Vows made in storms are forgotten in calms.
?English Proverb ( vow )
A feeling of sadness and longing that is not akin to pain,
and resembles sorrow only as the mist resembles the rain.
?Henry Wadsworth Longfellow ( nostalgia )
Praising what is lost
Makes the remembrance dear.
?William Shakespeare ( loss )
It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.
?Seneca ( abuse )
Grace has been defined as the outward expression
of the inward harmony of the soul.
?William Hazlitt ( grace )
Being a sex symbol has to do with an attitude, not looks.
Most men think it's looks, most women know otherwise.
?Kathleen Turner ( sensuality )
Confession is always weakness. The grave soul keeps its own secrets,
and takes its own punishment in silence.
?Dorothy Dix ( secrets )
Tell your friend a lie. If he keeps it secret, then tell him the truth.
?Portugese Proverb ( secrets )
I guess when you turn off the main road,
you have to be prepared to see some funny houses.
?Richard Bachman (Steven King) ( sanity )
You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel,
but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.
?Pearl Buck ( feelings )
If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.
?Maya Angelou ( fantasy )
Failures are like skinned knees -- painful, but superficial.
?H. Ross Perot ( failure )
Don't worry so much about your self-esteem. Worry more
about your character. Integrity is its own reward.
?Laura Schlessinger ( honesty )
When the habitually even-tempered suddenly fly into a passion,
that explosion is apt to be more impressive
than the outburst of the most violent amongst us.
?Margery Allingham ( temper )
The two most misused words in the entire English
vocabulary are love and friendship. A true friend would die
for you, so when you start counting them on one hand,
you don't need many fingers.
?Larry Flynt ( love )
Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature .
?Charles Dickens ( abstinence )
A truly strong person does not need the approval of others
any more than a lion needs the approval of sheep.
?Vernon Howard ( character )
Ah, well, the truth is always one thing, but in a way it's the other thing,
the gossip, that counts. It shows where people's hearts lie.
?Paul Scott ( gossip )
To know someone here or there with whom
you can feel there is understanding in spite of distances
or thoughts expressed. That can make life a garden.
?Goethe ( understanding )
When a society abandons its ideals just because most
people can't live up to them, behavior gets very ugly indeed.
?Judith Martin (Miss Manners) ( author )
Too long a sacrifice
Can make a stone of the heart.
?William Butler Yeats ( author )
The truth is, laughter always sounds more perfect than weeping.
Laughter flows in a violent riff and is effortlessly melodic.
Weeping is often fought, choked, half
strangled, or surrendered to with humiliation.
?Anne Rice ( weeping )
