Famous quotes by Authors

"By trying we can easily endure adversity. Another man's, I mean"

Mark Twain, Author

Mark Twain

"All you need is ignorance and confidence, and the success is sure"

Mark Twain, Author

Mark Twain

"A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape"

Mark Twain, Author

Mark Twain

"A man is never more truthful than when he acknowledges himself a liar"

Mark Twain, Author

Mark Twain

"You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus"

Mark Twain, Author

Mark Twain

"Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do. Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do"

Mark Twain, Author

Mark Twain

"Why is it that we rejoice at a birth and grieve at a funeral? It is because we are not the person involved"

Mark Twain, Author

Mark Twain

"The wit knows that his place is at the tail of a procession"

Mark Twain, Author

Mark Twain

"The very ink with which history is written is merely fluid prejudice"

Mark Twain, Author

Mark Twain

"The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated"

Mark Twain, Author

Mark Twain

"Only one thing is impossible for God: To find any sense in any copyright law on the planet"

Mark Twain, Author

Mark Twain

"Only kings, presidents, editors, and people with tapeworms have the right to use the editorial "we""

Mark Twain, Author

Mark Twain

"Often it does seem a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat"

Mark Twain, Author

Mark Twain

"Loyalty to petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul"

Mark Twain, Author

Mark Twain

"It is better to deserve honors and not have them than to have them and not deserve them"

Mark Twain, Author

Mark Twain

"The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world"

Lao Tzu, Author

"Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it"

Lao Tzu, Author

"I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures"

Lao Tzu, Author

"Without stirring abroad, one can know the whole world; without looking out of the window, one can see the way of heaven. The further one goes, the less one knows"

Lao Tzu, Author

"When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you"

Lao Tzu, Author

"The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness"

Lao Tzu, Author

"Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires"

Lao Tzu, Author

"Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment"

Lao Tzu, Author

"Great acts are made up of small deeds"

Lao Tzu, Author

"For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions"

Lao Tzu, Author

"Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step"

Lao Tzu, Author

"By letting it go, it all gets done. The world is won by those who let it go. But when you try and try, the world is beyond the winning"

Lao Tzu, Author

"Be the chief but never the lord"

Lao Tzu, Author

"Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens"

Lao Tzu, Author

"A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar"

Lao Tzu, Author

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