Thoughtful Quotes - Page 32

• I have woven a parachute out of everything broken.

  William Stafford

  Kindness, Not Giving Up, Broken

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• Sometimes a player's greatest challenge is coming to grips with his role on the team.

  Scottie Pippen

  Basketball, Teamwork, Inspirational Sports

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• In the wake of her indispensable textbook, Janet Burroway now offers a splendid and concise guide to the thorny task of revision. Writers, young and old, will feel encouraged and enlightened by this excellent DVD which offers a wonderful range of specific advice and suggestive comments from a group of experienced and thoughtful writers.

  Margot Livesey

  Dvds, Advice, Revision

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• In these sad and ominous days of mad fortune chasing, every patriotic, thoughtful citizen, whether he fishes or not, should lament that we have not among our countrymen more fishermen.

  Grover Cleveland

  Patriotic, Lakes, Sea

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• That some good can be derived from every event is a better proposition than that everything happens for the best, which it assuredly does not.

  James Kern Feibleman

  Appreciation, Kindness, Not Giving Up

  James Kern Feibleman (1969). “The Way of a Man: An Autobiography of James K. Feibleman”

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• Beauty is the sole legitimate province of the poem.

  Edgar Allan Poe

  Beauty, Scary, Sole

  Edgar Allan Poe (2003). “Poems and Essays on Poetry”, p.142, Taylor & Francis

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• Your breath upon the wind shall surely lodge within some breast. Ask not whose breast it is. See only that the breath itself be pure.

  Mikhail Naimy

  Wind, Breasts, Breaths

  Mikhail Naimy (2011). “The Book of Mirdad: The strange story of a monastery which was once called The Ark”, p.129, Duncan Baird Publishers

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• Learn to recognize the false dawn from the true; distinguish the color of the wine from the color of the cup. Then it may be that patience and time may produce, out of the spectrum-viewing sight, true vision, and you will behold colors other than these mortal hues, you will see pearls instead of stones. Pearls, did I say? Nay more, you will become a sea, you will become a sun traveling the sky.

  Rumi

  Wine, Sight, Color

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• Architecture is the thoughtful making of space

  Louis Kahn

  Space, Architecture

  Louis I. Kahn (1969). “Louis I. Kahn: Talks with Students”

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• I think of myself as a human being.

  Bruce Lee

  Thinking, Humans, Human Beings

  Bruce Lee (2015). “Bruce Lee Striking Thoughts: Bruce Lee's Wisdom for Daily Living”, p.28, Tuttle Publishing

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• Just when you thought the mafia novel was dead, Tod Goldberg breathes new life into it. Gangsterland, the best mafia novel in years, is a dark, funny, and smart page-turning crime story. It's also a moving, thoughtful meditation on ethics, religion, family, and a culture that eats itself. I loved this book.

  Sara Gran

  Smart, Moving, Book

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• Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.

  William Arthur Ward

  Inspirational, Thank You, Thanksgiving

  "How to Write a Gratitude Speech" by Peggy Epstein, bizfluent.com. September 26, 2017.

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• Since you get more joy out of giving joy to others, you should put a good deal of thought into the happiness that you are able to give.

  Eleanor Roosevelt

  Life, Happiness, Depression

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• There are lives to brighten. There are hearts to touch. There are souls to save.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Heart, Soul

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• Don't be afraid of showing affection. Be warm and tender, thoughtful and affectionate. Men are more helped by sympathy than by service. Love is more than money, and a kind word will give more pleasure than a present.

  John Lubbock

  Love, Sympathy, Men

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• Librarians have always been among the most thoughtful and helpful people. They are teachers without a classroom.

  Willard Scott

  Teacher, Book, Reading

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• We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.

  Winston Churchill

  Inspirational, Kindness, Cancer

  Winston Churchill (2012). “Churchill: The Power of Words”, p.356, Da Capo Press

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• The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.

  Khalil Gibran

  Inspirational, Education, Wise

  Khalil Gibran (2007). “Kahlil Gibran: Masterpieces”

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• When it comes to life the critical thing is whether you take things for granted or take them with gratitude.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Gratitude, Live Life, Grateful

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• Believing there's no God means I can't really be forgiven except by kindness and faulty memories. That's good; it makes me want to be more thoughtful. I have to try to treat people right the first time around.

  Penn Jillette

  Motivational, God, Forgiveness

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• It is requisite for the relaxation of the mind that we make use, from time to time, of playful deeds and jokes.

  Thomas Aquinas

  Inspirational, Peace, Powerful

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  Be less curious about people and more curious about ideas.

  Marie Curie

  Ideas, Gossip, People

  "Living Adventures in Science‎". Book by Henry Thomas and Dana Lee Thomas, 1954.

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• In this respect fundamentalism has demonic traits. It destroys the humble honesty of the search for truth, it splits the conscience of its thoughtful adherents, and it makes them fanatical because they are forced to suppress elements of truth of which they are dimly aware

  Paul Tillich

  Honesty, Humble, Elements

  Paul Tillich (2012). “Systematic Theology”, p.3, University of Chicago Press

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• The miracle is this: the more we share the more we have.

  Leonard Nimoy

  Success, Anniversary, Wise

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.

  Epictetus

  Life, Stupid, Silly

  Epictetus (2012). “The Handbook of Epictetus”, p.6, Simon and Schuster

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