Sailboating On Lake Quotes & Sayings

There are works of literature whose influence is strong but indirect because it is mediated through the whole of the culture rather than immediately through imitation. Wordsworth is the case that comes to mind. — J.M. Coetzee

Students may not remember what you try to teach them, but they will never forget who you are and what feelings you created in their mind. — Debasish Mridha

In India, the past refuses to die, undisturbed by new realities. — Paul William Roberts

The problem with dictatorships - as I read somewhere recently - and with poisonous ideologies, too, is that they are like sharks. They must keep moving forward or die. What caused their aggression is not what you did. It's who they are. — Robert A. Heinlein

Enthusiasm is ever a gracious, pardonable thing, because in its essentials are youth and zeal and all high, white-hot qualities whose roots strike not in the base earth. — Katherine Cecil Thurston

People laughed at the way I dressed, but that was the secret of my success. I didn't look like anyone. — Coco Chanel

What is seen is not the Truth
What is cannot be said
Trust comes not without seeing
Nor understanding without words
The wise comprehends with knowledge
To the ignorant it is but a wonder
Some worship the formless God
Some worship his various forms
In what way He is beyond these attributes
Only the Knower knows
That music cannot be written
How can then be the notes
Say Kabir, awareness alone will overcome illusion. — Kabir

Our destiny is greatness and we must return to its fulfillment. — Paul Tsongas

Notice anything different?"
She tucked her pinstriped hair behind her ear and squinted at the screen. "I'm using the wrong font?"
"Notice anything different about my boobs?"
That got her attention. She whirled around in her chair and peered at my chest. "You changed your boobs?"
"I'm showing my boobs," I said proudly, moving my palm in front of them like presenting them on a TV commercial. All this can be yours! Or, rather, your son's. — Jennifer Echols

All around the world, people believe that there is a great conflict between good and evil. Well, it's true that there's a conflict, but it only exists in the human mind. — Miguel Angel Ruiz

As the three of them walked home from the trees, nobody needed to say it, but Ama knew. They had questioned their friendship. They had searched and wondered, looking for a sign. And all along they'd had their trees. You couldn't wear them. You couldn't pass them around. They offered no fashion advantage. But they had roots. They lived. — Ann Brashares

In real life, of course, it is the hare that wins. Every time. Look around you. — Anita Brookner

There is a time to take a stand and there is a time to take your leave. — Chip Ingram