Quotes of Michel de Montaigne

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When all is summed up, a man never speaks of himself without loss; his accusations of himself are always believed; his praises never.

- Michel de Montaigne

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“ I thought it (love) meant like you hold out your hand and someone takes it, holds it hard, and pulls you safe from the river. You talk. You tell him bits of yourself. You say here's where I hurt and you give it to him and he holds it and gives you where he hurts in return and you hold it and that's how you learn to love. ”

- Elizabeth George

“ Stop hating yourself for everything you aren’t and start loving yourself for everything you already are. ”

- Unknown

“ My young sisters, we have such hope for you. We have such great expectations for you. Don't settle for less than what the Lord wants you to be... Give me a young woman who loves home and family, who reads and ponders the scriptures daily, who has a burning testimony of the Book of Mormon... Give me a young woman who is virtuous and who has maintained her personal purity, who will not settle for less than a temple marriage, and I will give you a young woman who will perform miracles for the Lord now and throughout eternity. ”

- Ezra

“ sometimes the unknown is better for all involved ”

- Azelene Williams

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

- Kayambila Mpulamasaka

“ ...most of the time, all you have is the moment, and the imperfect love of the people around you. ”

- Anne Lamott

“ If music be the food of love, play on. ”

- William Shakespeare

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

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ 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

“ 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

“ You are like nobody since I love you. ”

- Pablo Neruda

“ 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

“ What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us. ”

- Helen Keller

“ When you are content to be simply yourself and don’t compare or compete, everybody will respect you. ”

- Plato

“ 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

“ Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself. ”

- Andrew Carnegie

“ What I stand for is what I stand on. ”

- Wendell Berry

“ Anything under God's control is never out of control. ”

- Charles Swindoll

“ All things are difficult before they are easy. ”

- Thomas Fuller

“ When someone beats a rug, the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it. ”

- Gandhi

“ Where wild souls meet wild lovers is where hurricanes are made. ”

- ventum

“ I may not be where I want to be, but if I stop now, I'll NEVER get where I'm going! ”

- Laura Lynch

“ True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked. ”

- Erich Segal

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

- Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“ Finding the lesson behind every adversity will be the one important thing that helps get you through it. ”

- Roy T. Bennett