Pithy Homespun Wisdom Quotes & Sayings

Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students. — Solomon Ortiz

Without changing one's self, without peace in one's self, world peace is not possible. — Dalai Lama

I pray for my mother. That if she can't ever recover what she's lost or what she's losing, that she not feel like she's lost. I pray that we make her feel necessary and valued as long as possible. That she comes to know comfort, even if I can't provide it myself. — Terry McMillan

Good. Illegal is always faster. — Eoin Colfer

And then the leaves break out on the trees, and the petals drop from the fruit trees and carpet the earth with pink and white. The centers of the blossoms swell and grow and color: cherries and apples, peaches and pears, figs which close the flower in the fruit. All California quickens with produce, and the fruit grows heavy, and the limbs bend gradually under the fruit so that little crutches must be placed under them to support the weight. — John Steinbeck

I believe the Gods hate to be bored, so I do my best to amuse them. That way they smile on me. Your God,' Merlin said sourly, 'despises amusement, demanding grovelling worship instead. He must be a very sorry creature. — Bernard Cornwell

Originally, I had planned to study tourism and revolution, which seemed to me to name the two poles of modern consciousness--a willingness to accept, even venerate, things as they are on the one hand, a desire to transform things on the other. — Dean MacCannell

In his Treatise on Human Nature, the Scots philosopher David Hume posed the issue in the following way (as rephrased in the now famous black swan problem by John Stuart Mill): No amount of observations of white swans can allow the inference that all swans are white, but the observation of a single black swan is sufficient to refute that conclusion. — Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Have you beauty, that leads the heart from things fashioned of wood and stone to the holy mountain? — Kahlil Gibran

But I'm very happy with my life the way it has been turning out. A little time in the country, a little time with the animals and working on behalf of them. — Mary Tyler Moore

He who cannot swim should neither chase the dolphins nor play with sharks. For him disaster awaits like sunrise. — J. Loren Norris

One-on-one approaches to overcoming abuse work well only when the wider community pulls together to create an environment in which the victims are supported and the abusers held accountable. — Lundy Bancroft

I think when people go into something for the right reasons, you're going to get a better film; you're going to get more intimacy and a stronger foundation of trust. — Steve James

Understanding comes out of immense love, which is harder to get in life. — Debolina Bhawal

The most creative and most periods of my life that were, had the most growth, were the ones where I was perceived to be failing. Perceived success is a, is really hard 'cause it doesn't really, it's not asking you to grow, see failure is asking you to grow. — Ethan Hawke

Performing is my passion. Being onstage is at once exhilarating, beguiling, and fulfilling. But it's hard. — Monica Raymund