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inspirational inspiring time
Charles Caleb Colton The greatest friend of truth is Time, her greatest enemy is Prejudice, and her constant companion is Humility.
inspirational mean literature
Charles Caleb Colton Many speak the truth when they say that they despise riches, but they mean the riches possessed by others.
inspirational opportunity men
Charles Dickens Some happy talent, and some fortunate opportunity, may form the two sides of the ladder on which some men mount, but the rounds of that ladder must be made of stuff to stand wear and tear; and there is no substitute for thorough-going, ardent, and sincere earnestness.
inspirational anchors let-it-go
Charles Dickens "Hope, you see, Wal'r," said the Captain, sagely, "Hope. It's that as animates you. Hope is a buoy, for which you overhaul your Little Warbler, sentimental diwision, but Lord, my lad, like any other buoy, it only floats; it can't be steered nowhere. Along with the figure-head of Hope,' said the Captain, 'there's a anchor; but what's the good of my having a anchor, if I can't find no bottom to let it go in?"
inspirational boys mind
Charles Dickens "Hope to the last!" said Newman, clapping him on the back. "Always hope; that's dear boy. Never leave off hoping; it don't answer. Do you mind me, Nick? it don't answer. Don't leave a stone unturned. It's always something, to know you've done the most you could. But, don't leave off hoping, or it's of no use doing anything. Hope, hope, to the last!"
inspirational eye shining
Charles Dickens ... The sun does not shine upon this fair earth to meet frowning eyes, depend upon it.
inspirational believe eye
Charles Dickens "Walter," she said, looking full upon him with her affectionate eyes, "like you, I hope for better things. I will pray for them, and believe that they will arrive."
inspirational communication expectations
Charles Dickens Now, I return to this young fellow. And the communication I have got to make is, that he has great expectations.
freedom butterfly liberty
Charles Dickens I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free.
freedom butterfly deny
Charles Dickens I only ask to be free. The butterflies are free. Mankind will surely not deny to Harold Skimpole what it concedes to the butterflies.
freedom tyrants mind
Charles Caleb Colton Tyrants have not yet discovered any chains that can fetter the mind.
freedom water leaving
Alan Watts As muddy water is best cleared by leaving it alone, it could be argued that those who sit quietly and do nothing are making one of the best possible contributions to a world in turmoil.
freedom disappointment ego
Chogyam Trungpa Enlightenment is ego's ultimate disappointment.
freedom nice air
Chogyam Trungpa When you drop your unnecessary things, you finally can swoop and fly in vast space. It is so blue, so bright, and so nice, so airy and fresh. You can stretch your wings and breathe the air. You can do anything you want. You have experienced cheerfulness and joy, and finally the bliss of freedom occurs in you.
freedom balance stubborn
Edward Gibbon A martial nobility and stubborn commons, possessed of arms, tenacious of property, and collected into constitutional assemblies form the only balance capable of preserving a free constitution against the enterprise of an aspiring prince
freedom believe past
Arnold J. Toynbee We human beings do have some genuine freedom of choice and therefore some effective control over our own destinies. I am not a determinist. But I also believe that the decisive choice is seldom the latest choice in the series. More often than not, it will turn out to be some choice made relatively far back in the past.
freedom power political
Arnold J. Toynbee The last stage but one of every civilisation, is characterised by the forced political unification of its constituent parts, into a single greater whole.
memorable thoughtful men
Charles Spurgeon But no thoughtful man's life is uninteresting or devoid of marvels. A sincere life cannot be empty of memorable occurrences.
memorable assets irrational
Alan Greenspan How do we know when irrational exuberance has unduly escalated asset values?
memorable autumn march
William Shakespeare Beware the ides of March.
memorable player government
Kurt Vonnegut Why were so many Americans treated by their government as though their lives were as disposable as facial tissues? Because that was the way authors customarily treated bit-part players in their made-up tales.
memorable thinking mind
Kurt Vonnegut I think it can be tremendously refreshing if a creator of literature has something on his mind other than the history of literature so far. Literature should not disappear up its own asshole, so to speak.
memorable intelligent thinking
Kurt Vonnegut I was taught that the human brain was the crowning glory of evolution so far, but I think it's a very poor scheme for survival.
memorable complaining would-be
Agnes Repplier The tourist may complain of other tourists, but he would be lost without them.
memorable home unique
Bob Marshall Swift or smooth, broad as the Hudson or narrow enough to scrape your gunwales, every river is a world of its own, unique in pattern and personality. Each mile on a river will take you further from home than a hundred miles on a road.
memorable thinking soul
William Shakespeare I pray you bear me henceforth from the noise and rumour of the field, where I may think the remnant of my thoughts in peace, and part of this body and my soul with contemplation and devout desires.