Francis Bret Harte Quotes & Sayings

According to the UNDP (United Nations Development Programme), 54 per cent of Pakistanis face 'multi-dimentional deprivation'. meaning they lack access to proper education and health facilities and a decent standard of living. Almost two-thirds of the country lives on less than US$2 a day and about 40 per cent of Pakistani children suffer from chronic malnutrition. How can Pakistan be called an Islamic society? — Imran Khan

When I was 15, all I knew was that I had to be somebody and that I could be somebody. So I exploited the only thing I knew, which was singing and songwriting. — Juan Gabriel

Accept - then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it. — Eckhart Tolle

Bottomless wonders spring from simple rules, which are repeated without end. — Benoit Mandelbrot

When the ancient Egyptians finished building the pyramids, they had built the pyramids. — Anne Lamott

If you open a book and find that the writer is trying to impress you with his knowledge of long, unusual words or by his use of foreign phrases, close the book quickly with no sense of loss or of deficiency or of having missed anything; for the author has not learned how to write and perhaps never will, and there is no need for you to offer yourself as a sounding board for his incompetence. — Burton Rascoe

People say hate is like a poison - but they're wrong. It's like a drug. You never forget your first hit, how it seduces you with its strength and power, and takes you completely by storm. It colors your world in light and meaning, until you wonder how you ever managed to get by without it. And then, eventually, you get to a point where you can't. It takes over your life, until hating becomes your reason for living. — Nenia Campbell

I have a lot of great memories, but I can't imagine anything more exciting than the life I have now. — Rob Lowe

The natural human reaction is to greet hatred with hatred, revenge by revenge. That's the natural genetic reaction. — David Brooks

Through service to others, we develop a Christlike love and we experience joy. Service teaches patience and long-suffering as well as gentleness, goodness, and faith. — Merrill J. Bateman

As a kid I had a dream - I wanted to own my own bicycle. When I got the bike I must have been the happiest boy in Liverpool, maybe the world. I lived for that bike. Most kids left their bike in the backyard at night. Not me. I insisted on taking mine indoors and the first night I even kept it in my bed. — John Lennon

Everybody needs a way out of that pain. Many people choose drugs and alcohol. Some people obsessively exercise or develop strange dietary habits, which is what I did. At least it got me toward a path of healthier living. — Mariel Hemingway

If you tell the truth, you have infinite power supporting you; but if not, you have infinite power against you. — Charles George Gordon

Rich people buy luxuries last, while the poor and middle class tend to buy luxuries first. — Robert Kiyosaki

One day, son, you're gonna find yourself your everything. When you do, you tell her. And then you make sure you live it. Live it every day. — Jamie Farrell