quotes about regret
We fail more often by timidity than by over-daring. ~David Grayson
As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities. ~Voltaire
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. ~Plato
A dentist at work in his vocation always looks down in the mouth. ~George D. Prentice
Blogs seem to have two magnetic poles, one attracting friends, the other repulsing relatives. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
During my second year of nursing school our professor gave us a quiz. I breezed through the questions until I read the last one: "What is the first name of the woman who cleans the school?" Surely this was a joke. I had seen the cleaning woman several times, but how would I know her name? I handed in my paper, leaving the last question blank. Before the class ended, one student asked if the last question would count toward our grade. "Absolutely," the professor said. "In your careers, you will meet many people. All are significant. They deserve your attention and care, even if all you do is smile and say hello." I've never forgotten that lesson. I also learned her name was Dorothy. ~Joann C. Jones
Write your first draft with your heart. Re-write with your head. ~From the movie Finding Forrester
I can eat a man, but I'm not sure of the fiber content. ~Jenny Eclair
In each human heart are a tiger, a pig, an ass and a nightingale. Diversity of character is due to their unequal activity. ~Ambrose Bierce
Women usually love what they buy, yet hate two-thirds of what is in their closets. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960
A man is called selfish not for pursuing his own good, but for neglecting his neighbor's. ~Richard Whately
I sometimes marvel at the extraordinary docility with which Americans submit to speeches. ~Adlai E. Stevenson
No man is lonely eating spaghetti; it requires so much attention. ~Christopher Morley
Faith is the bird that feels the light and sings when the dawn is still dark. ~Rabindranath Tagore
If any man has drunk a little too deeply from the cup of physical pleasure; if he has spent too much time at his desk that should have been spent asleep; if his fine spirits have become temporarily dulled; if he finds the air too damp, the minutes too slow, and the atmosphere too heavy to withstand; if he is obsessed by a fixed idea which bars him from any freedom of thought: if he is any of these poor creatures, we say, let him be given a good pint of amber-flavored chocolate... and marvels will be performed. ~Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
Perhaps in time the so-called Dark Ages will be thought of as including our own. ~Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
In a dark moment I ask, "How can anyone bring a child into this world?" And the answer rings clear, "Because there is no other world, and because the child has no other way into it." ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength. ~Eric Hoffer
A dying man needs to die, as a sleepy man needs to sleep, and there comes a time when it is wrong, as well as useless, to resist. ~Stewart Alsop
Wisdom outweighs any wealth. ~Sophocles
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