Quotes of Arnold J. Toynbee

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Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor.

- Arnold J. Toynbee

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“ A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action. If there's no action, you haven't truly decided. ”

- Anthony Robbins

“ I was watching the first raindrops falling down on the porous ground. Each drop disappeared eagerly into the sand without any hesitations. The Earth, in turn, embraced it warmly like it has gotten back something precious that once belonged to it. I, somehow, thought that this particular image suited more our story than anything else ”

- Ismaaciil C. Ubax

“ Sometimes, as we're stumbling along in the dark, we hit something good. ”

- Susan Ee

“ A successful marriage requires falling in love many times always with the same person. ”

- Mignon McLaughlin

“ At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet. ”

- Plato

“ True love is not so much a matter of romance as it is a matter of anxious concern for the wellbeing of one's companion. ”

- Gordon B. Hinckley

“ I only have so much willpower, Helen," he whispered. "And since you apparently sleep in the most ridiculously transparent tank top I've ever seen, I'm going to have to ask you to get under the covers before I do something stupid. ”

- Josephine Angelini

“ A failure is always in the passenger seat in his or her life. ”

- Stephen Richards

“ The desires of man are frequently more influential than their rational thought. ”

- RJ Intindola

“ My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it. ”

- Mark Twain

“ Everything is easier said than done. Wanting something is easy. Saying something is easy. The challenge and the reward are in the doing. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ Love must be as much a light, as it is a flame. ”

- Henry David Thoreau

“ And out of Tristan's heart there grew a hazel tree, and out of Iseult's a honeysuckle, and they arched together and clung and intertwined so that they could never be separated anymore. ”

- Rosemary Sutcliff

“ Denna is a wild thing," I explained. "Like a hind or a summer storm. If a storm blows down your house, or breaks a tree, you don't say the storm was mean. It was cruel. It acted according to its nature and something unfortunately was hurt. The same is true of Denna. ”

- Patrick Rothfuss

“ What I stand for is what I stand on. ”

- Wendell Berry

“ The only love that I really believe in is a mother’s love for her children. ”

- Karl Lagerfeld

“ ...most of the time, all you have is the moment, and the imperfect love of the people around you. ”

- Anne Lamott

“ We cannot face up to what lies ahead, without facing up to what lies within. ”

- Eleesha

“ All worries are less with wine. ”

- Amit Kalantri

“ A life lived in love will never be dull. ”

- Leo Buscaglia

“ Be brave. Don't just live in your cave till your grave. ”

- RVM

“ We need hearts with restored empathy And homes with restored hope ”

- Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“ Battered was my heart in the deep search, branded with cracks like slices of silver birch. An ignorant dream, a wish, just fool's gold that was the tale that love had sold. ”

- Sara Secora

“ I miss your voice because it is a symphony; your scent because it is a treasure; your smile because it is a jewel; your hug because it is a masterpiece; and your kiss because it is a miracle. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ Dream so big you get uncomfortable telling smallminded people. ”

- Praharsh Prasoon