You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.
-- William Faulkner, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
the purpose of life is the life of purpose
-- Robin S. Sharma, The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari
Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something.
-- Pancho Villa, The Alchemist
What is the most important thing one learns in school? Self-esteem, support, and friendship.
-- Terry Tempest Williams, Pieces of White Shell
沒有什麼比熱情更容易傳染。
Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm.
-- 塞繆爾·泰勒·柯勒律治,英國詩人
To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.
-- Aristotle, A Reading Diary: A Passionate Reader's Reflections on a Year of Books
Angry people are not always wise.
-- Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
Love those you hate you.
-- Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
人生不是得到和擁有什麼,而是給予和成為什麼。
Life isn’t about getting and having, it’s about giving and being.
-- 凱文‧克魯,著名領導學講師
Being divorced does not necessarily make one’s advice on marriage useless … or useful.
-- Mokokoma Mokhonoana, Ad Eundum Quo Nemo Ante iit:: A Carmina Collectio
It is even possible to be a martyr for the Faith and yet not love Jesus Christ.
-- Oswald J. Smith, Man God Uses
learn from the past live in the present plan for the future
-- Audrey Farrell, The Dragon Queens
We're on a planet, relax!
-- Benny Bellamacina, Piddly Poems for Children, v.2
Silence is argument carried out by other means.
-- Ernesto Che Guevara, The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy and Other Stories
Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.
-- Lao Tzu, Tao Teh Ching
I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.
-- Mark Twain, Seriously... I'm Kidding
When you are wise, peace shall follow.
-- Abhijit Naskar, Truly Leading: Lessons in Leadership
我不害怕失敗,總會有些好事伴隨失敗而來。
I wasn't afraid to fail. Something good always comes out of failure.
-- 安妮·巴克斯特,演員
My grandma, Mrs Grace Ayorkor Acquah, said, "Money matters is only a matter of fancy.
-- Lailah Gifty Akita, Anissa's Redemption
Somehow her hula hoop had cut into the driver’s side door like the vehicle was made of cheese.
-- Nathan Reese Maher, Lights Out: Book 2