And this activity alone would seem to be loved for its own sake; for nothing arises from it apart from the contemplating, while from practical activities we gain more or less apart from the action. And happiness is thought to depend on leisure; for we are busy that we may have leisure, and make war that we may live in peace.
~quote about Philosophy by Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Book X: Pleasure and Happiness, translated by W.D. RossMotivational Quotes
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Condensed milk is wonderful. I don't see how they can get a cow to sit down on those little cans.
~quotes on Food by Fred Allen To insult someone we call him bestial. For deliberate cruelty and nature, human might be the greater insult.
~sayings on Animals by Isaac Asimov, Isaac Asimov's Book of Science and Nature Quotations, 1988 God made the country, and man made the town.
~quotations on Cities by William Cowper, The Task, 1785 Happiness for the average person may be said to flow largely from common sense -- adapting one-self to circumstances -- and a sense of humor
~romantic spanish sayings by Beatrice Lillie The pug is living proof that God has a sense of humor.
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Sometimes, in a summer morning, having taken my accustomed bath, I sat in my sunny doorway from sunrise till noon, rapt in reverie.
~quote about Daydreaming by Henry David Thoreau I never married because there was no need. I have three pets at home which answer the same purpose as a husband. I have a dog which growls every morning, a parrot which swears all afternoon, and a cat that comes home late at night.
~quotes on Marriage by Marie Corelli I wish there were a knob on the TV to turn up the intelligence. There's a knob called brightness, but that doesn't work.
~sayings on Television by Author Unknown Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
~quotations on Growth by Dale Carnegie If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
~romantic spanish sayings by Bishop Desmond Tutu By the time I have money to burn, my fire will have burnt out.
~saying about romantic spanish by Author Unknown The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast.
~quote about Attitude by Buddha You write to communicate to the hearts and minds of others what's burning inside you. And we edit to let the fire show through the smoke.
~quotes on Writing by Arthur Polotnik He conquers who endures.
~sayings on Perseverance by Persius Teenagers complain there's nothing to do, then stay out all night doing it.
~quotations on Teenagers by Bob Phillips Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death
~romantic spanish sayings by Auntie Mame There's never enough time to do all the nothing you want.
~saying about romantic spanish by Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes Never get married in college; it's hard to get a start if a prospective employer finds you've already made one mistake.
~quote about Marriage by Elbert Hubbard The dream follows the interpretation
~quotes on Dreams by The Talmud If I had a single flower for every time I think about you, I could walk forever in my garden
~sayings on Grandparents Day by Attributed to Claudia Ghandi Never raise your hand to your kidsIt leaves your groin unprotected
~quotations on Mothers Day by Red Buttons Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise.
~romantic spanish sayings by Alice Walker The enthusiastic, to those who are not, are always something of a trial.
~saying about romantic spanish by Alban Goodier So long as we can lose any happiness, we possess some.
~quote about Happiness by Booth Tarkington Cooperation is the thorough conviction that nobody can get there unless everybody gets there
~quotes on Unity by Virginia Burden, The Process of Intuition I can see the carrot at the end of the tunnel
~sayings on Sports Soccer by Stuart Pearce They can because they think they can.
~quotations on Success by Virgil Every uniform corrupts one's character.
~romantic spanish sayings by Max Frisch Far more seemly were it for thee to have thy study full of books, than thy purse full of money.
~saying about romantic spanish by John Lyly I think that people want peace so much that one of these days government had better get out of their way and let them have it.
~quote about Peace by Dwight Eisenhower Failure seems to be regarded as the one unpardonable crime, success as the all-redeeming virtue, the acquisition of wealth as the single worthy aim of life. The hair-raising revelations of skullduggery and grand-scale thievery merely incite others to surpass by yet bolder outrages and more corrupt combinations.
~quotes on Society by Charles Francis Adams Practise doesn't make perfect, not is it supposed to. Practise is about increasing your repertoire of ways to recover from your mistakes.
~sayings on Attitude by A living civilization creates; a dying, builds museums.
~quotations on Civilization by Martin H. Fischer Just the omission of Jane Austen's books alone would make a fairly good library out of a library that hadn't a book in it.
~romantic spanish sayings by Mark Twain What a child doesn't receive he can seldom later give.
~saying about romantic spanish by P.D. James, Time to Be in Earnest I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the years'.
~quote about Perspective by Henry Moore If two or three persons should come with a high spiritual aim and with great powers, the world would fall into their hands like a ripe peach.
~quotes on Leadership by Ralph Waldo Emerson
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