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When you are…

nabil medawar — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 09:35:48 +0000

When you are a mother, you are never really alone in your thoughts…. A mother has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child. ~ Sophia Loren When you are as great as I am it is hard to be humble. ~ Muhammad Ali When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is [...]

Be as you wish to seem.

nabil medawar — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:43:52 +0000

Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be. ~Thomas à Kempis Do not wish to be anything but what you are, and try to be that perfectly. ~ Saint Francis de Sales Do you wish to be great? Then begin [...]

Notice Quotes

nabil medawar — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:38:51 +0000

A real diplomat is one who can cut his neighbor’s throat without having his neighbor notice it. ~ Trygve Lie A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at home. ~ Oliver Goldsmith All of us, you, your children, your neighbors and their children are everyday [...]

Blushing Quotes

nabil medawar — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 22:12:19 +0000

A blushing lie is better than the pale truth. ~ Norwegian Proverb A girl that blushes too much knows too much. ~ Chinese Proverb A letter does not blush. ~ Marcus T. Cicero After the first blush of sin comes its indifference. ~ Henry David Thoreau Better to blush once than pale a hundred times. ~ Serbian Proverb Blushing is [...]

Shade Quotes

nabil medawar — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 11:36:50 +0000

A man has made at least a start on discovering the meaning of human life when he plants shade trees under which he knows full well he will never sit.~ Elton Trueblood A palm tree growing in the shade will not bear ripe fruit. ~ Afghan Proverb A society grows great when old men plant trees whose [...]

Flash Quotes

nabil medawar — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:03:42 +0000

A single idea — the sudden flash of a thought — may be worth a million dollars. ~ Robert Collier Calendars and clocks exist to measure time, but that signifies little because we all know that an hour can seem as eternity or pass in a flash, according to how we spend it.~ Michael Ende Friendship that [...]

Funny Moroccan Wisdom!

nabil medawar — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:10:43 +0000

If you are a peg, endure the knocking; if you are a mallet, strike. If you don’t understand it with a wink, you certainly will with a blow. If you see him riding on a bamboo-cane, say to him, “Good health to your horse!” In every false step there is something good. Instruction in youth is like engraving in [...]

Project Quotes

nabil medawar — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:39:58 +0000

A lack of patience in trifling matters might lead to the disruption of great project. ~ Confucius After two weeks of working on a project, you know whether it will work or not. ~ Bill Budge Always have some project underway… an ongoing project that goes over from day to day and thus makes each day a [...]

Franz Kafka Quotes

nabil medawar — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:36:59 +0000

Franz Kafka 1883 – 1924 is one of the most important and influential fiction writers of the early 20th century; a novelist and writer of short stories whose works, only after his death, came to be regarded as one of the major achievements of 20th century literature. He was born to middle-class German-speaking Jewish parents in [...]

Holy Quotes

nabil medawar — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:11:16 +0000

A sedentary life is the real sin against the Holy Spirit. Only those thoughts that come by walking have any value. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche Dreams grow holy put in action. ~ Adelaide Anne Procter Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity. ~ Charles Caleb Colton God does guide the lives of individuals and [...]