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Time means a lot to me because, you see, I, too, am also a learner and am often lost in the joy of forever developing and simplifying. If you love life , don't waste time, for time is what life is made up of.
bruce lee— Bruce Lee, Striking Thoughts (2000), p. 10; Here Lee paraphrases a much older English proverb: If you care for life, don't waste your time; for time is what life is made of. (as quoted in Bordighera and the Western Riviera (1883) by Frederick Fitzroy Hamilton, p. 189).
Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you'll land among the stars.
Leslie Calvin Brown— "Les" Brown is an American motivational speaker, author, radio DJ, former television host, and former politician.
I am glad to learn that the Parliament Bill has been passed for the Darlington Railway. I am much obliged by the favourable sentiments you express towards me, and shall be happy if I can be of service in carrying into execution your plans.
george stephenson— Letter to Edward Pease (1821-04-28)
Take these words home and think it through; Or the next rhyme I write might be about you.
mobb Deep— Shook Ones, Pt. 2 (1995)
May the Lord lift up his countenance upon you, and give you peace.
Bible (Old Testament)— The Bible, Numbers 6:26
The most beautiful conception of immortality of which I know, and certainly one that by contrast shows the utter vulgarity of Christian ideas, is set forth in Pindar's second Olympian: after three or six lives in which a man has lived with strict justice and perfect integrity, he passes beyond the tower of Cronus to the fair realm that cannot be reached by land or sea, where gentle breezes from a placid ocean blow forever on the fields of asphodel. For a description, see Pindar. If the beauty of great poetry can commend a religion, here you have it.
revilo p. oliver— "Afterthoughts on Afterlife", Instauration magazine (August 1980)
Don't worry. Your friends are dead and you are going to join them.
klaus barbie— To Blandon from "Klaus Barbie, the "Butcher of Lyons" - Page 63 - by Tom Bower - Biography & Autobiography - 1984
We need to be the change we wish to see in the world.
Mahatma Gandhi— Mahatma Gandhi, as quoted in "Arun Gandhi Shares the Mahatma's Message" by Michel W. Potts in India - West, Vol. XXVII, No. 13 (2002, pg. A34).
— Variant: We must be the change we wish to see in the world.
Never interrupt someone doing something you said couldn't be done.
amelia earhart— As quoted in "She Drew Horses..." (2006) by Kelli Swan, p. 42
An instructor should exemplify the things he seeks to teach. It will be of great advantage if you yourself can do all you ask of your students and more.
bruce lee— Part 5 "On training in Jeet Kune Do"
My message to you all is of hope, courage and confidence. Let us mobilize all our resources in a systematic and organized way and tackle the grave issues that confront us with grim determination and discipline worthy of a great nation.
muhammad ali jinnah— Eid-ul-Azha Message to the Nation (24 October 1947)
I try to catch every sentence, every word you and I say, and quickly lock all these sentences and words away in my literary storehouse because they might come in handy.
Anton Chekhov— The Seagull, Act II (1896)
There was no choice. If you saw a dog going to be crushed under a car, wouldn't you help him?
oskar schindler— To Poldek Pfefferberg, in response to the question of why he risked so much, as quoted in "Schindler : Why did he do it?" (2010) by Louis Bülow
Anger... it's a paralyzing emotion... you can't get anything done. People sort of think it's an interesting, passionate, and igniting feeling — I don't think it's any of that — it's helpless... it's absence of control — and I need all of my skills, all of the control, all of my powers — and I need clarity, in order to write — and anger doesn't provide any of that — I have no use for it whatsoever. I can feel melancholy, and I can feel full of regret, but anger is something that is useful to the people who watch it... it's not useful to me.
toni morrison— Interview with Don Swaim (1987)
...a very elegant solution to a sometimes difficult problem: getting all that media from your PC to your TV...If you are trying to get the latest technology and HD content from your PC to your TV, the Apple TV has a few hurdles you'll have to deal with...has great potential and opens a lot of doors for the digital home for everyone.
Ryan Shrout— PC Perspective
"Natural" is a very dangerous word to use about sexuality ... Our society's notions of normality are completely fake and meta-trendy, since they rely on the changing standards of superstition, religion, Christianity and gender bias to define themselves. Americans, in particular, exhibit very childish reactions to sexual practices that are new to them, much like little kids who are offered a vegetable they haven't seen before: "That's disgusting!" "But darling, you haven't even tried it!" "I don't care, I hate it, I hate it!"
susie bright— Introduction, Nothing But the Girl (1997)
Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives, and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.
jesus christ— Matthew 7:7–8 (NKJV) (Also Luke 11:9–13).
December, herald of destruction, takes you on a long stroll through the black torsos of trees and leaves scorched in autumn’s fire,as if to say, so much then for your secrets and your treasures, the fervent trill of small birds,the promises of summer months.
adam zagajewski— December
If you go over desert and mountain, Far into the country of Sorrow, To-day and to-night and to-morrow, And maybe for months and for years; you shall come with a heart that is bursting For trouble and toiling and thirsting, you shall certainly come to the fountain At length, to the Fountain of Tears.
— A. W. E. O'Shaughnessy, The Fountain of Tears.
"That's not a regular rule: you invented it just now." "It's the oldest rule in the book," said the King. "Then it ought to be Number One," said Alice.
Lewis Carroll— 1865 Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, ch.12, 'Alice's Evidence'.
Greed will always leave you dissatisfied because you'll never be able to get everything you desire. Greed never allows you to think you have enough; it always destroys you by making you strive ever harder for more.
— Rabbi Benjamin Blech, American academic and writer. Taking Stock: A Spiritual Guide to Rising Above Life's Financial Ups and Downs (2003).
Boys flying kites haul in their white winged birds; you can't do that way when you're flying words. "Careful with fire," is good advice we know "Careful with words," is ten times doubly so. Thoughts unexpressed may sometimes fall back dead; But God Himself can't kill them when they're said.
will carleton— Will Carleton, The First Settler's Story, Stanza 21
Many authors write like amateur blacksmiths making their first horseshoe; the clank of the anvil, the stench of the scorched leather apron, the sparks and the cursing are palpable, and this appeals to those who rank "sincerity" very high. Nabokov is more like a master swordsmith making a fine blade; nothing is amiss, nothing is too much, there is no fuss, and the finished product must be handled with great care, or it will cut you badly.
Robertson Davies— Review of Nabokov's Lolita (1958)
If you are really thankful, what do you do? you share.
w. clement stone— American businessman, philanthropist and self-help book author (1902 - 2002)
