ANON

The hardest thing in life is which bridge to cross and which to burn.

ELLA WHEELER WILCOX

Love lights more fires than hate extinguishes

ERNEST HEMINGWAY

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them

HUMPHRY DAVY

Life is made up, not of great sacrifices or duties, but of little things, in which smiles and kindness, and small obligations, given habitually, are what win and preserve the heart, and secure comfort.

RUMER GODDEN

There is an Indian belief that everyone is in a house of four rooms - a physical, a mental, an emotional and a spiritual. Most of us tend to live in one room most of the time, but unless we go into every room everyday, even if only to keep it aired, we are not complete.

BERNARD MELTZER

A true friend is someone who thinks that you are a good egg even though he knows that you are slightly cracked.

Chinese Saying

A rumour goes in one ear and out many mouths.


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WINSTON CHURCHILL

The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.

JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE

Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.

ENID BLYTON

Growing old is compulsory, but growing up is optional.

DAVID RUSSELL

You cannot plough a field by turning it over in your mind.

From the Dhammapada

Hold not a sin of little worth, thinking "This is little to me."
The falling drops of water will in time fill a water-jar.
Even so the foolish man becomes full of evil, although he gather it little by little.

Hold not a deed of little worth, thinking "This is little to me."
The falling drops of water will in time fill a water-jar.
Even so the wise man becomes full of good, although he gather it little by little.

SAMUEL JOHNSON

The happiest conversation is where there is no competition, no vanity, but a calm quiet interchange of sentiments.

CROWFOOT

What is life?
It is the flash of a firefly in the night.
It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime.
It is the little shadow which runs across the grass
And loses itself in the sunset.

[Crowfoot (1830-1890) Chief of the Blackfoot people, Canada]

FRIDTJOF NANSEN

The difficult is what takes a little time.
The impossible is what takes a little longer.

ANON

Only as high as I reach can I grow,
Only as far as I seek can I go,
Only as deep as I look can I see,
Only as much as I dream can I be.

GEORGE ELIOT

Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

IVAN TURGENEV

If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything, is ready, we shall never begin.

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MAHATMA GANDHI

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

ROBERT BENCHLEY

It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous.

ALBERT EINSTEIN

Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.

ANON

Do not fear the winds of adversity. Remember: A kite rises against the wind rather than with it.

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VICTOR HUGO

Life is the flower for which love is the honey.

WILLIAM FAULKNER

All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible.

PLATO

You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation.

WILLIAM BLAKE

A truth that's told with bad intent
Beats all the lies you can invent

ELIZABETH TAYLOR

One problem with people who have no vices is that they're pretty sure to have some annoying virtues.

GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.

HENRY FORD

Don’t find fault, find a remedy.

BLOG STATISTICS

During the Month of May my most popular blogs were:-

My Own Selection of Pre-Raphaelite Paintings - 1,245 hits

Wise Men Say - 615 hits

John's Gallery - 455 hits

WILLIAM LOUDEN

To be sure of good health - eat lightly, breathe deeply, live moderately, cultivate cheerfulness, and maintain an interest in life.