He that observes the wind shall not sow; and he that regards the clouds shall not reap.
-- Compton Gage, The Chanters Guide: Sacred Chanting as a Shamanic Practice
Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
-- Plato, Twelfth Night
Having no curiosity can be a dangerous thing..
-- Nanette L. Avery, Birthrights
當你跳舞時,你的目的不是到達地板的特定位置,而是享受過程中的每一步。
When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It's to enjoy each step along the way.
-- 韋恩.戴爾,美國勵志作家
He went through life with his hands firmly shoved into his pockets. She danced.
-- Fredrik Backman, A Man Called Ove
Navigating change is the new stability.
-- Sharon Weil, ChangeAbility: How Artists, Activists, and Awakeners Navigate Change
Love is not honourable, unless it is based on equality.
-- Marie de France, The Lais of Marie de France
A smile is a sunny spirit.
-- Lailah Gifty Akita, Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
In your name, the family name is at last because it's the family name that lasts.
-- Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
If you have time to whine then you have time to find solution.
-- Dee Dee Artner, Single Dad Laughing
領導最基本的要素是你必需要有「願景」,你不能吹一個不確定的號角。
The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet.
-- 西奧多‧赫斯柏,牧師
That's why they call it the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it.
-- George Carlin, Into the Wild
Literature is a sacred knowledge.
-- Lailah Gifty Akita, The Know-It-All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World
Hello, dinner. It’s me, I’m starving. And I know where you live.
-- Lauren Hammond, Famished
I'm doing what I've always done. Loving you and hoping you'll be brave enough to love me back.
-- HelenKay Dimon, Leave Me Breathless
We don't make mistakes, just happy little accidents.
-- Bob Ross, The God I Love
Don’t dare to dream big, just dream BIG!
-- Stephen Richards, The Meaning of Marriage: Facing the Complexities of Commitment with the Wisdom of God
Two footsteps do not make a path.
-- Nnedi Okorafor, Kabu Kabu
You keep runnin that mouth and I'm goin to take you back there and screw you.
-- Cormac McCarthy, No Country for Old Men
人生不進則退,沒有所謂靜止不變這件事。
We are either progressing or retrograding all the while. There is no such thing as remaining stationary in this life.
-- 詹姆斯.弗里曼.克拉克,牧師