Quotes of John Dryden

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There's a proud modesty in merit; averse from asking, and resolved to pay ten times the gifts it asks.

- John Dryden

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“ I felt overwhelmed. I didn’t expect a first kiss to be so…life altering. In a few brief moments, the rule book of my universe had been rewritten. Suddenly I was a brand new person. I was as fragile as a newborn, but instead of the doctor placing me in my mother’s arms, he’d put me in Ren’s. What would Ren do with me? Would he draw me near, soothe me, and teach me about this new world or would he reject me and tell the doctor there must be some mistake. There was no way to know. What a breakable and delicate thing a heart was, no wonder I’d kept mine locked away. ”

- Colleen Houck

“ I am not an optimist, but a great believer of hope. ”

- Nelson Mandela

“ The size of your success is measured by the strength of your desire, the size of your dream and how you handle disappointment along the way. ”

- Robert Kiyosaki

“ A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death. ”

- John F. Kennedy

“ The love we say we feel for another is, in most cases, just a selfish hunt for our own happiness. ”

- Tatjana Ostojic

“ To love deeply in one direction makes us more loving in all others. ”

- Anne Sophie Swetchine

“ Close your eyes, take your time and listen. ”

- Maxime Lagacé

“ I would die for you. But I won't live for you. ”

- Stephen Chbosky

“ There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don’t need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain. ”

- Audrey Hepburn

“ I know in my heart that man is good, that what is right will always eventually triumph, and there is purpose and worth to each and every life. ”

- Ronald Reagan

“ All worries are less with wine. ”

- Amit Kalantri

“ There is a distinct, awful pain that comes with loving someone more than they love you. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ Though lovers be lost love shall not. ”

- Dylan Thomas

“ Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know. ”

- Michel de Montaigne

“ I thought it (love) meant like you hold out your hand and someone takes it, holds it hard, and pulls you safe from the river. You talk. You tell him bits of yourself. You say here's where I hurt and you give it to him and he holds it and gives you where he hurts in return and you hold it and that's how you learn to love. ”

- Elizabeth George

“ Perfect love casts out fear. Where there is love there are no demands, no expectations, no dependency. I do not demand that you make me happy; my happiness does not lie in you. If you were to leave me, I will not feel sorry for myself; I enjoy your company immensely, but I do not cling. ”

- Anthony de Mello

“ 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

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

- Anne Lamott

“ I don't dream at night, I dream at day, I dream all day; I'm dreaming for living. ”

- Steven Spielberg

“ 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 think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people. ”

- Confucius

“ Fairies with gossamer wings, Bring forth beauty, grace and joyful things. Fairies of the earth are caretakers of our soil, water and trees, They watch over beautiful creatures such as bears, bunnies and bees. Fairies ask that you breathe in and appreciate the vantage point from which you stand, Then trod carefully and respectfully with each intentional step you make across this beautiful land. ”

- Molly Friedenfeld

“ Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly and they will show themselves great. ”

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ Confusion, obsession, and potential love walk handinhand. ”

- Ashli and Trisha Edwards