1982. "-. 223 Page, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Select Education - USGPO, 1982 - 257 pages ))
Quoted by Tor Dahl in the document cited https://hdl.handle.net/2027/pur1.32754076335276?urlappend=%3Bseq=229.
A very similar quote appears in an essay entitled "Do What You Can" by "Little Home Body" in the The Phrenological Journal and Life Illustrated, Volumes 62-63 (August 1876): "The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there but those that sang best" but states "I know not who said those beautiful words"
However, the quote may have been misattributed to Henry Van Dyke. In "The Two Vocations or the sisters of mercy at home" by Elizabeth Charles (1858) p.34 the following appears: "'Dear Jean', she said,'the woods would be very silent if no bird sang but those that sing best' "
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“Not what we have, but what we enjoy, constitutes our abundance.”
Nem az alkotja a bőségünket, amink van, hanem az, amit élvezünk.

Jean Antoine Petit-Senn (1792–1870) Swiss poet (1792-1870)

“Wisdom is a kind of knowledge. It is knowledge of the nature, career, and consequences of human values.”
A bölcsesség egyfajta tudás. Az emberi értékek természetének, pályájának és következményeinek ismerete.

Sidney Hook (1902–1989) American philosopher

“The three great essentials to achieve anything worth while are: Hard work, Stick-to-itiveness, and Common sense.”
A három legfontosabb dolog, amiért érdemes bármit elérni, a következő: kemény munka, kitartás és a józan ész.

Thomas Edison (1847–1931) American inventor and businessman

“Whatever happens, take responsibility.”
Bármi is történik, vállald a felelősséget.

Anthony Robbins (1960) Author, actor, professional speaker

“By believing passionately in something that does not yet exist, we create it.”
Azzal, hogy szenvedélyesen hiszünk valamiben, ami még nem létezik, megteremtjük azt.

Nikos Kazantzakis (1883–1957) Greek writer

“Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.”
Adjatok egy fix pontot, és én kifordítom sarkaiból a világot.

Archimedes (-287–-212 BC) Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and astronomer

“Almost everything comes from nothing.”
Szinte minden a semmiből jön.

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

“Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.”

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Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933) American politician, 30th president of the United States (in office from 1923 to 1929)

“Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.”
A tudatlan emberek olyan kérdéseket tesznek fel, amelyekre a bölcsek már ezer évvel ezelőtt válaszoltak.

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

“You always succeed in producing a result.”
Mindig sikerül eredményt produkálnod.

Anthony Robbins (1960) Author, actor, professional speaker

“Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness.”
Soha ne barátkozz olyan emberekkel, akik státuszban feletted vagy alattad állnak. Az ilyen barátságok soha nem fognak boldoggá tenni.

Chanakya (-375–-283 BC) Ancient Indian statesman and philosopher

“Think how hard physics would be if particles could think.”
Gondoljatok bele, milyen nehéz lenne a fizika, ha a részecskék gondolkodni tudnának.

Murray Gell-Mann (1929–2019) American physicist

“It is not so important to know everything as to appreciate what we learn.”
Nem annyira fontos, hogy mindent tudjunk, mint inkább az, hogy értékeljük azt, amit megtanulunk.

Hannah More (1745–1833) English religious writer and philanthropist

“I have never been hurt by anything I didn't say.”
Soha nem bántott meg semmi, amit nem mondtam ki.

Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933) American politician, 30th president of the United States (in office from 1923 to 1929)

“So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being.”
Amíg az ember képes az önmegújításra, addig élőlény.

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

“What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.”
Nem az a fontos, hogy mi történik, hanem az, hogy hogyan reagálsz arra, ami történik.

Ellen Glasgow (1873–1945) Novelist, short story writer

“It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.”
Nem a bölcsesség, hanem a hatalom az, ami törvényt alkot.

Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679) English philosopher, born 1588

“Weve got to have a dream if we are going to make a dream come true.”
Ahhoz, hogy valóra váltsunk egy álmot, kell, hogy legyen egy álmunk.

Walt Disney (1901–1966) American film producer and businessman

“What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.”
Amit belsőleg elérünk, az megváltoztatja a külső valóságot.

Plutarch (46–127) ancient Greek historian and philosopher

“Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control.”
A tudomány kutat; a vallás értelmez. A tudomány tudást ad, ami hatalom; a vallás bölcsességet ad, ami irányítás.

Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement

“You cannot step twice into the same river, for other waters are continually flowing in.”
Egyetlen ember sem léphet kétszer ugyanabba a folyóba, mert az már nem ugyanaz a folyó, és ő már nem ugyanaz az ember.

Heraclitus (-535) pre-Socratic Greek philosopher

“One that desires to excel should endeavour in those things that are in themselves most excellent.”
Aki kiválóságra vágyik, annak azokban a dolgokban kell törekednie, amelyek önmagukban is kiválóak.

Epictetus (50–138) philosopher from Ancient Greece

“No valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now.”
Nem készíthetnek érvényes terveket a jövőre nézve azok, akiknek nincs képességük a mostani életre.

Alan Watts (1915–1973) British philosopher, writer and speaker

“Cleverness is not wisdom.”
Az okosság nem bölcsesség.

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

“Be the change that you want to see in the world.”

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

“We are either progressing or retrograding all the while. There is no such thing as remaining stationary in this life.”
Mindeközben vagy haladunk előre, vagy hátrálódunk. Ebben az életben nincs olyan, hogy helyben maradunk.

James Freeman Clarke (1810–1888) American theologian and writer

“Trust yourself. You know more than you think you do.”
Bízz magadban. Többet tudsz, mint gondolnád.

Benjamin Spock (1903–1998) American pediatrician and author of Baby and Child Care

“It is good even for old men to learn wisdom.”
Még az öregeknek is jó bölcsességet tanulni.

Aeschylus (-525–-456 BC) ancient Athenian playwright

“There is no friendship, no love, like that of the parent for the child.”
Nincs olyan barátság, sem szeretet, mint a szülő szeretete a gyermeke iránt.

Henry Ward Beecher (1813–1887) American clergyman and activist

“You're not obligated to win. You're obligated to keep trying to do the best you can every day.”
Nem kötelező nyerni. Kötelességed, hogy minden nap a legjobbat próbáld kihozni magadból.

Marian Wright Edelman (1939) American children's rights activist

“The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.”
Az elme nehezen felejti azt, amit már régen megtanult.

Seneca the Younger (-4–65 BC) Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, and dramatist

“Learning is finding out what you already know.”
Tanulni annyi, mint felismerni, amit régóta tudsz.

Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer

“A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.”
Az ember azt látja a világból, amit a szívében hordoz.

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

“Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths.”
A hegyeket csak kanyargós ösvényeken lehet megmászni.

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

“A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.”
A barátok közötti veszekedés, ha kibékülnek, új köteléket ad a barátságnak.

Francis de Sales (1567–1622) French bishop, saint, writer and Doctor of the Church j

“We all grow up. Hopefully, we get wiser. Age brings wisdom, and fatherhood changes one's life completely.”
Mindannyian felnövünk. Remélhetőleg bölcsebbek leszünk. A kor bölcsességet hoz, és az apaság teljesen megváltoztatja az ember életét.

Frank W. Abagnale (1948) American security consultant, former confidence trickster, check forger, impostor, and escape artist

“To keep the body in good health is a duty... otherwise we shall not be able to keep our mind strong and clear.”
A test egészségének megőrzése kötelességünk, különben nem leszünk képesek erősnek és tisztának tartani az elménket.

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

“Character develops itself in the stream of life.”
A jellem az élet áramlatában fejlődik.

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

“Work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed.”
Dolgozz valamiért, mert az jó, nem csak azért, mert esélyes a sikerre.

Václav Havel (1936–2011) playwright, essayist, poet, dissident and 1st President of the Czech Republic

“If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.”
Ha elfogadod mások elvárásait, különösen a negatívakat, akkor soha nem fogod megváltoztatni az eredményt.

Michael Jordan (1963) American retired professional basketball player and businessman

“Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.”
Az emberek nem a dolgoktól félnek, hanem attól, ahogy látják őket.

Epictetus (50–138) philosopher from Ancient Greece

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