Quotes of Howard Nemerov

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I've never read a political poem that's accomplished anything. Poetry makes things happen, but rarely what the poet wants.

- Howard Nemerov

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“ Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence. ”

- Ovid

“ The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new. ”

- Socrates

“ If I envision a just, fair future, I must behave justly and fairly today. ”

- Elena Aguilar

“ Ethical veganism results in a profound revolution within the individual; a complete rejection of the paradigm of oppression and violence that she has been taught from childhood to accept as the natural order. It changes her life and the lives of those with whom she shares this vision of nonviolence. Ethical veganism is anything but passive; on the contrary, it is the active refusal to cooperate with injustice ”

- GaryLFrancione

“ Where there’s marriage without love, there will be love without marriage. ”

- Benjamin Franklin

“ Love is beautiful as written in The Greatest Proposal Book ”

- Khuliso Mamathoni

“ There are many Mondays to go before I die. I may as well look forward to them. ”

- Trevor Carss

“ 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

“ When love is real. You both will do whatever you can to build and construct a solid relationship. It will be hard work but it's possible, We all come with pros and cons. If it's real, it will never be over. ”

- Katherine Vargas

“ Remember, if you don’t do anything – if you don’t change the way your mind works and direct your subconscious mind to create the life you want – then everything stays the same, nothing changes. ”

- Steve Backley

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

- Kyle Chandler

“ Never apologize for burning too brightly or collapsing into yourself every night. That is how galaxies are made. ”

- Tyler Kent White

“ Tomorrow I will run more courageously, more outrageously. ”

- Talismanist Giebra

“ 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

“ Every day is your entire life. ”

- Mike Stagnitta

“ The road to success is always under construction. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ You don't need a million dollars in the bank. You just have to have passion, hustle and drive ”

- Daymond John

“ Betrayal, Selfishness, Sly and many more! A kid is far away from understanding abstract nouns except one Love. ”

- Somya Kedia

“ The little unremembered acts of kindness and love are the best parts of a person’s life. ”

- William Wordsworth

“ Live a life of substance. The rest are mere fantasies. ”

- Pragnya Sahoo

“ Take wrong turns. Talk to strangers. Open unmarked doors. And if you see a group of people in a field, go find out what they are doing. Do things without always knowing how they'll turn out. You're curious and smart and bored, and all you see is the choice between working hard and slacking off. There are so many adventures that you miss because you're waiting to think of a plan. To find them, look for tiny interesting choices. And remember that you are always making up the future as you go. ”

- Randall Munroe

“ A life lived in love will never be dull. ”

- Leo Buscaglia

“ Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. ”

- Max Ehrmann

“ If you love me as you say you do,' she whispered, 'make it so that I am at peace. ”

- Leo Tolstoy