Great famous quotes - Page 91

Inspiration

It is only with the heart that o…

3 Mar , 2011  

It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye. Saint-Exupéry, Antoine

Happiness

It is pretty hard to tell what d…

3 Mar , 2011  

It is pretty hard to tell what does bring happiness; perty and wealth have both failed. Hubbard, Kin

Marriage

It is so far from being natural …

3 Mar , 2011  

It is so far from being natural for a man and woman to live in a state of marriage, that we find all the motives which they have for remaining in that connection, and the restraints which civilised society imposes to prevent separation, are hardly sufficient to keep them together. Johnson, Samuel

Age

It is sobering to consider that …

3 Mar , 2011  

It is sobering to consider that when Mozart was my age he had already been dead for a year. Lehrer, Tom

Beauty

It is something to be able to pa…

3 Mar , 2011  

It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful; but it is far moreglorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look, which morally we can do. To affect the quality of the day, that […]

Business

It is the business of thought to…

3 Mar , 2011  

It is the business of thought to define things, to find the boundaries; thought, indeed, is a ceaseless process of definition. It is the business of Art to give things shape. Anyone who takes no delight in the firm outline of an object, or in its essential character, has no artistic sense…. Palmer, Vance

Avarice

It is the child of avarice, the …

3 Mar , 2011  

It is the child of avarice, the brother of iniquity, and the father of mischief. Washington, George

Success

It is the constant fault and ins…

3 Mar , 2011  

It is the constant fault and inseparable evil quality of ambition, that it never looks behind it. Seneca

Understanding

It is the duty of the human unde…

3 Mar , 2011  

It is the duty of the human understanding to understand that there are things which it cannot understand, and what those things are. Human understanding has vulgarly occupied itself with nothing but understanding, but if it would only take the trouble to understand itself at the same time it would simply have to posit the […]

Age

It is the failing of youth not t…

3 Mar , 2011  

It is the failing of youth not to be able to restrain its own violence. Seneca

Children

It is the malady of our age that…

3 Mar , 2011  

It is the malady of our age that the young are so busy teaching us that they have no time left to learn. Hoffer, Eric

Action

It is the mark of a good action …

3 Mar , 2011  

It is the mark of a good action that it appears inevitable in retrospect. Stevenson, Robert Louis