Quotes of Beilby Porteus

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He who forsees calamities, suffers them twice over.

- Beilby Porteus

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“ There are times in life which proves life is wife and wife is life. ”

- Fahad Basheer

“ At one time or another we are all called to leave the safety of our homes, the certainty of what we know, the illusions of who we are. Not everyone will heed this call, of course. And those who do will risk losing themselves completely. But if we choose to ignore the invitation, we risk never knowing who we might have become. We risk dying without knowing what it is to live. ”

- Thomas Lloyd Qualls

“ Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something. ”

- Rainbow Rowell

“ 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

“ A lack of clarity could put the brakes on any journey to success. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to suffer; to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be happy one must love or love to suffer or suffer from too much happiness. ”

- Woody Allen

“ How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give 'em. ”

- Shel Silverstein

“ There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle. ”

- Albert Einstein

“ Don't waste your love on somebody, who doesn't value it. ”

- William Shakespeare

“ 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

“ Love brings to light a lover's noble and hidden qualitieshis rare and exceptional traits: it is thus liable to be deceptive of his normal qualities. ”

- Friedrich Nietzsche

“ At the touch of love everyone becomes a poet. ”

- Plato

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

- Tom Robbins

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

- Sophocles

“ I keep thinking about this river somewhere, with the water moving really fast. And these two people in the water, trying to hold onto each other, holding on as hard as they can, but in the end it’s just too much. The current’s too strong. They’ve got to let go, drift apart. ”

- Kazuo Ishiguro

“ Getting an idea should be like sitting down on a pin. It should make you jump up and do something. ”

- E. L. Simpson

“ 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

“ Many, many readers have written asking me wistfully about the nature of Sam and Grace's relationship, and I can assure you, that sort is absolutely real. Mutual, respectful, enduring love is completely attainable as long as you swear you won't settle for less. ”

- Maggie Stiefvater

“ Reading is life, Reading is knowledge, Reading Is Everything. ”

- Ezra Heft

“ Ladies, it’s harvest time!!! Take care of your crops, water them and weed them out. ”

- Charlena E. Jackson

“ The only shortcut I have found to life is to sharpen my teeth on the bones of the wise. ”

- Vic Stah Milien

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

- Life

“ Such is my relationship with God: on my gigantic canvass of life, I am the one throwing all of the brightlycolored paints, creating genuine splatters, authentic whirlpools of color, beautiful patterns, wonderful streaks and stains and wild accents; God is the one with the paintbrush who stands beside my canvass filling all the intricate and amazing details in between the whirlpools and the streaks! We're happy together! ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ Every man is a boyfriend. But some people do not have the ability to become husbands. ”

- Sajal Ahmed