Half of the harm that is done
in this world is due to people who
want to feel important. They
don't mean to do harm. But the
harm does not interest them.
?T. S. Eliot
-Importance
The true hypocrite is the one who
ceases to perceive his deception,
the one who lies with sincerity.
?André Gide
-Hypocrisy
Were it not for hope the heart would break.
?Scottish Proverb
-Heart
We can't all be heroes because somebody
has to sit on the curb and clap as they go by.
?Will Rogers
-Heroism
You don't get harmony when
everybody sings the same note.
?Doug Floyd
-Harmony
Love lives on hope, and dies when hope is dead;
It is a flame which sinks for lack of fuel.
?Pierre Corneille
-Hope
The happiness of most people we know
is not ruined by great catastrophes or
fatal errors, but by the repetition of
slowly destructive little things.
?Ernest Dimnet
-Happiness
People who are brutally honest get
more satisfaction out of the brutality
than out of the honesty.
?Richard J. Needham
-Honesty
Honor is like an island, rugged and
without shores; once we have
left it, we can never return.
?Nicolas Boileau
-Honor
Bad habits are like a comfortable bed,
easy to get into, but hard to get out of.
?Anonymous
-Habits
Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you.
?Spanish Proverb
-Gossip
He that is conscious of guilt cannot bear the
innocence of others: So they will try to
reduce all others to their own level.
?Charles James Fox
-Guilt
Grief. The pain now is part of the
happiness then. That's the deal.
?C.S. Lewis
-Grief
Romance is the glamour which turns the
dust of everyday life into a golden haze.
?Elinor Glyn
-Glamour
It is possible to give without loving,
but it is impossible to love without giving.
?Richard Braunstein
-Giving
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
Parents who are afraid to put their foot down
usually have children who step on their toes.
?Chinese Proverb
-Family
While forbidden fruit is said to taste
sweeter, it usually spoils faster.
?Abigail Van Buren
-Forbidden
Don't be dismayed at good-byes. A farewell
is necessary before you can meet again.
And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes,
is certain for those who are friends.
?Richard Bach
-Farewells
Laughter and tears are both responses to
frustration and exhaustion . . . .
I myself prefer to laugh, since there
is less cleaning up to do afterward.
?Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
-Frustration
Fantasies are more than substitutes
for unpleasant reality; they are also
dress rehearsals, plans. All acts performed
in the world begin in the imagination.
?Barbara Grizzuti Harrison
-Fantasies
Since love and fear can hardly coexist
together, if we must choose between them,
it is far safer to be feared than loved.
?Niccolo Machiavelli
-Fear
You may not realize it when it happens, but
a kick in the teeth may be
the best thing in the world for you.
?Walt Disney
-Failure
Every man has a right to be wrong in his opinions.
But no man has a right to be wrong in his facts.
?Bernard Baruch
-Facts
A photograph can be an instant of life
captured for eternity that will
never cease looking back at you.
?Brigitte Bardot
-Eternity
What you don't see with your eyes,
don't witness with your mouth.
?Jewish Proverb
-Eyes
We never forgive those who make us blush.
?Jean-François De La Harpe
-Embarrassment
An extravagance is something that
your spirit thinks is a necessity.
?Bern Williams
( subject: extravagance )
Man will do many things to get
himself loved; he will do all
things to get himself envied.
?Mark Twain
( subject: envy )
Talking and eloquence are not the same:
to speak and to speak well are two things.
A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
?Ben Johnson
( subject: eloquence )
