Showing posts with label Sit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sit. Show all posts

Constantly Looking Forward

“I don’t like looking back. I’m always constantly looking forward. I’m not the one to sort of sit and cry over spilt milk. I’m too busy looking for the next cow.”
--Gordon Ramsay

Happiness Butterfly

“Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you, but if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder.”
--Henry David Thoreau

A Great Society

“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”
--Greek Proverb

Make Opportunities

“Don't sit down and wait for the opportunities to come. Get up and make them.”
--Madam C.J. Walker

Inaction Breeds

“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.”
--Dale Carnegie

Flow To Me

“When I run after what I think I want, my days are a furnace of distress and anxiety. If I sit in my own place of patience, what I need flows to me, and without any pain.”
--Jalal ad-Din Rumi

Sit Still, Be Quiet

“All of humanity’s problems stem from man’s inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”
--Blaise Pascal

Throne of Bayonets

“You can build a throne with bayonets, but you can't sit on it for long.”
--Boris Yeltsin

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Cat On A Hot Stove

“The cat, having sat upon a hot stove, will not sit upon a hot stove again. But he won't sit upon a cold stove, either.”
--Mark Twain

Sit With Friends

“It is a great thing to sit with friends for whom one has unqualified affection and respect.”
--Michael Ventura

Courage Can Stand or Sit

“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”
--Winston Churchill

True Relativity

“When you are courting a nice girl an hour seems like a second. When you sit on a red-hot cinder a second seems like an hour. That's relativity.”
--Albert Einstein