Quotes of Samuel Butler

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For though to smatter ends of Greek Or Latin be the rhetoric Of pedants counted, and vain-glorious, To smatter French is meritorious. - Samuel Butler (1).

- Samuel Butler

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“ It takes courage to be honest and to work, while others play, cheat, sponge like parasites or are idle. There is value in the work that you choose to do, and you are an innately valuable person. ”

- Zita Steele

“ Changing a Habit is Never Difficult. Difficult is to Address Your Unwillingness to do it ”

- Vineet Raj Kapoor

“ Each of us is an innkeeper who decides if there is room for Jesus! ”

- Neal A. Maxwell

“ It’s not bragging if you can back it up. ”

- Muhammad Ali

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

- Maxime Lagacé

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

- Tom Robbins

“ The past can't hurt you anymore. Not unless you let it. They made you into a victim, Evey. They made you into a statistic. But, that's not the real you. That's not who you are inside. ”

- Alan Moore

“ Sometimes you never realize how much you like someone, until you watch them liking someone else. ”

- Unknown

“ 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

“ Keep away from small people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great. ”

- Mark Twain

“ You have to be the bravest person in the world to go out every day, being yourself when no one likes who you are. ”

- Matthew

“ The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why ”

- Mark Twain

“ Keep your face always toward the sunshine and shadows will fall behind you. ”

- Walt Whitman

“ Be supportive of others the way you would want them to be supportive of you. ”

- Ken Poirot

“ Could you exist just for the art of existence? ”

- Talismanist Giebra

“ The way you handle fear determines the results you have in life. If you are equipped with knowledge, you can overcome fear ”

- H. J. Chammas

“ There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge. ”

- Banksy

“ Life is a sheet of blank papers and pen: “We write our life like one made in heaven.” Sadly though, some don’t have the pen with them: “It’s others doing the writing for them. ”

- Rodolfo Martin Vitangcol

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

- Vic Stah Milien

“ There is the great lesson of 'Beauty and the Beast,' that a thing must be loved before it is lovable. ”

- Chesterton

“ 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

“ Willingness to show we are interested in our children’s needs takes the burden and worries off their minds. It shows compassion on our end, and it builds trust on their end. ”

- Charlena E. Jackson

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

- Anne Sophie Swetchine

“ Do you ever put your arms out and just spin and spin and spin? Well, that’s what love is like. Everything inside of you tells you to stop before you fall, but you just keep going. ”

- Practical Magic