Wajnert Quotes & Sayings

There is always enough for the needy, there is never enough for the greedy. — Mahatma Gandhi

The more you know, the less you need to say. — Jim Rohn

The starting point for a better world is the belief that it is possible. — Norman Cousins

Never give your opinion on someone's writing unless they ask sincerely, and never ask for someone's opinion unless you're sincere. — Justin Alcala

He would envy each and every living thing its freedom, even if it was only the freedom to die. — John Connolly

It was the people who tried to seem normal all the time who were really messed up — Todd Mitchell

When they say Don't I know you? say no.
When they invite you to the party
remember what parties are like
before answering.
Someone telling you in a loud voice
they once wrote a poem.
Greasy sausage balls on a paper plate.
Then reply.
If they say we should get together.
say why? It's not that you don't love them any more.
You're trying to remember something
too important to forget.
Trees.
The monastery bell at twilight.
Tell them you have a new project.
It will never be finished. When someone recognizes you in a grocery store
nod briefly and become a cabbage.
When someone you haven't seen in ten years
appears at the door,
don't start singing him all your new songs.
You will never catch up.
Walk around feeling like a leaf. Know you could tumble any second.
Then decide what to do with your time. — Naomi Shihab Nye

Let your eyes
get used to light. Don't miss your own splendor! Don't stay in the batlike
mind that loves complexity and doubt, the unlit niches. Bats seek those to live
in, because there a bat's accomplishments seem greater than they are. He can impress
as he confuses you with cave ramifications. Little by little accustom yourself to your own light, — Rumi

Once you taste a little of the sweetness that life can be, there really is no going back. — Liza Palmer

You can never make someone punctual who is not, or quick who is slow, or lively who wants to plod on carefully. I have learnt that every fault is an exaggerated quality, nothing else. — Elisabeth Of Wied

Russians make up a pretty disproportionate cross-section of a lot of our assets. — Donald Trump

You take every opportunity given you in this world, even if you have too many opportunities. One day, the opportunities stop, you know. — John Irving

I just sit here and tell the story as though I can't help it. There's always something in the day that reminds me, that sets me off all hot and guilty and scared and rambling and wistful, like I am now. — Tim Winton

The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization. — Frank Lloyd Wright