Jules Renard Famous Quotes
There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire.
"There are moments when everything goes well don't be frightened, it won't last."
The danger of success is that it makes us forget the world's dreadful injustice.
"Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties."
Be modest It is the kind of pride least likely to offend.
I finally know what distinguishes man from other beasts financial worries. - Journals
"We don't understand life any better at forty than at twenty, but we know it and admit it."
"If I were to begin life again, I should want it as it was. I would only open my eyes a little bit more."
Look for the ridiculous in everything and you will find it.
Failure is not the only punishment for laziness there is also the success of others.
"I am not sincere, even when I say I am not."
"I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't."
The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.
Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.
Jules Renard Quotations
The greatest failure is a person who never admits that he can be a failure.
Gerald N Weiskott
One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.
Will Durant
"Like an ability or a muscle, hearing your inner wisdom is strengthened by doing it."
Robbie Gass
I think luck is the sense to recognize an opportunity and the ability to take advantage of it... The man who can smile at his breaks and grab his chances gets on.
Samuel Goldwyn
"If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master."
Michelangelo Buonarroti
"I see great things in baseball. It's our game--the American game. It will take our people out-of-doors, fill them with oxygen, give them a larger physical stoicism. Tend to relieve us from being a nervous, dyspeptic set. Repair these losses, and be a blessing to us."
Walt Whitman
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Dylan Thomas
They used to photograph Shirley Temple through gauze. They should photograph me through linoleum.
Tallulah Bankhead
I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.
John Cage
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
Eric Hoffer