Quotes of Alcaeus

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Not houses finely roofed or the stones of walls well builded, nay nor canals and dockyards make the city, but men able to use their opportunity.

- Alcaeus

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

- Gandhi

“ Hmm…now that I think about it, housecats are often coddled and petted. You don’t pet me nearly enough. You must be a lax owner. How selfish of you to deprive your cat of attention. ”

- Colleen Houck

“ To the wellorganized mind, death is but the next great adventure. ”

- J.K. Rowling

“ Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. ”

- George Edward Woodberry

“ Don't let him take who you are. Make him fear who you'll become. ”

- Mary Weber

“ You see, when we set goals that feel safer and achievable, we are caving in to our own preconceived notions of what we are capable of. We’re not pushing past our comfort zone; we’re just settling for status quo. ”

- Ruth Soukup

“ Opportunity does not knock, it presents itself when you beat down the door. ”

- Kyle Chandler

“ A drop of water shall be returned with a burst of spring. ”

- Pat Cher

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

- Confucius

“ When you know my love, my love will warm you. ”

- Ruby Dee

“ The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work. ”

- Émile Zola

“ Life is never made unbearable by circumstances, but only by lack of meaning and purpose. ”

- Victor Frankl

“ It takes courage to be honest and to work, while others play, cheat, sponge like parasites or are idle. There is value in the work that you choose to do, and you are an innately valuable person. ”

- Zita Steele

“ Morning is when the wick is lit. A flame ignited, the day delighted with heat and light, we start the fight for something more than before. ”

- Jeb Dickerson

“ Life is a game and true love is a trophy. ”

- Rufus Wainwright

“ Sometimes the hardest one to see . . .is the one standing right before you. ”

- Lenora Porch

“ Meditation is a way for nourishing and blossoming the divinity within you. ”

- Amit Ray

“ If you have kindness in your heart, you offer acts of kindness to touch the hearts of others wherever you go—whether they are random or planned. Kindness becomes a way of life. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ Often, we fabricate the people we love to make loving them more palatable; the fictionalized version of them reduces the awareness of truth. ”

- RJ Intindola

“ You are like nobody since I love you. ”

- Pablo Neruda

“ Your heart is a powerful force. Use it consciously. ”

- Amy Leigh Mercree

“ The road to success is always under construction. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ I do love nothing in the world so well as you is not that strange? ”

- William Shakespeare

“ Your past, including your failures, simply offers feedback that makes you wiser and stronger than before. ”

- Brittany Burgunder

“ We would frequently be ashamed of our good deeds if people saw all of the motives that produced them. ”

- Francois De La Rochefoucauld