It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you out; it's the pebble in your shoe.
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"We are the great grassroots campaign of the modern era, built from mousepads, shoe leather and hope."
howard deanOr madly squeeze a right-hand foot Into a left-hand shoe.
Wynken, Blynken, and Nod one night Sailed off in a wooden shoe Sailed on a river of crystal light, Into a sea of dew.
Eugene FieldShehad the rippling muscles of a panther, thesolidityof a water buffalo, and the lazy insolence of a shoe salesman.
Men hang out their signs indicative of their respective trades: shoemakers hang out a gigantic shoe; jewelers, a monster watch; and the dentist hangs out a gold tooth; but up in the mountains of New Hampshire, God Almighty has hung out a sign to show that there He makes men.
Daniel WebsterTrinny is definitely a hoarder. Her shoe cupboard is open and I lose count when I reach 78.
trinny woodallFor want of a nail the shoe is lost, for want of a shoe the horse is lost, for want of a horse the rider is lost.
If the shoe fits, wear it.
No one knows where the shoe pinches, but he who wears it.
The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.
carl jungA prostitute was forgiven by Allah, because, passing by a panting dog near a well and seeing that the dog was about to die of thirst, she took off her shoe, and tying it with her head-cover she drew out some water for it. So, Allah forgave her because of that.
A Roman divorced from his wife, being highly blamed by his friends, who demanded, "Was she not chaste? Was she not fair? Was she not fruitful?" holding out his shoe, asked them whether it was not new and well made. "Yet," added he, "none of you can tell where it pinches me."
PlutarchDwight L. Moody was changed from a shoe salesman into an evangelist whose influence has reached around the world. In all parts of the earth are men and women whose characters were transformed as a direct result of contact with the changed Moody.
I can tell where my own shoe pinches me.
Miguel de CervantesThe shoemaker makes a good shoe because he makes nothing else.
ralph waldo emersonLet firm, well hammer'd soles protect thy feet Through freezing snows, and rains, and soaking sleet; Should the big last extend the shoe too wide, Each stone will wrench the unwary step aside; The sudden turn may stretch the swelling vein, The cracking joint unhinge, or ankle sprain; And when too short the modish shoes are worn, You'll judge the seasons by your shooting corn.
john gayThe wearer knows where the shoe wrings.
George HerbertThe shoe that fits one person pinches another.
carl jungA Roman divorced from his wife, being highly blamed by his friends, who demanded, "Was she not chaste? Was she not fair? Was she not fruitful?" holding out his shoe, asked them whether it was not new and well made. "Yet," added he, "none of you can tell where it pinches me."
Thet tells the story! Thet's wut we shall git By tryin' squirtguns on the burnin' Pit; For the day never comes when it'll du To kick on dooty like a worn-out shoe.
james russell lowellFor want of a nail the shoe was lost; For want of a shoe the horse was lost; For want of a horse the battle was lost; For the failure of battle the kingdom was lost All for the want of a horse-shoe nail.
In the early 1800s, with the development of the pointe shoe and the many stories about fairies and nymphs, the Romantic tutu became popular. This skirt came below the dancers’ knees, and gave them a dreamy, ethereal look, while allowing them to move more freely.
Karen Kain