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2007-01-25 21:01:38 · 13 answers · asked by juan carlo z 2 in Education & Reference Quotations

13 answers

a mans reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?

2007-01-25 21:06:22 · answer #1 · answered by David B 6 · 0 0

The secret of happiness is to make others believe they are the cause of it.

You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you. Dale Carnegie

All people want is someone to listen. Hugh Elliott

To accomplish great things, we must dream as well as act.
Anatole France (1844 - 1924)

The wisest men follow their own direction. Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC)

The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naive forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. Thomas Szasz

It really doesn't matter if the person who hurt you deserves to be forgiven. Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself. You have things to do and you want to move on.

When the character of a man is not clear to you, look at his friends. Japanese Proverb

The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want. Ben Stein

Change your thoughts and you change your world. Norman Vincent Peale

A goal without a plan is just a wish. Antoine de Saint-Exupery

The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you're willing to work. Oprah Winfrey

Hope that helps!

2007-01-26 07:48:13 · answer #2 · answered by Sarah S 3 · 0 0

“ If you don’t know where your going.
Any road will take you there.”
George Harrison

If you always do what you always did,
you will always get what you always got.

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance;
the wise man grows it under his feet.

Never mistake knowledge for wisdom, one helps you make a living,
the other helps you make a life.
James Oppenheim

You don’t get harmony when everybody sings the same note.

If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.
Doug Floyd

Learn to pause . . . or nothing worthwhile will catch up to you.

Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,
but by the moments that take our breath away.

“ If you can read this thank a teacher and since it’s in English, thank a soldier !! ”

2007-01-27 04:00:26 · answer #3 · answered by DeeJay 7 · 0 0

Challenges are what make life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
-Joshua J. Marine

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.
-William Ellery Channing

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
-Mark Twain

Life's challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, they're supposed to help you discover who you are.
-Bernice Johnson Reagon

2007-01-26 13:59:56 · answer #4 · answered by rose 2 · 0 0

I have a few and sadly I can't tell you who said them.....
"you never know how highyou can fly until you spread you're wings"
"Worry not where you're footsteps will take you, more the impression they will leave behind"
"true happiness lies not, in getting all the things you want, rather in wanting all things you already have"

2007-01-26 08:18:57 · answer #5 · answered by chasin_jasen 2 · 0 0

This is my personal favourite
"If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And--which is more--you'll be a Man, my son!"

2007-01-26 07:31:40 · answer #6 · answered by Master Bait 2 · 0 0

Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid..Han Solo

2007-01-26 17:05:11 · answer #7 · answered by brokerman74067 4 · 0 0

"The young have aspirations that never come to pass, the old have reminiscences of what never happened. It's only the middle-aged who are really conscious of their limitations".
-SAKI

2007-01-26 07:01:19 · answer #8 · answered by hyder_pillai 2 · 0 0

If ignorance isn't bliss then I don't know what is.

Even a blind pig occasionally finds an acorn.

2007-01-26 05:14:23 · answer #9 · answered by enirgo 2 · 0 0

Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth. ~Mohammed Ali

2007-01-26 05:11:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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