February 16th Quotes & Sayings

It is better to spend one day contemplating the birth and death of all things than a hundred years never contemplating beginnings and endings. — Gautama Buddha

The commonwealth is sick of their own choice;
Their over-greedy love has surfeited.
An habitation giddy and unsure
Hath he that buildeth on the vulgar heart. — William Shakespeare

Ah! How contrary are the teachings of Jesus to the feelings of nature! Without the help of His grace it would be impossible not only to put them into practice, but to even understand them. — Therese De Lisieux

If we let go of things, our life is going to change.
And the reality is that we are actually more afraid of change than we are of death. — Caroline Myss

4For God said : Do your duty fob your father and mother and : Anyone who curses father or mother must be put to death." 5But you say, 'If anyone says to his father or mother: Anything I have that I might have used to help you is dedicated to God,' 6he is rid of his duty to father or mother. In this way you have made God's word null and void by means of your tradition. 7Hypocrites! It was you Isaiah meant when he so rightly prophesied: 8This people honors me only with lip service, while their hearts are far from me. — Anonymous

Even the cruel feel pain. And even the cruel can change. — Pierce Brown

RESPOND POSITIVELY TO LIFE. Develop a positive self-image.Your image, your reactions to life and your decisions are completely within your control. — Napoleon Hill

This is the time for black people to stand and be counted. — Allan Dare Pearce

You've always said I should have an inquiring mind," she said.
"I have. But not an interrupting one. — John Flanagan

We must see that music theory is not only about music, but about how people process it. To understand any art, we must look below its surface into the psychological details of its creation and absorption. — Marvin Minsky

It's a funny thing about love: you don't need to have it returned to love somebody. Loving's enough.
A Prologue to Love — Taylor Caldwell

Mere brave speech without action is letting off useless steam. — Mahatma Gandhi

A library of mostly unread books is far more inspiring than a library of books already read. There's nothing more exciting than finishing a book, and walking over to your shelves to figure out what you're going to read next.
[The Wonderful and Terrible Habit of Buying Too Many Books, PWxyz (news blog of Publishers Weekly), February 16th, 2012] — Gabe Habash