Joan Borysenko Famous Quotes
"The question is not whether we will die, but how we will live."
"Some tension is necessary for the soul to grow, and we can put that tension to good use. We can look for every opportunity to give and receive love, to appreciate nature, to heal our wounds and the wounds of others, to forgive, and to serve."
'Tisn't life that matters 'Tis the courage you bring to it.
Joan Borysenko Quotations
"A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanging, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in colour and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used."
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Think not those faithful who praise all thy words and actions but those who kindly reprove thy faults.
Socrates
In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans.
Kahlil Gibran
"There is no power on earth that can neutralize the influence of a high, simple and useful life."
Booker T Washington
The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success. Talent is only a starting point in this business. You've got to keep on working that talent. Someday I'll reach for it and it won't be there.
Irving Berlin
"The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even murder with the truth."
Alfred Adler
"The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of all the people who say he is very good."
Robert Graves
"Prosperity knits a man to the world. He thinks he's 'finding his place in it,' while really it is finding its place in him."
Clive Staples Lewis
"The finest qualities of our nature, like the bloom on fruits, can be preserved only by the most delicate handling. Yet we do not treat ourselves nor one another thus tenderly."
Henry David Thoreau
Most people tire of a lecture in 10 minutes clever people can do it in 5. Sensible people never go to lectures at all.
Stephen Butler Leacock