Nescio Quid Quotes & Sayings

The mental mist of ambiguity and the fog of ambivalence hamper human existence. — Kilroy J. Oldster

Something greater than the Iliad now springs to birth -Nescio quid maius nascitur Iliade — Propertius

Something is always wanting to incomplete fortune.
[Lat., Curtae nescio quid semper abest rei.] — Horace

I may have had many projects, but I never was free to carry out any of them. It did me little good to be holding the helm; no matter how strong my hands, the sudden and numerous waves were stronger still, and I was wise enough to yield to them rather than resist them obstinately and make the ship founder. Thus I never was truly my own master but was always ruled by circumstances. — Napoleon Bonaparte

I think it's very human, the hope that an all-encompassing love will change us into someone else, someone better. That this hope usually turns out to be false makes it no less human; the world is full of hopes far more unlikely than being transformed by love. — Jennifer Finney Boylan

Program your mind with what God says about you and a transformation will take place. — Joel Osteen

Fro and to in my dreams to you
To the haunting tune of the harp
For the price I paid when you died that day
I paid that day with my heart
Fro and to in my dreams to you
With the breaking of my heart
Ne'er more again will I sing this song
Ne'er more will I hear the harp. — Maggie Stiefvater

Every great accomplishment has its share of struggle, adversity and pain. Great achievement cannot exist without them. To reap the rewards of success in our marriages, in the lives of our children, and in our professional careers we must be prepared to push through some pretty tough moments. But trust me... on the other side of that struggle awaits an intrinsic reward that is worth more than gold. ~Jason Versey — Jason Versey

Things change in different countries as people grow, and as generations change. — Shannon Elizabeth