Quotes 6201 till 6220 of 6249.
-
Man can learn nothing unless he proceeds from the known to the unknown.
-
No one who has lived even for a fleeting moment for something other than life in its conventional sense and has experienced the exaltation that this feeling produces can then renounce his new freedom so easily.
-
Nothing can have as its destination anything other than its origin. The contrary idea, the idea of progress, is poison.
-
One can be a brother only in something. Where there is no tie that binds men, men are not united but merely lined up.
-
One can endure sorrow alone, but it takes two to be glad.
-
One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.
-
One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
-
One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.
-
Only he can understand what a farm is, what a country is, who shall have sacrificed part of himself to his farm or country, fought to save it, struggled to make it beautiful. Only then will the love of farm or country fill his heart.
-
Only passions, great passions can elevate the soul to great things.
-
Only the great can afford to have great defects.
-
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
-
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
-
Orthodoxy is the diehard of the world of thought. It learns not, neither can it forget.
-
Pain and fear and hunger are effects of causes which can be foreseen and known: but sorrow is a debt which someone else makes for us.
-
People that are really weird can get into sensitive positions and have a tremendous impact on history.
-
Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting.
-
Some tension is necessary for the soul to grow, and we can put that tension to good use. We can look for every opportunity to give and receive love, to appreciate nature, to heal our wounds and the wounds of others, to forgive, and to serve.
All can-opener famous quotes and sayings you will always find on greatest-quotations.com (page 311)
