My Quotes Collection 14

(Collection of quotes by Turlapati Sambasivarao) 

A language is something infinitely greater than grammar and philology. It is the poetic testament of the genius of a race and a culture, and the living embodiment of the thoughts and fancies that have moulded them” ― Jawaharlal Nehru, The Discovery of India 

Loyal and efficient work in a great cause, even though it may not be immediately recognized, ultimately bears fruit. Jawaharlal Nehru

Every child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man. Rabindranath Tagore  

People's behavior makes sense if you think about it in terms of their goals, needs, and motives. Thomas Mann 

Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat. Anais Nin 

The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery. Anais Nin 

You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty. Louisa May Alcott 

Ordinary riches can be stolen; real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that cannot be taken from you. Oscar Wilde

It may be that our role on this planet is not to worship God - but to create him. Arthur C. Clarke 

Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one. Indira Gandhi 

We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures. Thornton Wilder 

Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too. Will Smith

Every individual has a place to fill in the world and is important in some respect whether he chooses to be so or not. Nathaniel Hawthorne 

If you have anything really valuable to contribute to the world it will come through the expression of your own personality, that single spark of divinity that sets you off and makes you different from every other living creature. Bruce Barton 

Creative activity could be described as a type of learning process where teacher and pupil are located in the same individual. Arthur Koestler 

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. Winston Churchill

When unhappy, one doubts everything; when happy, one doubts nothing. Joseph Roux

Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance. Saint Augustine 

The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. William Wordsworth

Mankind's role is to fulfil his heaven-sent purpose through a sincere heart that is in harmony with all creation and loves all things. Morihei Ueshiba 

The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up. Mark Twain 

The main object of religion is not to get a man into heaven, but to get heaven into him. Thomas Hardy 

Where mercy, love, and pity dwell, there God is dwelling too. William Blake

The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.William Blake

Then there is a still higher type of courage - the courage to brave pain, to live with it, to never let others know of it and to still find joy in life; to wake up in the morning with an enthusiasm for the day ahead. Howard Cosell  

Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. Ralph Waldo Emerson

The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which mean never losing your enthusiasm. Aldous Huxley

There is in us a lyric germ or nucleus which deserves respect; it bids a man to ponder or create; and in this dim corner of himself he can take refuge and find consolations which the society of his fellow creatures does not provide. Norman Douglas 

To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless. Gilbert K. Chesterton 

If you ask what is the single most important key to longevity, I would have to say it is avoiding worry, stress and tension. And if you didn't ask me, I'd still have to say it. George Burns

Life at any time can become difficult: life at any time can become easy. It all depends upon how one adjusts oneself to life. Morarji Desai 

The trouble with life isn't that there is no answer, it's that there are so many answers. Ruth Benedict  

Every heart that has beat strongly and cheerfully has left a hopeful impulse behind it in the world, and bettered the tradition of mankind. Robert Louis Stevenson 

Your vision will become clear only when you can look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes. Carl Jung

Every day we should hear at least one little song, read one good poem, see one exquisite picture, and, if possible, speak a few sensible words. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 

The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 

The workings of the human heart are the profoundest mystery of the universe. One moment they make us despair of our kind, and the next we see in them the reflection of the divine image. Charles W. Chesnutt 

Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable. Leo Rosten 

The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul. Johann Sebastian Bach 

Contemplation often makes life miserable. We should act more, think less, and stop watching ourselves live. Nicolas Chamfort 

This is what I learned: that everybody is talented, original and has something important to say. Brenda Ueland 

Goodness makes greatness truly valuable, and greatness make goodness much more serviceable. Matthew Henry

When you're more valuable, the people around you will do more to make it work. Sheryl Sandberg

Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back. Herodotus 

Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music. Marcel Marceau 

Expression, to a great extent, is a matter of terms, and terms are anyone's. The meaning of 'God' may have a billion interpretations if there be that many souls in the world. Charles Ives  

Don't forget that compared to a grownup person every baby is a genius. Think of the capacity to learn! The freshness, the temperament, the will of a baby a few months old! May Sarton 

A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist. Louis Nizer

The tragedy of life is in what dies inside a man while he lives - the death of genuine feeling, the death of inspired response, the awareness that makes it possible to feel the pain or the glory of other men in yourself. Norman Cousins 

If something comes to life in others because of you, then you have made an approach to immortality. Norman Cousins

Life is like music; it must be composed by ear, feeling, and instinct, not by rule. Samuel Butler 

  

There is no true gracefulness which is not epitomized goodness. Samuel Butle 

Great minds are to make others great. Their superiority is to be used, not to break the multitude to intellectual vassalage, not to establish over them a spiritual tyranny, but to rouse them from lethargy, and to aid them to judge for themselves. William Ellery Channing 

We can be tired, weary and emotionally distraught, but after spending time alone with God, we find that He injects into our bodies energy, power and strength. Charles Stanley 

I don't think you should meet the people you most admire. I don't want reality to interfere with my image. Ayumi Hamasaki

 

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much. William Hazlitt 

Begin to see yourself as a soul with a body rather than a body with a soul. Wayne Dyer

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained. Marie Curie  

A good heart is better than all the heads in the world. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton 

Every person, all the events of your life are there because you have drawn them there. What you choose to do with them is up to you. Richard Bach 

Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart. Washington Irving 

Your best friend and worst enemy are both in this room right now. It's not your neighbor right or left - and it's not God or the devil - it's you. Edwin Louis Cole 

God has two dwellings; one in heaven, and the other in a meek and thankful heart. Izaak Walton 

God never did make a more calm, quiet, innocent recreation than angling. Izaak Walton

Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue. Izaak Walton

An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. Albert Camus 

    

At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one's lost self. Brendan Francis  

           

There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope. Bernard Williams 

Life is a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of a future beyond knowledge, the quality that gives a touch of divinity to matter. Charles Lindbergh 

The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper. Eden Phillpotts