Prejudices
It is never too late to give up our prejudices. Henry David Thoreau - American writer (1817-1862), from "Walden" (1854), Quotations book 2022
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Value of joy
To get full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with. Mark Twain – born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, American writer (1835-1910), from "Following the Equator" ("Pudd"nhead Wilson"s New Calendar", chapter XLVIII, 1897), Quotations book 2021
Vere vivere
How long I might live is beyond my control; how long I will live, in the sense of truly living, is mine. Quamdiu sim alienum est: quamdiu ero, (vere) ut sim, meum est. Lucius Annaeus Seneca – Roman philosopher (4 B.C.-65 A.C.), from "Epistulae morales ad Lucilium", Liber XV, letter 93 (written 64), Quotations book 2021
Watchword 2021
Jesus Christ said: Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. The Bible, Lucas 6:36 (NIV) - Quotations book 2021 The Protestant pastor and song writer Otto Riethmüller (1889-1939) - he belonged to the Confessing Church - decided in 1930 under the impression of the Nacional Socialism’s propaganda, to give henceforth every calendar year a headline with a Bible verse. An act of civil courage!...
What do you do for others?
When you dream of success, are you ready for endurance? You are ambitious to lead, but are you ready to serve? We all want to get, do we know how to give? We all want to be heard, but are we prepared to listen? We all want to be happy, but do we feel for the sad? We all want to standout, but do we know how to be supportive? We all know what we want, but do you know what you need? You want to...
Problems as a power source
Every problem you master helps you on in future – and gives you fresh strength. Stefanie Graf – German former tennis player (b. 1969), Quotations book 2022
Ultimative aim
The ultimate aim of the quest must be neither release nor ecstasy for oneself, but the wisdom and the power to serve others. Joseph J. Campbell – American writer, Professor of Literature at Sarah Lawrence College (1904-1987), from "Myths to Live By" (1972)
Work together
If you want to make peace with an enemy, one must work with that enemy and that enemy becomes your partner. Nelson Mandela – South African anti-apartheid activist and politician, 1994-99 president, Nobel Peace Prize (1918-2013), froms his autobiography "Long Walk to Freedom" (1994)
Role-model
We must become what we wish to teach. Nathaniel Branden - born Nathan Blumenthal, American psychotherapist and author (1930-2014), from "The Six Pillars of Self-Esteem" (1994)
Try and error
You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and falling over. Sir Richard Branson – British company founder (Virgin) and adventurer (b. 1950), from "Business Stripped Bare: Adventures of a Global Entrepreneur" (2008)
Truth
If there were only one truth, you couldn't paint a hundred canvases on the same theme. Pablo Picasso - born Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso, Spanish artist (1881-1973), quoted by Daniel J. Robbins (American art historian, art critic, and curator,, 1932-1995) in "Picasso's Vollard suite" (1979) Aunque...