Quotes by Categories Quotes with TEACHER Category To be wise means to be a teacher, means to be a soul winner. That's our business - That's our only business! J. Frank Norris wise teacher mean You can't stop a teacher when they want to do something. They just do it. J. D. Salinger authority want teacher It is neglect of the Bible which makes so many a prey to the first false teacher whom they hear. J. C. Ryle neglect teacher firsts I believe government should be loyal to parents, teachers and children. J. C. Watts teacher believe children I was a class clown. At 12, I was definitely clowning. I was making all the jokes. But I was smart, so the teachers didn't know what to do with me. J. Cole smart class teacher there is plenty to be learned even from a bad teacher: what not to do, how not to be J. K. Rowling bad-teacher plenty teacher Quotes with SWEET Category I know of a world that is sunk in shame, Where hearts oft faint and tire; But I know of a Name, a precious Name, That can set that world on fire: Its sound is sweet, its letters flame. I know of a Name, a precious Name, 'Tis Jesus. J. Chapman heart sweet jesus God uses chronic pain and weakness, along with other afflictions, as his chisel for sculpting our lives. Felt weakness deepens dependence on Christ for strength each day. The weaker we feel, the harder we lean. And the harder we lean, the stronger we grow spiritually, even while our bodies waste away. To live with your ‘thorn’ uncomplainingly — that is, sweet, patient, and free in heart to love and help others, even though every day you feel weak — is true sanctification. It is true healing for the spirit. It is a supreme victory of grace. J. I. Packer pain healing sweet It was a Friday night, she was at a club, and a good-looking man was currently giving her the I-want-to-take-you-home-and-I-hope-I-last-longer-than-five-minutes look… and she was thinking about pie, a young adult book, and feeding her cat. She was so turning into the cat lady at twenty-seven. Sweet. J. Lynn friday sweet book She gives him what he can only call a sweet smile. 'So you are determined to go on being bad. Mad, bad, and dangerous to know. I promise, no one will ask you to change. J. M. Coetzee mad sweet giving Pleasure is wild and sweet. She likes purple flowers. She loves the sun and the wind and the night sky. She carries a silver bowl full of liquid moonlight. She has a cat named Midnight with stars on his paws. Many people mistrust Pleasure, and even more misunderstand her. For a long time I could barely stand to be in ...the same room with her. J. Ruth Gendler stars flower sweet When you see something that is technically sweet, you go ahead and do it and you argue about what to do about it only after you have had your technical success. That is the way it was with the atomic bomb. J. Robert Oppenheimer bombs sweet history Quotes with TALKING Category Street politics is what happens in our everyday life, living in the bando. It's the environment around us and what we doing in the streets. We [Migos] talking about how many snakes there are in the grass and talking about how people can hurt you, and talking about how that can help you gain knowledge. Quavo snakes hurt talking Think what we would have missed if we had never ... used a mobile phone or surfed the Net -- or, to be honest, listened to other people talking about surfing the Net. Queen Elizabeth II phones talking thinking The Australian way of affirmative action is setting goals and recognising discrimination and lack of opportunity and deciding to take action and setting some goals and targets. I guess I prefer that language to talking about quotas. Quentin Bryce goal opportunity talking [Romeo + Juliet] is relevant when Hamlet and all of that was out, when [William] Shakespeare wrote it. It's relevant now. It's not a shocker, but then it is. I guess so because I'm in it, so it's shocking that it's still on TV. People are still talking about it. Hey, I'm still getting royalty checks from it. It's amazing to me and I hope it continues forever. Quindon Tarver forever talking people I'm not an expert here. I'm talking about an experience I had rather than something I intellectually worked out. From what I can gather, the original mystery religions are still, largely, as the name suggests, mysterious. But they are associated with intoxication, fertility and resurrection. Quentin S. Crisp experts names talking The way I write is really like putting one foot in front of the other. I really let the characters do most of the work, they start talking and they just lead the way. Quentin Tarantino writing talking character Quotes with AVERAGE Category I've come to the conclusion that the average person can do about four things a day, like four real things a day. Questlove four real average The average age of our members is about 79. They expected them (leaders) to be taking care of everything, and in reality, they were taking care of nothing. R. Gerald Turner leader average reality The best way to measure how much you've grown isn't by inches or the number of laps you can now run around the track or even your grade point average - though those things are important, to be sure. It's what you've done with your time, how you've chosen to spend your days, and whom you have touched this year. That, to me, is the greatest measure of success. R. J. Palacio running average years There is room enough indoors in New York City for the whole 1963 world's population to enter, with room enough inside for all hands to dance the twist in average nightclub proximity. R. Buckminster Fuller cities new-york average As writers go, I have a skin of average thickness. I am pleased by a good review, disappointed by a bad. None of it penetrates far enough to influence the thing I write next. Rachel Cusk skins writing average Average, middle-class people, the people of Macomb County, couldn't afford health care. Now they can [with Obamacare]. Rachel Martin obamacare class average Quotes with BEAUTIFUL Category Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them. A. A. Milne beautiful beauty life Have you ever learned the beautiful art of letting God take care of you and giving all your thought and strength to pray for others and for the kingdom of God? It will relieve you of a thousand cares. A. B. Simpson letting-go beautiful art Winning has a joy and discrete purity to it that cannot be replaced by anything else. Winning is important to any man's or woman's sense of satisfaction and well-being. Winning is not everything; but it is something powerful, indeed beautiful, in itself, something as necessary to the strong spirit as striving is necessary to the healthy character. A. Bartlett Giamatti success beautiful sports As I make my slow pilgrimage through the world, a certain sense of beautiful mystery seems to gather and grow. A. C. Benson mystery-novels beautiful world How clear, how lovely bright, How beautiful to sight Those beams of morning play; How heaven laughs out with glee Where, like a bird set free, Up from the eastern sea Soars the delightful day. To-day I shall be strong, No more shall yield to wrong, Shall squander life no more; Days lost, I know not how, I shall retrieve them now; Now I shall keep the vow I never kept before. Ensanguining the skies How heavily it dies Into the west away; Past touch and sight and sound Not further to be found, How hopeless under ground Falls the remorseful day. A. E. Housman strong morning beautiful We didn't want to do that. It would have been a beautiful moment in the movie but it would have brought the movie down. So Danny's vision was perfect I think when he wanted it to be driven at the same time having this new emotion about this boy coming as a hallucination or like a déjà vu and as the future kid. A. R. Rahman beautiful boys kids Quotes with EUROPE Category The World Health Organization ... estimated that 1.6 million years of healthy living are lost every year in Europe because of noise pollution. A. J. Jacobs organization europe years It is not a case of whether we want to wash our hands of Europe or want to help her to regain her feet. The troubles of Europe have been laid on our doorstep, so to speak, and will plague us, if we do nothing to cure them, whether we like it or not. B. C. Forbes feet europe hands I think it is important for Europe to understand that even though I am president and George Bush is not president, Al Qaeda is still a threat. Barack Obama president europe thinking In Europe, where we have all these different forms of financing and cultural funds and systems like that, it's a good mixture of supporting artists to make movies. But, on the other side, everyone still wants to make money making movies. Again, even in the European film business, it's expensive to make movies. Baran Odar artist sides europe By now it is evident that the Soviet Union must gain control of Europe to maintain its empire. Barbara Amiel empires unions europe The very fears and guilts imposed by religious training are responsible for some of history's most brutal wars, crusades, pogroms, and persecutions, including five centuries of almost unimaginable terrorism under Europe's Inquisition and the unthinkably sadistic legal murder of nearly nine million women. History doesn't say much very good about God. Barbara G. Walker religious europe war Quotes with APPRECIATION Category Greatness is never appreciated in youth, called pride in midlife, dismissed in old age, and reconsidered in death. Because we cannot tolerate greatness in our midst, we do all we can do destroy it. J. Michael Straczynski greatness pride appreciation The possession of muscular strength and the courage to use it in contests with other men for physical supremacy does not necessarily imply a lack of appreciation for the finer and better things of life. Jack Johnson appreciation sports men By taking the time to stop and appreciate who you are and what you've achieved - and perhaps learned through a few mistakes, stumbles and losses - you actually can enhance everything about you. Self-acknowledgment and appreciation are what give you the insights and awareness to move forward toward higher goals and accomplishments. Jack Canfield mistake appreciation inspirational There are only three measurements that tell you nearly everything you need to know about your organization's overall performance: employee engagement, customer satisfaction, and cash flow...It goes without saying that no company, small or large, can win over the long run without energized employees who believe in the mission and understand how to achieve it. Jack Welch running appreciation believe Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. Jacques Barzun education appreciation inspirational In the moment of appreciation we live again the moment when the creator saw and held the hidden likeness. Jacob Bronowski saws moments appreciation Quotes with LOVE IS Category Human nature has its fatal weaknesses, but 'love' means embracing the whole of human nature, the bad within the good, the benign within the malicious, the beautiful within the tragic. 'Love' is the experience of this whole, its unfinished parts, including those of one's own in relation to those of the other. Qiu Miaojin love-is beautiful mean True love is that we should hate whatever interferes with our vision of the high and the lowly. R. A. Lafferty vision hate love-is What we think is less than what we know; What we know is less than what we love; What we love is so much less than what there is. And to that precise extent we are so much less than what we are. R. D. Laing spirituality love-is thinking The only thing that lasts longer than a friend's love is the stupidity that keeps us from knowing any better. R. K. Milholland love-is life funny Love is a choice. Total forgiveness is a choice. It is not a feeling-at least at first-but is rather an act of the will. It is the choice to tear up the record of wrongs we have been keeping. R. T. Kendall choices feelings love-is Love is lust made meaningful. Hope is hunger made human. R. Scott Bakker lust love-is meaningful Quotes with ATTENTION Category You don’t pay attention man/that’s why your money is the size of your attention span. J Dilla pay attention men Eighteen months ago, when first I stood before you I called attention, as earnestly and seriously as I knew how, to what looked to me to be the dangers that were ahead, and I urged you at that time to practice the old virtues of thrift, of honesty, of truthfulness, of industry, and so on through the list of those I named. All that I said then I say again. J. Reuben Clark honesty practice attention All of the technology is a means to an end. We are the end. And we just have to pay attention. Jac Holzman technology attention mean I’m not a follower. I never have been. But I’ll definitely become someone I’m not for a few hours if it’ll make me blend in rather than make me a blatant eye sore and draw attention. J.A. Redmerski followers eye attention I don't pay much attention to sports. Jack Abramoff pay attention sports American voters have to pay closer attention to politics if they want to avoid four years of whining about the outcome. Jack Germond american-voters attention years Quotes with MIGHT Category If you are running anyway, you might as well be chasing your dreams. J. B. Bernstein dream running might Just broke up with somebody. Well, it wasn't really a break up, it was a booty call I might have took too serious. J. B. Smoove booty serious might Though the worship of riches is an old religion, there has never been a danger that it might become the sole religion. And yet that is what is surely going to happen in the world. J. E. Buckrose riches might world Much of writing might be described as mental pregnancy with successive difficult deliveries. J. B. Priestley writing might pregnancy But surely, speaking carefully, we do not sense 'red' and 'blue' any more than 'resemblance' (or 'qualities' any more than 'relations'): we sense something of which we might say, if we wished to talk about it, that 'this is red.' J. L. Austin quality blue might You might as well play at the show everyone else is playing at. J Mascis shows play might Quotes with PAY Category If you get up early, work late, and pay your taxes, you will get ahead -- if you strike oil. J. Paul Getty up-early oil pay Congress should know how to levy taxes, and if it doesn't know how to collect them, then a man is a fool to pay the taxes. J. P. Morgan fool pay men If you don’t stay with your winners, you are not going to be able to pay for the losers. Jack D. Schwager loser able pay A champion owes everybody something. He can never pay back for all the help he got, for making him an idol. Jack Dempsey champion idols pay Security is something when you don't have any confidence and you want somebody to pay you when you don't do the job. Jack McKeon want pay jobs You are as crooked as a bank robber if you do not pay your debts on time. Jack Hyles crooked debt pay Quotes with BEST FRIEND Category The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away. Barbara Kingsolver birthday best-friend friendship Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art... It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things that give value to survival. C. S. Lewis best-friend relationship friendship We have been friends together Caroline Norton true-friend best-friend friendship Parabatai" said Jace. "It means a pair of warriors who fight together - who are closer than brothers. Alec is more than justmy best friend. Cassandra Clare brother best-friend mean You have the rest of your lives to catch up together. After all, soulmates always end up together. [...] Ey-girlfriends are easily forgotten. Best friends stay with you for ever. Cecelia Ahern soulmate girlfriend best-friend He who loses his money is forsaken by his friends, his wife, his servants and his relations; yet when he regains his riches those who have forsaken him come back to him. Hence wealth is certainly the best of relations. Chanakya riches wife best-friend Quotes with BFF Category Best friends are forever. That's why they're called BFFs. Lauren Conrad forever bff best-friend The 2000s were the time when bromance became a kind of love that dared to speak its name. As a high-water mark of bro culture, nothing can ever top the MTV series 'Bromance,' with Brody Jenner and his search for a new BFF. Rob Sheffield mtv names bff Mussolini?” Leo frowned. “Wasn’t he like BFFs with Hitler? Rick Riordan leo-valdez bff It's important to always say thank you to your BFF. Selena saying-thank-you important bff Super-secret Ninja Club sounds way cooler than the whole BFF thing. Stephenie Meyer secret sound bff Quotes with BIRTHDAY Category Be in love with your life, every detail of it. Jack Kerouac birthday inspirational life I want to be part of the resurgence of things that are tangible, beautiful and soulful, rather than just give in to the digital age. But when I talk to people about this they just say, 'Yeah, I know what you mean,' and stare at their mobiles. Jack White birthday beautiful mean I told my father I wanted to play the banjo, and so he saved the money and got ready to give me a banjo for my next birthday, and between that time and my birthday, I lost interest in the banjo and was playing guitar. Jackson Browne guitar birthday father Age is the first limitation on roles that I've ever had to encounter, and I hit that awhile ago. Jack Nicholson encounters age birthday When Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End announced that he would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first birthday with a party of special magnificence, there was much talk and excitement in Hobbiton. J. R. R. Tolkien party special birthday The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny. James Allen birthday inspirational character Quotes with POSITIVE Category The most precious possession that ever comes to a man in this world is a woman's heart. J. G. Holland heartbreak positive love If you can quit, quit. If you can't quit, stop complaining - this is what you chose. J.A. Konrath quitting complaining positive Achievement is largely the product of steadily raising one's level of aspiration and expectation. Jack Nicklaus positivity expectations positive If you don't give up, you still have a chance. Jack Ma giving-up attitude positive I want to live my life, not record it. Jackie Kennedy inspirational-life diaries positive Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it. Jacques Prevert happy positive happiness Quotes with MOTIVATIONAL Category Of course we all have our limits, but how can you possibly find your boundaries unless you explore as far and as wide as you possibly can? I would rather fail in an attempt at something new and uncharted than safely succeed in a repeat of something I have done. A. E. Hotchner limits done motivational If I can slow it down in my mind, things will be fine. Aaron Rodgers nfl motivational sports What is the most important thing you could be working on in the world right now? ... And if you're not working on that, why aren't you? Aaron Swartz important work motivational Democracy is not something you believe in or a place to hang your hat, but it's something you do. You participate. If you stop doing it, democracy crumbles. Abbie Hoffman freedom motivational believe The virtue of achievement is victory over oneself. Those who know this can never know defeat. A.J. Cronin achievement success motivational Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government. B. R. Ambedkar political motivational men Quotes with THANK YOU Category Music is love, love is music, music is life, and I love my life. Thank you and good night. A. J. McLean music thank-you love A thankful person is thankful under all circumstances. A complaining soul complains even in paradise. Bahá'u'lláh gratitude thank-you appreciation When you practice gratefulness, there is a sense of respect toward others. Dalai Lama gratitude thankful thank-you We nourish the bodies of our children and friends and employees, but how seldom do we nourish their selfesteem? We provide them with roast beef and potatoes to build energy, but we neglect to give them kind words of appreciation that would sing in their memories for years like the music of the morning stars. Dale Carnegie friends thankful thank-you Nine-tenths of wisdom is appreciation. Go find someone's hand and squeeze it, while there's still time. Dale Dauten thank-you appreciation inspirational I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes. e. e. cummings thank-you inspirational life Quotes with THANKFUL Category Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims Rabindranath Tagore encouragement power thankful There is a calmness to a life lived in gratitude, a quiet joy. Ralph Blum thanksgiving thankful thank-you Make it a habit to tell people thank you. To express your appreciation, sincerely and without the expectation of anything in return. Truly appreciate those around you, and you'll soon find many others around you. Truly appreciate life, and you'll find that you have more of it. Ralph Marston thanksgiving thankful thank-you Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude. Ralph Waldo Emerson inspiring thankful inspirational In life, one has a choice to take one of two paths: to wait for some special day-or to celebrate each special day. Rasheed Ogunlaru thankful motivational being-happy Be grateful for what you have now. As you begin to think about all the things in your life you are grateful for, you will be amazed at the never ending thoughts that come back to you of more things to be grateful for. You have to make a start, and then the law of attraction will receive those grateful thoughts and give you more just like them. Rhonda Byrne encouraging wisdom thankful Quotes with TRYING Category We've spent now about 150 years trying to convince ourselves that photographs are reliable evidence, some unimpeachable slice of the real world. That was a myth from the very beginning. A. D. Coleman real trying years I try to take everyone's head off, to tell the truth. A. J. Hawk telling-the-truth trying If you just try long enough and hard enough, you can always manage to boot yourself in the posterior. A. J. Liebling boots trying long I have a dreadful fear that the more you try to prevent revealing the self the more you do. A. S. Byatt revealing self trying I like getting feedback from people who show a lot of potential, and it's exciting to witness to new talents developing and bourgeoning. I always try to stay around the newest stuff, I don't like to stay with something that's kind of old or approaching it. A-Trak talent trying people If at first you don't succeed/You can dust it off and try again/Dust yourself off and try again. Aaliyah dust trying firsts Quotes with REMEMBER Category I was in a commercial when I was three. My godfather was a director and a producer of commercials. He took me in along with his kids and I couldn't remember my lines. I giggled my way through the commercial and they kept it. A Fine Frenzy producers remember kids Read. As much as you can. As deeply and widely and nourishingly and irritatingly as you can. And the good things will make you remember them, so you won't need to take notes. A.L. Kennedy good-things remember needs I've put up with more humiliation than I care to remember. B. B. King humiliation care remember Nobody remembers how long anything takes; they only remember how good it was in the end. B. J. Novak ends remember long The things we remember best are those better forgotten. Baltasar Gracian forgotten remember memories Remember something about attention. Yes, it’s possible to buy, grab, or even steal it. But it’s far better to earn it. Baratunde Thurston remember-something remember attention «23456789101112»
