Quotations Index - Anonymous

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QUOTATIONS INDEX

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Anonymous, Unknown, Proverbs, etc.
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"Ability is what you're capable of doing, motivation determines what you do, attitude determines how well you do it."

"Adversity introduces a man to himself."

"A friend walks in when everyone walks out."

"A grain of truth is needed to make a mountain of lies believable."

"A man's capacity is usually relative to his goals."
From the Motion Picture The Sea Chase, 1955

"Ambition is putting a ladder against the sky."
[American proverb]

"A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top."

"Before borrowing money from a friend, decide which you need more."

"Good friends are like stars: you don't always see them, but you know they are always there."

"Having a rough morning? Place your hand over your heart. Feel that? That’s called purpose. You’re alive for a reason. Don’t give up."

"If we don't try, then we don't do; and if we don't do, then why are we here?"
[From the Motion Picture Shenandoah, 1965]

"If you chase two rabbits, they will both escape."

"Igitur qui disiderat pacem, praeparet bellum." = "If you wish for peace, prepare for war."
Roman maxim

"It doesn’t matter who you used to be; what matters is who you decide to be today. You are not your mistakes. You are not your mishaps. You are not your past. You are not your wounds. You can decide differently today and at every moment. Remember that. You are offered a new opportunity with each breath to think, choose, decide and act differently in a way that supports you in being all that you are capable of being. You are not less than. You are enough."

"Laws, like the spider's web, catch the fly and let the hawk go free."
Spanish proverb

"LOSERS quit when they are tired / WINNERS quit when they have won."
[quoted in USA Today, May 5, 2004, from a sign on the north wall at the Fort Carson pool.]

"Money is a good servant but a bad master."
[French Proverb]

"Never under estimate a competitor’s ability."

"post hoc ergo propter hoc" = "after this, therefore because of this."

"Solomon made a book of proverbs, but a book of proverbs never made a Solomon."

"Talk is cheap, except when Congress does it."

"Tell not all you know, believe not all you hear, do not all you are able."
[Italian proverb]

"The afternoon knows what the morning never expected."
Swedish maxim

“The bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you refuse to take the turn.”

"The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm."
[Swedish Proverb]

"The darkest hour of the night comes just before dawn."
[English proverb]

"The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns you more than him."
[Chinese proverb]

"The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials."

[Chinese proverb]

"The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour."
[Japanese proverb]

"The road to hell is paved with good intentions."

"Trouble will rain on those who are already wet."

"We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children."
Native American Proverb

"What is the use of running when we are not on the right road?"
[German proverb]

"Your current safe boundaries were once unknown frontiers."

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