Rudyard Kipling Quotes
There are gems of wondrous brightness Ofttimes lying at our feet, And we pass them, walking thoughtless, Down the busy, crowded street. If we knew, our pace would slacken, We would step more oft with care, Lest our careless feet be treading To the earth some jewel rare.Rudyard Kipling
Quotes to Explore
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It's very important to always put things in their historical contexts. It teaches important lessons about the country in question.
Warren Christopher -
I'd end all of the wars. I'd bring all of the troops home and make sure that they're taken care of for life - for what they did protecting our country.
Warren G -
One cannot live without motives. I have no motives left, and I am living.
Emil Cioran -
When I'm on stage, I'm trying to do one thing: bring people joy.
James Brown -
Erotic acts are instinctive; they fulfill a role in nature. The idea is familiar, but it is one that contains a paradox: there is nothing more natural than sexual desire; there is nothing less natural than the forms in which it is made manifest and satisfied.
Octavio Paz -
There is no power or authority without responsibility, and he who accepts the one cannot escape or evade the other.
Haile Selassie
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He who gives himself to a lover because he is a good man, and in the hope that he will be improved by his company, shows himself to be virtuous, even though the object of his affection turn out to be a villain, and to have no virtue; and if he is deceived he has committed a noble error. For he has proved that for his part he will do anything for anybody with a view to virtue and improvement, than which there can be nothing nobler.
Plato -
Let my heart be wise. It is the gods' best gift.
Euripides -
The health of society thus depends quite as much on the independence of the individuals composing it as on their close political cohesion.
Albert Einstein -
He who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.
Confucius -
Everything in nature is a cause from which there flows some effect.
Baruch Spinoza -
It cannot be too often or too forcibly brought home to us that the hope of the profession is with the men who do its daily work in general practice.
William Osler
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Time decides who you meet in life, your heart decides who you want in your life, and your behavior decides who stays in your life.
Ziad K. Abdelnour -
News is the most — the most human thing there is, reflecting the changing picture of our daily lives and the world around us. Fleeting, of course, but essential. A free press is the most vital and important element in a democracy. Why, you can always tell when democracy is threatened because attempts are made to stifle free expression and keep people from knowing what is going on and forming their own judgments.” She added thoughtfully, “It is terrible to see news distorted and falsified for private ends or personal gain or to engender hatred or serve totalitarian purposes as has happened abroad and is happening here every day.
Emilie Loring -
Relationships are like bubbles – they’re fragile.
Michael Douglas -
Behind every dark cloud there is an every-shining sun. Just wait. In time, the cloud will pass.
Marianne Williamson -
There are gems of wondrous brightness Ofttimes lying at our feet, And we pass them, walking thoughtless, Down the busy, crowded street. If we knew, our pace would slacken, We would step more oft with care, Lest our careless feet be treading To the earth some jewel rare.
Rudyard Kipling