COMPASSION

Affirmation of life is the spiritual act by which man ceases to live thoughtlessly and begins to devote himself to his life
with reverence in order to give it true value.
— Albert Schweitzer

2/08/2013

Quotes

"Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out" 
 -  Anton Chekhov


 I'm not one of those complicated, mixed-up cats. I'm not looking for the secret to life... I just go on from day to day, taking what comes.
- Frank Sinatra


 Gambling: The sure way of getting nothing for something.
Wilson Mizner

  


For the meaning of life differs from man to man, from day to day and from hour to hour. What matters, therefore, is not the meaning of life in general but rather the specific meaning of a person's life at a given moment.

- Viktor E. Frankl


Never mind what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you are a success.
- William J. H. Boetcker
  For this purpose I determined to keep an account of the voyage, and to write down punctually every thing we performed or saw from day to day, as will hereafter appear.
- Christopher Columbus
 Lose not yourself in a far off time, seize the moment that is thine.
- Friedrich Schiller


He who considers too much will perform little.
- Friedrich Schiller



 He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.
- Friedrich Schiller


 Don't talk about yourself; it will be done when you leave.
- Wilson Mizner


 To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.
- Wilson Mizner

 

 Do not be desirous of having things done quickly. Do not look at small advantages. Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly. Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished.
- Wilson Mizner




A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something.
- Wilson Mizner


 A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
- George Bernard Shaw



 We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.
- George Bernard Shaw



A fool's brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence University education.
- George Bernard Shaw
 
 
Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
- George Bernard Shaw



Just do what must be done. This may not be happiness, but it is greatness.
- George Bernard Shaw


 

People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
- George Bernard Shaw



 We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
- George Bernard Shaw



The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.
- George Bernard Shaw 





 

 
 

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