Quotes of Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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When our vices leave us, we flatter ourselves that we are leaving them.

- Francois De La Rochefoucauld

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“ A bad attitude is like a flat tire, you can’t get very far until you change it. ”

- Unknown

“ She believed she could so she did. ”

- Unknown

“ As an African elite, look within and ask, what can I do to change the present African narratives? What niche can I carve and do my uncompromising best to lift this continent? For my sake and for the sake of my children Jumoke Odepe ”

- Jumoke Odepe

“ I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it’s just too much. The current’s too strong. They’ve got to let go, drift apart. ”

- Kazuo Ishiguro

“ 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

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

- Eleesha

“ Some symbols reach to your primordial archives. ”

- Talismanist Giebra

“ Do you have to make me feel like there's nothing left of me? You can take everything I have, you can break everything I am, like I am made of glass, like I am made of paper.Go on and try to tear me down I will be rising from the ground like a Skyscraper... ”

- Demi Lovato

“ You need just the right amount of 'Fuck the world' and the right amount of belief in something...and you need the right amount of love. ”

- Gerard Way

“ If you care about someone enough, you’ll always be there for them no matter what. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

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

- Plato

“ When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you. ”

- Plato

“ If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present ”

- Lao tzu

“ Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe. ”

- Augustine of Hippo

“ Those who ignore the rise of evil and depravity in a democracy, grant tacit license of acceptance and draw harm upon the vulnerable. When someone has altered our course without consent, we must engage to restore our path. ”

- RJ Intindola

“ Better to have, and not need, than to need, and not have. ”

- Franz Kafka

“ Love people who hate you. Pray for people who have wronged you. It won’t just change their life…it’ll change yours. ”

- Mandy Hale

“ Love is not a feeling of happiness. Love is a willingness to sacrifice. ”

- Michael Novak

“ Writing is the knitting of the soul ”

- Khaled Talib

“ Keep your face always toward the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you. ”

- Walt Whitman

“ Love overcomes bitterness, overpowers sorrow, overwhelms anger, and overthrows hatred. Medicine heals the body, faith heals the heart, wisdom heals the mind, and love heals the soul. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ Friendship not defined by words Friendship only defined by action ”

- Arshdeep Singh Samrala

“ No,' Nora said, almost in a whisper. 'It's because ' she looked carefully for the words 'you didn't stare at me. I saw you blush, and you immediately lowered your eyes. And I should have been embarrassed, ashamed... but I, I just felt safe, and I stood there unafraid.' She closed her eyes, taking in all the feelings of gratitude she had for that moment. 'That's when I knew I could trust you in a way that I didn't know was possible. ”

- Hani Selim

“ The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of comfort. ”

- Confucius

“ If every life is a river, then it's little wonder that we do not even notice the changes that occur until we are far out in the darkest sea. One day you look around and nothing is familiar, not even your own face. My name once meant daughter, grandaughter, friend, sister, beloved. Now those words mean only what their letters spell out; Star in the night sky. Truth in the darkness. I have crossed over to a place where I never thought I'd be. I am someone I would have never imagined. A secret. A dream. I am this, body and soul. Burn me. Drown me. Tell me lies. I will still be who I am. ”

- Alice Hoffman