Miscellaneous Quotes And Sayings On Various Subjects

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“Solitude is as needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character. ”
– James Russell Lowell

“Life is like a game of cards. The hand that is dealt you represents determinism; the way you play it is free will. ”
– Jawaharlal Nehru

“I feel like I’ve started a new chapter in my life, and I need to leave the past behind.”
– Jennifer Capriati

“A fair reputation is a plant, delicate in its nature, and by no means rapid in its growth. It will not shoot up in a night like the gourd of the prophet; but, like that gourd, it may perish in a night. ”
– Jeremy Taylor

“I feel guilty when people say I’m the greatest on the scene. What’s good or bad doesn’t matter to me; what does matter is feeling and not feeling. If only people would take more of a true view and think in terms of feelings. Your name doesn’t mean a damn, it’s your talents and feelings that matter. You’ve got to know much more than just the technicalities of notes; you’ve got to know what goes between the notes.”
– Jimi Hendrix

“I feel really good in the teacher role.”
– Jimmy Chamberlin

“Don’t follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise.”
– Joan Rivers

“When you do a good job, you’ll feel like people are bothering you. If you have a product that’s interesting enough, then people will come to you.”
– Joanna Angel

“What chance gathers she easily scatters. A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together. ”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“In art the best is good enough.”
– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Our character is but the stamp on our souls of the free choices of good and evil we have made through life. ”
– John C. Geikie

“He who has imagination without learning, has wings and no feet. ”
– Joseph Joubert

“The essential thing is not knowledge, but character. ”
– Joseph LeConte

“It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty. ”
– Juvenal

“Unrest of spirit is a mark of life; one problem after another presents itself and in the solving of them we can find our greatest pleasure. ”
– Karl Menninger

“My father taught me how to be a man and not by instilling in me a sense of machismo or an agenda of dominance. He taught me that a real man doesn’t take, he gives; he doesn’t use force, he uses logic; doesn’t play the role of trouble and not by instilling in me a sense of machismo or an agenda of dominance. He taught me that a real man doesn’t take, he gives; he doesn’t use force, he uses logic; doesn’t play the role of trouble maker, but rather, trouble shooter; and most importantly, a real man is defined by what’s in his heart, not his pants. ”
– Kevin Smith

“The significance of a man is not in what he attains but in what he longs to attain. ”
– Khalil Gibran

“Go to the people. Learn from them. Live with them. Start with what they know. Build with what they have. The best of leaders when the job is done, when the task is accomplished, the people will say we have done it ourselves. ”
– Lao Tzu

“Good writers are in the business of leaving signposts saying, Tour my world, see and feel it through my eyes; I am your guide.”
– Larry King

“I’ve always though that people need to feel good about themselves and I see my role as offering support to them, to provide some light along the way.”
– Leo Buscaglia

“Just as you began to feel that you could make good use of time, there was no time left to you.”
– Lisa Alther

“Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead. ”
– Louisa May Alcott

“I never feel age…If you have creative work, you don’t have age or time.”
– Louise Nevelson

“I feel a lot more comfortable being me these days. I’m constantly told that my work is good. A lot of fans and a lot of other artists say my songs and albums mean a lot to them. Isn’t that what’s important?”
– Lucinda Williams

“Great music does not just make me feel good. It means something. It makes us understand. It makes us happy.”
– Lukas Foss

“I don’t feel good.”
– Luther Burbank

“When I’m good I’m very, very good, but when I’m bad, I’m better.”
– Mae West

“The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts; therefore guard accordingly. ”
– Marcus Aurelius

“I just want to be able to play and make people feel good with what I do. When you’re thinking that way, anything can happen. And, usually, what happens is good.”
– Mark Knopfler

“The worst loneliness is not to be comfortable with yourself. ”
– Mark Twain

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