Ovid Professions : Poet Born : March 20, 43 BC Died : 1 BC Browse All Authors Top 703 quotes by Ovid Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you. Ovid motivational inspirational life A horse never runs so fast as when he has other horses to catch up and outpace. Ovid horse running motivational Love is no assignment for cowards. Ovid marriage love relationship Happy is the man who has broken the chains which hurt the mind, and has given up worrying once and for all. Ovid hurt happy happiness Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence. Ovid persistence life-changing change There is nothing constant in the universe. All ebb and flow, and every shape that's born, bears in its womb the seeds of change. Ovid ebb-and-flow destiny shapes My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope. Ovid hope All things change, nothing is extinguished. There is nothing in the whole world which is permanent. Everything flows onward; all things are brought into being with a changing nature; the ages themselves glide by in constant movement. Ovid nature change age Our integrity is never worth so much as when we have parted with our all to keep it. Ovid wisdom integrity inspirational Beauty is a fragile gift. Ovid fragile beauty Passion persuades me one way, reason another. I see the better and approve it, but I follow the worse. Ovid passion reason way Those things that nature denied to human sight, she revealed to the eyes of the soul. Ovid eye soul sight Change is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast. Ovid positive inspirational life Fortune and love favor the brave. Ovid depressing inspiring love All other creatures look down toward the earth, but man was given a face so that might turn his eyes toward the stars and his gaze upon the sky. Ovid stars eye men Misfortunes often sharpen the genius. Ovid genius meditation inspirational The glow of inspiration warms us; it is a holy rapture. Ovid holy inspiration life Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour. Ovid hours be-patient patience The vulgar crowd values friends according to their usefulness. Ovid usefulness vulgar crowds Nothing is stronger than habit. Ovid deep-thought humor inspirational Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors
