Quotes of: Fragile-thing Keyword

It is true that we instinctively recoil from seeing an object to which our emotions and affections are committed handled by the intellect as any other object is handled. The first thing the intellect does with an object is to class it along with some...

William James

The thing in jazz that will get Bix Beiderbecke out of his bed at two o’clock in the morning, pick that cornet up and practice into the pillow for another two or three hours, or that would make Louis Armstrong travel around the world for fifty plus...

Wynton Marsalis

Not only those who can talk the best tell you the most interesting things.

Chinese

When your neighbor walks through your orchard, the polite thing to do is to ignore it.

Chinese

A good soldier has only three things to think about; the king, God, and nothing.

German

There are three things that attract: a house for its inhabitants, a woman for her spouse, and a bargain for a customer.

Hebrew

Three things are good in small doses and bad in big ones: yeast, salt, and hesitation.

Hebrew

Two things cannot be hidden: being astride a camel and being pregnant.

Lebanese

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, and what they cannot.

Traditional

Even though you know a thousand things, ask the man who knows one.

Turkish

Dear God: You do such wonderful things for complete strangers; why not for me?.

Yiddish

Educators are spiritual beings—we are on earth to make a difference.

The Comfort of Little Things: An Educator's Guide to Second Chances

But one learns from books and reels only that certain things can be done. Actual learning requires that you do those things.

Children of Dune

One learns from books and example only that certain things can be done. Actual learning requires that you do those things.

Children of Dune

To use good things to our own ends is always a false religion

Celebration of Discipline: The Path to Spiritual Growth

Age is a funny thing. So are appearances. Neither is relevant to what one knows, in my opinion.

The Cloudstone Key

I don't believe that. I don't believe that there are bad things about you. Only things that you think are bad.

The Coincidence of Callie & Kayden

If things look right on the surface the underside is rarely questioned. However, things may be great in reality, but if one perceives them to be amiss, it is difficult to change that perception.

Consequences

I always feared finding myself thinking about all the things I could have done, about all the things I was so close to doing.

The Covert Perspective

But all these were things he could not want, because they were things he could not have, and wanting what you could not have led to misery and madness.

Clockwork Prince

If we don't press in to the things of God, we will get sucked in to the things of this world!" EL

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