Famous Quotes & Sayings

Edgar Allan Poe

In for ever knowing, we are for ever blessed; but to know all were the curse of a fiend

Eleanor Roosevelt

One of the blessings of age is to learn not to part on a note of sharpness, to treasure the moments spent with those we love, and to make them whenever possible good to remember, for time is short.

Aristotle

Some things the legislator must find ready to his hand in a state, others he must provide. And therefore we can only say: May our state be constituted in such a manner as to be blessed with the goods of which fortune disposes (for we acknowledge her power): whereas virtue and goodness in the state are not a matter of chance but the result of knowledge and purpose. A city can be virtuous only when the citizens who have a share in the government are virtuous, and in our state all the citizens share in the government;

Aristotle

There is an ideal of excellence for any particular craft or occupation; similarly there must be an excellent that we can achieve as human beings. That is, we can live our lives as a whole in such a way that they can be judged not just as excellent in this respect or in that occupation, but as excellent, period. Only when we develop our truly human capacities sufficiently to achieve this human excellent will we have lives blessed with happiness.

Ben Harper

Try it first And you'll see its a blessing And it's not a curse

Ben Harper

But I would never insult the people that love this music and I would never insult the blessing of music in my life and I would never insult myself by playing uninspired music.

Ben Harper

In my life I have been blessed In my life I have been cursed I have lived the best of times I have suffered the worst Do you know which road you're traveling? Do you know where you want to be? With so many roads to travel, There's just one can set you free.

Ben Harper

My choice is what I choose to do, And if I'm causing no harm, it shouldn't bother you. Your choice is who you choose to be, And if you're causin' no harm, then you're alright with me. If you don't like my fire, then don't come around, 'cause I'm gonna burn one down. Yes, I'm gonna burn one down. Herb the gift from the earth, And what's from the earth is of the greatest worth. So before you knock it try it first, Oh, you'll see it's a blessing and not a curse.

Eddie Van Halen

It makes me feel kind of weird, but obviously the Man Upstairs gave me something and it touches people, and I'm just so blessed.

Earl Nightingale

You'll find boredom where there is the absence of a good idea.

Eliphas Levi

Succeed in not fearing the lion, and the lion will fear YOU. Say to suffering, 'I will that you shall become a pleasure,' and it will prove to be such-- and even more than a pleasure, it will be a blessing.

Dizzy Gillespie

I was blessed that I got married early and had a good wife. That sort of kept me straight. Probably I would have been like Charlie Parker, you know, involved in drugs or alcohol or something like that if I hadn't had this stability.

She said everything's going to be all right, ... The blessed young thing.

O Nanak, the True Guru is always kind and compassionate, unto those whom the Lord Himself has blessed with His Mercy.

O Nanak, blessed is the coming of those who follow the Guru's Teachings and meditate on the Lord.

Charles Dickens

O let us love our occupations,/ Bless the squire and his relations,/ Live upon our daily rations,/ And always know our proper stations.

O my Lord, these are my lowly actions, O my Lord. O Lord, Har, Har, Treasure of Virtue, Merciful Lord, please bless me with Your Grace and forgive me for all my mistakes.

O Motherland! May we,your subjects unite and be 'sweet-speakers'! Bless all of us so that we too could be soft spoken.

O men, the one who enhance their strength, please bless us with knowledge of all kinds.

O Lord! May our ears listen to nothing but auspicious words, may our eyes see nothing but auspicious things, may we have healthy bodies and be blessed with long life.

So many times, Nanak is a sacrifice to Him; fruitful is the Blessed Vision, the Darshan, of my Lord of the Universe.

Sicily is a blessed land. First, because of its geographic position in the Mediterranean. Second, for its history and all the different peoples who have settled there: Arabs, Greeks, Normans, the Swedes. That has made us different from others. We exaggerate, we overdo. We love Greek tragedy. We cry, we fight, sometimes for nothing.

Steve Price

She got a lot of really good experience traveling and playing tougher competition. But it's really a blessing that she came back and played for us her senior year. I think she's really glad she came back out, and we are too.

She felt she had been given such financial blessing and wanted to help others. She really touched a lot of people.

Since we do charge for our work, we do need the permit and licenses, but do it not so much for income but more out of a love of what we're doing. We really do enjoy our work. We're blessed and don't need the extra income, and we're at a stage in our lives where we don't have to do work if we don't want to.

Jason Mraz

Singing and music was my only talent. I've been blessed with this talent. I'm quite pleased with how it all came out,

Now that he has changed the weather, Lion and lamb can vote together. God bless the Russian delegation, I waive consecutive translation.

Leon Jackson

Obviously, ... I feel overjoyed and blessed for this opportunity.

Edie Falco

Nobody signed anything to watch this as long as it's on the air. If they find something else, God bless them.

O. Henry

No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue; and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles

Jordan Farmar

Right after that game I said, I hope this will be a blessing in disguise and we can start something special down the stretch and I think it really did.

People wanting to give and do stuff and communities were organizing efforts and we put the word out on this Friday. Collected two semi-loads. We feel well blessed to get to do it.

Peter was not looked upon as an unmitigated blessing in the early '80s,