Cerminan Diri Quotes & Sayings

I wish to preach, not the doctrine of ignoble ease, but the doctrine of the strenuous life, the life of toil and effort, of labor and strife; to preach that highest form of success which comes, not to the man who desires mere easy peace, but to the man who does not shrink from danger, from hardship, or from bitter toil, and who out of these wins the splendid ultimate triumph. — Theodore Roosevelt

What I want to say is this: I'm going to turn 20 soon. Part of what Kizuki and I shared when we were 16 and 17 has already vanished, and no amount of crying is going to bring that back. — Haruki Murakami

Nonviolence is a weapon of the strong. — Mahatma Gandhi

Humans were so preoccupied with love. They were all desperate to form an attachment to one person they could refer to as their other half. It seemed from my reading of literature that being in love meant becoming the beloveds entire world. The rest of the universe paled into insignificance compared to the lovers. When they were separated, each fell into a melancholy state, and only when they were reunited did their hearts start beating again. Only when they were together could really see the colors of the world. When they were apart, that color leached away, leaving everything a hazy gray. I lay in bed, wondering about the intensity of this emotion that was so irrational and so irrefutably human. What if a persons face was so sacred to you it was permanently inscribed in your memory? What if their smell and touch were dearer to you than life itself? — Alexandra Adornetto

Our work is the embodiment of our will. The spiritual manifestation of this work is its effect. When such work is properly done it brings happiness, and when carried out incorrectly it assuredly brings misery. Humanity! Your will is paramount! You can command Nature if you but obey her! — Viktor Schauberger

My first movie ever was 'Breaking Away.' I stumbled into an incredible part in a movie that was incredible to be a part of. Peter Yates, the director, became a lifelong friend. He sort of plucked me from obscurity and gave me a life. — Daniel Stern

Work, work, proletarians, to increase social wealth and your individual poverty; work, work, in order that becoming poorer, you may have more reason to work and become miserable. Such is the inexorable law of capitalist production. — Paul Lafargue

Thinkers educate the world.
Dreamers inspire the world.
Helpers improve the world.
Doers change the world. — Matshona Dhliwayo

It never was in the power of any man or any community to call the arts into being. They come to serve his actual wants, never to please his fancy. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The price of freedom is to allow freedom. Very few people are willing to pay the price. — Leonard Jacobson

Not a lawyer but carries within him the debris of a poet. — Gustave Flaubert

I don't know anyone in the hunting or sporting arena that goes out with an assault rifle. — Joe Manchin

I'm obsessed by the idea of making my mark on history. And Arsenal is my paradise. — Thierry Henry

I never eat standing up, I never eat in front of the refrigerator. I treat myself very formally with meals. I don't watch TV or read. It's a little bit of a ritual, and it's more enjoyable. — Mark Morris

But we know that just because we want something does not mean that we will get what we want, — Madeleine L'Engle