Psyblog Understand Quotes & Sayings

Well, I am rather afraid of that visit," said Clifford. "It seems to me it will be rather like going to school again."
The Baroness looked at him a moment.
"My dear child," she said, "there is no agreeable man who has not, at some moment, been to school to a clever woman
probably a little older than himself. And you must be thankful when you get your instructions gratis. With me you would get it gratis. — Henry James

If pride is a sin ... moral pride is the greatest sin. — John Irving

We should not say how's business, but where is business — Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar

If you don't burn out at the end of each day, you're a bum. — George Lois

I seek in books only to give myself pleasure by honest amusement; or if I study, I seek only the learning that treats of the knowledge of myself and instructs me in how to die well and live well. — Michel De Montaigne

You shall go west, and face the god who has turned. His buddy on the right looked up and said in the same voice: You shall find what was stolen, and see it safely returned. The guy on the left threw in two poker chips, then said: You shall be betrayed by one who calls you a friend. Finally, Eddie, our building super, delivered the worst line of all: And you shall fail to save what matters most, in the end. — Rick Riordan

Mary Woolley wasn't only a suffragist; she was also a feminist. "Feminism is not a prejudice," she said, "It is a principle. — Jill Lepore

God loves us beyond comprehension, and we cannot diminish God's love for us. — Saint Peter

There was nothing left but memories and regret. I dreaded them both. They burned like fire, ate through to my core like acid and cut as deeply as knives. Who the hell could take day after day of that? I sure couldn't. — Kendall Banks

How much good can you do today? How much love can you give? How much care and kind attention? — Ron Kaufman

If we keep a goal firmly in mind, we will know when we have reached it. This gives us a sense of accomplishment and the challenge of establishing fresh, new goals - always keeping the long-range objective in mind. If we can state our goals clearly, we will gain a purpose and meaning in all our actions. — Ezra Taft Benson

I read an interview where someone said, 'It's a shame that anyone can make a movie now,' and I feel the exact opposite. — Jason Blum

Call me a 'hopeless romantic'? I'm a romantic, but I'm not hopeless. I know there are good people out there; and that at least one of them is right for me. I won't let you convince me to settle for less. — Steve Maraboli

Uniqueness was something my mother pounded into me. — Sandra Bullock

Goblins are well-rounded, though you'd never think it from the dastard tales folk tell of us. For example, I enjoy stamp collecting as well as haggling. — Catherynne M Valente