Dejarse deslizar por la pendiente favorable que presenta el curso de los acontecimientos y embotarse para la dimensión de peligro y mal cariz que aun la hora más jocunda posee, es precisamente faltar a la misión de responsable. Hoy se hace menester suscitar una hiperestesia de responsabilidad en los que sean capaces de sentirla. José Ortega y Gasset - político y filósofo español (1883 -...
Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding. Harvey Mackay - American entrepreneur and author of the 2005 New York Times N° 1 bestseller "Swim With The Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive" (b. 1932), from "Pushing the Envelope: All the Way to the Top" (1998)
You come to understand that most people are neither for you nor against you, they are thinking about themselves. You learn that no matter how hard you try to please, some people in this world are not going to love you, a lesson that is at first troubling and then really quite relaxing. John W. Gardner - American politician and philanthropist, 1965-1968 Secretary of Health, Education, and...
Our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become. wisdom
Luck is the chair that suddenly appears when you try to sit between two others. attributed to George Bernard Shaw – Irish writer, Nobel Prize in literature 1925 (1856-1950)
La mode se démode, le style jamais. Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel - Créatrice de mode et femme d'affaires française (1883-1971), cité par Edmonde Charles-Roux dans "Le Temps Chanel" (1979) Fashion fades, style never does. Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel - French Fashion designer and businesswoman (1883-1971), quoted by Edmonde Charles-Roux in "Le Temps Chanel"...
Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future. Oscar Wilde - Irish writer (1854-1900), from "A Woman of No Importance", Third Act (1893)
Ödmjukhet är att icke jämföra sig. Dag H. A. C. Hammarskjöld – svensk jurist, 1953-61 FN:s generalsekreterare, Nobels fredspris postumt 1961 (1905-1961), från en dagboksanteckning från 29:de juli 1959, publicerad i "Vägmärken" (postumt 1963) To be humble is not to make comparisons. Dag H. A. C. Hammarskjöld – Swedish jurist, 1953-61 UN Secretary-General, Nobel Peace Prize posthumously in 1961...
What I need is someone who will make me do what I can. attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson - American writer (1803-1882),
Believing, yet, that no man ever lived a right life who had not been chastened by a woman’s love, strengthened by her courage, and guided by her discretion. John Ruskin - English writer, painter and social philosopher (1819-1900), from the preface from January 1st, 1871, to the Later Editions of "Sesame and Lilies" (1865)
Why do we spend hours on the internet, but only minutes on our knees every day? Dr. Timothy J. Keller – American pastor, theologian, and author, founder Redeemer Presbyterian Church in Manhattan, New York (1950-2023), in a "twitter" message from 8th November 2022 (since 2023 "X")
That in the meantime we die, we are passing over to immortality by death; nor can eternal life follow, unless it should befall us to depart from this life. That is not an ending, but a transit [and, this journey of time being traversed, a passage to eternity]. Quod interim morimur, ad inmortalitatem morte transgredimur nec potest uita aeterna succedere, nisi hinc contigerit exire. Non est...
What gives you opportunities is other people doing dumb things. Warren Buffett - American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (b. 1930), at the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting (May 6th, 2023), Quottions book 2024
If you could invest in only one of your fellow classmates, who would you choose? If you could buy, say, 10% of the future earnings of just one classmate, who would you choose? What would you look for? Warren Buffett - American value investor, Chairman of Berkshire Hathaway (*1930), freely adapted from a lecture to students at the University of Florida School of Business...
As we look for new answers in the modern age, I for one prefer the tried and tested recipes, like speaking well of each other and respecting different points of view; coming together to seek out the common ground; and never losing sight of the bigger picture. Queen Elizabeth II. – British monarch, 1952-2022 Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1926-2022), in her...
Christmas is most truly Christmas when we celebrate it by giving the light of love to those who need it most. Ruth Carter Stapleton - American evangelist (1929-1983), sister of James Earl "Jimmy" Carter jr. (American politician, 1977-81 39th President, Nobel Peace Prize 2002, b. 1924), Quotations book 2023
Heaven is not for good people. Heaven is for forgiven people. Todd Adkins – American pastor and writer, Director of Leadership Development at "LifeWay Christian Resources", in a "Twitter" message from 16th July 2016 (since 2023 "X")
The secret of happiness is to count the highlights of life instead of birthdays. attributed to Mark Twain - born Samuel Langhorne Clemens, American writer (1835-1910)
In sé il potere non è né buono né cattivo, ma riceve il proprio senso solo dalla decisione di colui che lo esercita. Romano Guardini - filosofo religioso cattolico e teologo (1885-1968), da "Il potere" (1951)
Without heroes we"re all plain people and don"t know how far we can go. Bernard Malamud - American novelist (1914-1986), from "The Natural" (1952), Quotations book 2022