quotes

Nov 03, 2006 19:16

Some quotes I found! Ahh i love quotes

When you drink the water, remember the spring-Chinese Proverb

A bird does not sing because it has an answer.  It sings because it has a song-Chinese Proverb

He who asks is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask is a fool for a lifetime-Chinese Proverb

Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.-Carl Sagan

You see things; and you say, "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say, "Why not?"-George Bernard Shaw
Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will live as one.-John Lennon
Imagination is the highest kite one can fly.-Lauren Bacall
I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge -- myth is more potent than history -- dreams are more powerful than facts -- hope always triumphs over experience -- laughter is the cure for grief -- love is stronger than death.-Robert Fulghum

The very idea of a bird is a symbol and a suggestion to the poet. A bird seems to be at the top of the scale, so vehement and intense his life. . . . The beautiful vagabonds, endowed with every grace, masters of all climes, and knowing no bounds -- how many human aspirations are realised in their free, holiday-lives -- and how many suggestions to the poet in their flight and song!-John Burroughs

Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?-Rose KennedyOne of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries-A.A Milne

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new lands but in having new eyes.-Marcel Proust

I'm an idealist.  I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.-Carl Sandburg

USA Today has come out with a new survey - apparently, three out of every four people make up 75% of the population.-David LettermanThe purpose of life is to fight maturity.-Dick WerthinerWe try to grab pieces of our lives as they speed past us.

Photographs freeze those pieces and help us remember how we were. We don't know these lost people but if you look around, you'll find someone just like them.-Gene McSweeny

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you've imagined. As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler.-Henry David Thoreau

For books are more than books, they are the life
The very heart and core of ages past,
The reason why men lived and worked and died,
The essence and quintessence of their lives.-Amy Lowell
Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed on and digested.-Francis Bacon

Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier.-Kathleen Norris

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow them.-Louisa May Alcott
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.-Winston Churchill

Don't be afraid to go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is.-H. Jackson Browne

I am always doing that which I can not do, in order that I may learn how to do it.-Pablo Picasso

Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself believe.-Winston Churchill
We shall find peace. We shall hear angels. We shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.-Anton Chekov

You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.-Indira Gandhi

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