for a woman knows the face of the man she loves like a sailor knows the open sea

-- Honoré de Balzac, The Birth House

Who is so fancy, esoterica saves the day? Who is the Yogi, Namaste?

-- Kristen Henderson, Where All Light Tends to Go

The given time is the gracious moment.

-- Lailah Gifty Akita, #NOW: The Surprising Truth About the Power of Now

Knowing what to do with time is the key to being productive

-- Sunday Adelaja, Leaders' Frontpage: Leadership Insights from 21 Martin Luther King Jr. Thoughts

You don't put your life into your books, you find it there.

-- Alan Bennett, The Uncommon Reader

The purpose of teaching is learning and learning is changed behavior.

-- Stephen R. Covey, صراع الأقنعة

Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of.

-- Markus Zusak, I Am the Messenger

and when all the wars are over, a butterfly will still be beautiful.

-- Ruskin Bond, Scenes from a Writer's Life

In learning you will teach, and in teaching you will learn.

-- Phil Collins, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

Human soul is a car and human body is a driver. One cannot run without the other.

-- Santosh Kalwar, The Boy on the Back of the Turtle: Seeking God, Quince Marmalade, and the Fabled Albatross on Darwin

Start with big dreams and make life worth living.

-- Stephen Richards, Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream

We, as human beings, enjoy freedom of choice. Your attitude is your choice!

-- Lorii Myers, Targeting Success, Develop the Right Business Attitude to be Successful in the Workplace

The discontent and frustration that you feel is entirely your own creation.

-- Stephen Richards, Think Your way to Success: Let Your Dreams Run Free

No matter how tiny you look, you can lead huge men if you have what the huge men don't have.

-- Michael Bassey Johnson, Thoughts Spoken From The Heart

All times are treasureable; the times of prosperity, and times of adversity,

-- Lailah Gifty Akita, Wealth of Words

PhD made me poorer, without money, but richer in thoughts.

-- Lailah Gifty Akita, The Science of Discworld

Find a purpose to serve, not a lifestyle to live.

-- Criss Jami, Venus in Arms

Once your mindset changes, everything on the outside will change along with it.

-- Steve Maraboli, Life, the Truth, and Being Free

Life, unfortunately, doesn't seem to care what we want.

-- Richelle Mead, Last Sacrifice

What we ought to know we never be taught in the classroom.

-- Lailah Gifty Akita, Slow Learner: Early Stories