Quotes of Jan Peter Balkenende

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The generation which lived through the Second World War is disappearing. Post-war generations see Europe's great achievements - liberty, peace and prosperity - as a given.

- Jan Peter Balkenende

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“ 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

“ Better to have loved and lost, than to have never loved at all. ”

- St. Augustine

“ The only time a man can do the right thing is right now. ”

- John Verdon

“ Yet there are moments when the walls of the mind grow thin; when nothing is unabsorbed, and I could fancy that we might blow so vast a bubble that the sun might set and rise in it and we might take the blue of midday and the black of midnight and be cast off and escape from here and now. ”

- Virginia Woolf

“ sometimes the unknown is better for all involved ”

- Azelene Williams

“ Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a keen pulsating desire which transcends everything. ”

- Napoleon Hill

“ Do not let your negative thoughts have power over you because those thoughts will end up controlling your life. No one can live a positive life with a negative mind. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ The highest function of love is that it makes the loved one a unique and irreplaceable being. ”

- Tom Robbins

“ Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. ”

- Helen Keller

“ One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love. ”

- Sophocles

“ I wonder if you have noticed a rather rummy thing about it viz. that it is everywhere. You can't get away from it. Love, I mean. Wherever you go, there it is, buzzing along in every class of life. Quite remarkable. ”

- P. G. Wodehouse

“ Do the best, give the best and leave the rest to run after you! ”

- Garima Yonzon

“ My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. ”

- Maya Angelou

“ Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you. ”

- Chuck Klosterman

“ Motorbike Poem by Malay Roy Choudhury I am on motorbike yezdi yamaha when flanked by horizon gallop backwards through sand blizzard tinsel clouds explode at my feet without helmet and speedsplit air at eighty in midsummer simoon each soundcart recedes onrushing lorries flee in a flash No time to brood but Yes accident expected anytime may even turn into a junkheap in a droughtnursed field. Translation of Bengali original 'Motor Cycle ”

- Malay Roychoudhury

“ There will be tough workouts when the athlete has to really dig deep, believe, and not give up when the pain seems too much. The athlete can respond in one of two ways: Yield to the pain and selfdoubt or decide that fear will not determine his or her potential. It's hard (and usually uncomfortable) work breaking through old barriers and selfdefeating thought patterns to see meaningful progress, and fear is an absolutely natural response, but you can't let it become a limiter. ”

- Siri Lindley

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

- Amy Leigh Mercree

“ Society will always be too fragile to accept us for all that makes us beautiful. ”

- robert m drake

“ I can't make someone stay, but I can make me stay with someone. A successful relationship needs a constant decision to remain committed. ”

- Jeffrey Alcuizar Igot

“ 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

“ I love words.  I crave descriptions that overwhelm my imagination with vivid detail.  I dwell on phrases that make my heart thrum.  I cherish expressions that pierce my emotions and force the tears to spill over.   In essence, I long for a writer's soul sealed in ink on the page. ”

- Richelle E. Goodrich

“ Accepting personal responsibility for your life frees you from outside influences – increases your selfesteem – boosts confidence in your ability to decisions – and ultimately leads to achieve success in life. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. ”

- John Updike