Quotes of Samuel Butler

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A degenerate nobleman, or one that is proud of his birth, is like a turnip. There is nothing good of him but that which is underground.

- Samuel Butler

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“ Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove. O no, it is an everfixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wand'ring bark, Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken." (Sonnet 116) ”

- William Shakespeare

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

- Franz Kafka

“ Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ If two people love each other there can be no happy end to it. ”

- Ernest Hemingway

“ Everyone's time is limited. What matters most is to focus on what matters most. ”

- Roy Bennett

“ Woman is a delicate creature with strong emotions who has been created by the Almighty God to shoulder responsibility for educating society and moving toward perfection. God created woman as symbol of His own beauty and to give solace to her partner and her family. ”

- Ali Ibn Abi Talib A.S

“ When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful. ”

- Eric Thomas

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

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“ Mythology is not a lie, mythology is poetry, it is metaphorical. It has been well said that mythology is the penultimate truthpenultimate because the ultimate cannot be put into words. It is beyond words. Beyond images, beyond that bounding rim of the Buddhist Wheel of Becoming. Mythology pitches the mind beyond that rim, to what can be known but not told. ”

- Joseph Campbell

“ 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

“ 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

“ Spend the afternoon, you can't take it with you. ”

- Annie Dillard

“ Our children will be counted, and justice will be served. Our babies deserve a fair chance at life. We are our children’s groundbreakers; therefore, we cannot give up. We might run out of breath but we must have the willpower when moving forward to fight for our children’s voices to be heard. Bullying is not accepted ”

- Charlena E. Jackson

“ How would your life be different if…You stopped allowing other people to dilute or poison your day with their words or opinions? Let today be the day…You stand strong in the truth of your beauty and journey through your day without attachment to the validation of others ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ Sometimes, as we're stumbling along in the dark, we hit something good. ”

- Susan Ee

“ I've always kept one emotional suitcase packed. With you, I live out of one, every day, and I keep a cab on speed dial. ”

- Heather Angelika Dooley

“ Numbers by popular consensus don’t make a wrong thing right, and if you are misunderstood for being right, don’t be afraid because they are not yet in the right time zone. ”

- Erwin D. Maramat

“ And out of Tristan's heart there grew a hazel tree, and out of Iseult's a honeysuckle, and they arched together and clung and intertwined so that they could never be separated anymore. ”

- Rosemary Sutcliff

“ Most people never truly live because they never do what they truly love. ”

- Tanner Walling

“ The purpose of life is to love, the purpose of love is to live. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ With every rising of the sun, think of your life as just begun. ”

- Unknown

“ Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. ”

- Unknown

“ Sometimes, change is what we need to retain our sanity. ”

- Life

“ Freedom comes from a sense of empowerment. ”

- Amy Leigh Mercree