Quotes of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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The character of every act depends upon the circumstances in which it is done.

- Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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“ I find it odd the greed of mankind. People only like you for as long as they perceive they can get what they want from you. Or for as long as they perceive you are who they want you to be. But I like people for all of their changing surprises, the thoughts in their heads, the warmth that changes to cold and the cold that changes to warmth... for being human. The rawness of being human delights me. ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ 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

“ Awake, my friend! Arise, my friend! Start walking my friend! And do not stop until you bring the change you wish to see in your society! ”

- Abhijit Naskar

“ She was rain to a parched desert She was color to a gray sky She was the beautiful butterfly you longed to possess But I let her fly For fear of breaking her wings! ”

- Avijeet Das

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

- Anne Lamott

“ Love cannot be hidden. It even shines in the darkest places." ~ Carla Olson Gade, The Shadow Catcher's Daughter ”

- Carla Olson Gade

“ Time is persistent, and we need to make the best of it. ”

- Charlena E. Jackson

“ To lovers out there… We love and what when we cannot love anymore. We Leave. We don’t fight, abuse, Violet, Beat, Bruise, Emotional drained and blackmail, Rape, Kill, Poison, Hurt, distress, torment , lie about other person to destroy their reputation and to hurt them back. We leave the ones that hurt and that don’t appreciate us to find better ones that we will love and they will love us back ”

- De philosopher DJ Kyos

“ And these aches in my heart create poetry! ”

- Avijeet Das

“ There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it. ”

- Joyce Brothers

“ Nothing is over for good! You either take with you memories, love, lesson or an experience. ”

- Somya Kedia

“ When someone beats a rug, the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it. ”

- Gandhi

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

- Unknown

“ I’ll hold you in my heart, till I can hold you in my arms. ”

- Unknown

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

- Michael Novak

“ There are many Mondays to go before I die. I may as well look forward to them. ”

- Trevor Carss

“ Sometimes love means letting go when you want to hold on tighter. ”

- Melissa Marr

“ Superhuman effort isn't worth a damn unless it achieves results. ”

- Ernest Shackleton

“ There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge. ”

- Banksy

“ You can never plan the future by the past. ”

- Edmund Burke

“ Love life and life will love you back. Love people and they will love you back. ”

- Arthur Rubenstein

“ There are two ways of meeting difficulties: you alter the difficulties, or you alter yourself to meet them. ”

- Phyllis Bottome

“ Your memory feels like home to me. So whenever my mind wanders, it always finds it’s way back to you. ”

- Ranata Suzuki

“ When love comes like that, all you can do is surrender, to lay down your arms and submit to the will of those who would love you. For in denying it, you face only regret. ”

- Michael Kilman