Ancient Quotes
He who is of calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.
A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if these minds get out of harmony with one another it is like a storm that plays havoc with the garden.
A hidden connection is stronger than an obvious one.
Do every act of your life as if it were your last.
Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.
Of all our possessions, wisdom alone is immortal.
It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
The father who does not teach his son his duties is equally guilty with the son who neglects them.
Difficulties strengthen the mind,
as well as labor does the body.
Can you imagine what I would do if I could do all I can?
It is not that I am mad, it is only that my head is different from yours.
Love conquers all.
This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.
In peace, sons bury their fathers. In war, fathers bury their sons.
Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it.
An angry man is again angry with himself, when he returns to reason.
Small opportunities are often the beginning of great enterprises.
It is not possible for one to teach others who cannot teach his own family.
How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
To teach is to learn twice.
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him. If a man speaks or acts with a pure thought, happiness follows him, like a shadow that never leaves him.
In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
Nature is not human hearted.
I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
Death smiles at us all, all a man can do is smile back.
Success is dependant on effort.
