Quotes of John Cheever

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Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.

- John Cheever

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“ It's all a conundrum, isn't it— forgetting the mixed tape in the car... feeling forgotten when... so many people are thinking of us? Drinking when we should be eating... sleeping when we should be making love... thanking God above when we don't have enough? Each day is a mad rush to something irrelevant. We measure our pricelessness by our successes, which... still equals money. Life goes by so quick when each day is a mad rush to slow motion. We eat fast food so that we can go to bed on time, but, trust me, everyone wakes up too late. ”

- Heather Angelika Dooley

“ I have come to the conclusion never again to think of marrying, and for this reason, I can never be satisfied with anyone who would be blockhead enough to have me. ”

- Abraham Lincoln

“ Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that. ”

- Martin Luther King Jr.

“ Love overcomes bitterness, overpowers sorrow, overwhelms anger, and overthrows hatred. Medicine heals the body, faith heals the heart, wisdom heals the mind, and love heals the soul. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure. ”

- George Edward Woodberry

“ If you are depressed, you are living in the past. If you are anxious, you are living in the future. If you are at peace, you are living in the present ”

- Lao tzu

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

- Leo Buscaglia

“ Living with a purpose in life is more fulfilling than living a rich lifestyle without a purpose. ”

- JOHN TASKINSOY

“ A lot goes into everything but sometimes you have to sacrifice everything in order to achieve a lot. ”

- Kayambila Mpulamasaka

“ Love is blind, they saybut isn't it more that love makes us see too much? Isn't it more that love floods our brain with sights and sounds, so that everything looks bigger, brighter, more lovely than ever before? ”

- Susan Fletcher

“ Morning is when the wick is lit. A flame ignited, the day delighted with heat and light, we start the fight for something more than before. ”

- Jeb Dickerson

“ Success is walking from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm. ”

- Winston Churchill

“ 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

“ 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

“ We need hearts with restored empathy And homes with restored hope ”

- Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“ Those who complain about being constrained in their job and life should ask themselves one simple question. Are you constrained by chains or in your own mind? ”

- RJ Intindola

“ About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all. ”

- Rita Mae Brown

“ I miss everything about you Can’t believe that I still want you And after all the things we’ve been through. ”

- Colbie Caillat

“ She was rain to a parched desert She was color to a gray sky She was the beautiful butterfly you longed to possess But I let her fly For fear of breaking her wings! ”

- Avijeet Das

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

- Unknown

“ Sometimes love means letting go when you want to hold on tighter. ”

- Melissa Marr

“ Do not yearn to be popular; be exquisite. Do not desire to be famous; be loved. Do not take pride in being expected; be palpable, unmistakable. ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ Visionary decisionmaking happens at the intersection of intuition and logic. ”

- Gandhi

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

- Roy T. Bennett