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I don’t know why we all hang on to something we know we’re better off letting go. It’s like were scared to lose what we really don’t even have. Some of us say we’d rather have something than nothing at all, but the truth is….to have something halfway is harder than not having it at all.
Speaker: AnonomyousSource: myhotcomments.comPosted: 16 Jun 2009 at 11:33 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
If the paradoxes I have gathered on these pages have on recurring theme, it is the folly of denying ignorance. Just because something is so doesn’t mean that we can know it. There is necessary ignorance, and it is more significant than mere solipsism would have us believe.
Speaker: William PoundstoneSource: Labyrinths of ReasonPosted: 15 Jun 2009 at 4:39 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponent and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.
Speaker: Max PlanckSource: Labyrinths of ReasonPosted: 15 Jun 2009 at 4:37 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Fate rarely calls upon us at a moment of our choosing.
Speaker: Optimus PrimeSource: Transformer: Revenge of the Fallen trailerPosted: 10 Jun 2009 at 9:36 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Standing for truth and righteousness is not in and of itself a judgment on others.
Speaker: David A. BednarSource: Heard on "Conversations" program on the Mormon Channel internet radio stationPosted: 09 Jun 2009 at 1:47 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
How true the saying that suffering in life is inevitable, but misery is of our own making.
Speaker: Gene R. CookPosted: 09 Jun 2009 at 11:39 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
Speaker: Michael JordanPosted: 09 Jun 2009 at 9:18 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Do not let what you cannot do interfere
with what you can do.Speaker: John WoodenPosted: 09 Jun 2009 at 9:12 AMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Speaker: ALBERT EINSTEINPosted: 24 May 2009 at 1:23 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.
Speaker: JAWAHARLAL NEHRUPosted: 24 May 2009 at 1:17 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.
Don’t let yourself indulge in vain wishes.Speaker: RABINDRANATH TAGOREPosted: 24 May 2009 at 1:13 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing.
Speaker: JOHANN VON SCHILLERPosted: 24 May 2009 at 1:10 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
Speaker: NICOLAS BOLLEAU-DESPREAUXPosted: 24 May 2009 at 1:07 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
We always love those who admire us; we do not always love those whom we admire.
Speaker: FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULDPosted: 24 May 2009 at 1:05 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Adaptability is not imitation. It means power of resistance and assimilation.
Speaker: MAHATMA GANDHIPosted: 24 May 2009 at 1:02 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
One learns to itch where one can scratch.
Speaker: ERNEST BRAMAHPosted: 24 May 2009 at 12:59 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.
Speaker: JAWAHARLAL NEHRUPosted: 24 May 2009 at 12:57 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
Speaker: ANATOLE FRANCEPosted: 24 May 2009 at 12:55 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.
Speaker: RALPH WALDO ENERSONPosted: 24 May 2009 at 12:53 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Think like a man of action and act like a man of thought.
Speaker: HENRI BERGSONPosted: 24 May 2009 at 12:51 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment!
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