Son, Proverbs

A foolish son is vexation to his father, and bitter sorrow to her who bore him.

+ Proverbs 17, 25

http://www.usccb.org/bible/proverbs/17

Wisdom, Western Proverb

Every cloud has a silver lining.

- Western Proverb

守得云开见月明

- 西諺

Success, Audrey Hepburn

I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of logic, should never have made it. At each stage of my career, I lacked the experience.

- Audrey Hepburn (1929-1993)

Reading, Chinese Proverb

读书须用意，一字值千金

读 dú | 书 shū | 须 xū | 用 yòng | 意 yì | 一 yī | 字 zì | 值 zhí | 千 qiān | 金 jīn |

- 中國俗談

讀書鬚用意 一字值千金

Intention of required study, the word worth a thousand gold.

- Chinese Proverb

Meaning: When reading, don’t let a single word escape your attention; one word may be worth a thousand pieces of gold. This proverb stresses the fact that study requires undivided attention. And if there is something you don't understand, interrupt yourself. Only in this way can study be rewarded.

Success, PARK Gyu-ri of KARA

That support moved me, and gave me the confidence that we might become successful if we tried really hard.

- Park Gyu-ri, Kara

Appearance, Sid Vicious

The band broke up because I couldn't bear Rotten anymore because he was an embarrassment with his silly hats and his, like, shabby, dirty, nasty looking appearance.

- Sid Vicious

Marriage, Sera of Nine Musse

You think Snow White or Cinderella were married happily ever after? I don't think so, they would have probably divorced eventually.

- Sera, Nine Musse

Love, Clary Fray from The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)

Clary Fray: I didn't invite him into bed. We were just kissing.

- Clary Fray from The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013)

Arts, Francois-Auguste Rodin

I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don't need.

- Francois-Auguste Rodin (1840-1917), when asked how he managed to make his remarkable statues

Universe, Dejan Stojanovic

The universe is God’s son.

- Dejan Stojanovic (1959- ), in The Sun Watches the Sun (1999) “God’s Son” (Sequence: “Is It Possible to Write a Poem”)

Friends, Ralph Waldo Emerson

The only way to have a friend is to be one.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)

Love, Richard Rodgers

Do I love you because you're beautiful, or are you beautiful because I love you?

― Richard Rodgers (1902-1979), Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella

Attitudes, Edward Bulwer-Lytton

A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.

- Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873), The Disowned (1828), Chapter xxxiii.

Cold feet, Anonymous

Some men are born with cold feet; some acquire cold feet; and some have cold feet thrust upon them.

- Anonymous

Money, Western Proverb

Money makes money.

- Western Proverb

Autumn, P. D. James

It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life.

- P. D. James (1920- ), [A Taste for Death Published 1986. Page 373]

Wisdom, Book of Proverbs

On the countenance of a discerning person is wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

+ Proverbs 17, 24

[17:24] Wisdom is visible on the countenance (i.e., mouth, lips, tongue) of the wise person; its ultimate source is the heart. Fools have no such source of wisdom within them, a point that is nicely made by referring to the eye of the fool, roving over the landscape.

http://www.usccb.org/bible/proverbs/17

Dokdo, ROH Moo-hyun

Dokdo is a symbol of South Korea's liberation and return to self-rule after World War II.

- ROH Moo-hyun (1946-2009)

Decision, Felicity Porter

Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can pretty much change your life forever.

- Felicity Porter

Friend, Publilius Syrus

진정한 벗

번영은 벗을 만들고, 역경은 벗을 시험한다.

- 페블릴리우스 시루스

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

- Publilius Syrus (1C BC-?)

Advice, Chinese Proverb

小洞不补，大洞吃苦。

- 中國俗談

小 xiǎo | 洞 dòng | 不 bù | 补 bǔ | 大 dà | 洞 dòng | 吃 chī | 苦 kǔ |

A small hole not mended in time will become a big hole much more difficult to mend.

- Chinese Proverb

Meaning: This proverb tells us that if a trivial problem is not solved in time, it will become a serious and knotty one.

English equivalent: A stitch, in time, saves nine.

Night, Vincent van Gogh

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.

- Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890)

Love, Iris Murdoch

Falling out of love is very enlightening. For a short while you see the world with new eyes.

- Iris Murdoch (1919-1999)

Arts, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him, everybody sees them.

- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)

Universe, Henri Bergson

[L]'universe […] est une machine à faire des dieux.
Translation: The universe is a machine for making gods.

- Henri Bergson (1859-1941), The Two Sources of Morality and Religion (1932). Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2002, p. 317.

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Universe

Optimism, Bernard Montgomery

The first and foremost responsibility of a leader is optimism. If your people do not feel uplifted after their meeting with you, then you are not a leader yet.

- Bernard Montgomery (1887-1976)

They say that the optimistic entrepreneur, who remains positive and is capable of seeing the brighter side of any situation, has a better chance of success than the pessimist who runs a family business. One's attitude towards facts is far more important than the facts. This is because attitude determines success or failure. This especially holds true for leaders- as their attitude will directly influence the whole unit. The ability to remain positive and aggressive is an essential quality needed in a leader.

Friends, Henry Brooks Adams

Friends are born, not made.

Henry Brooks Adams (1838-1918) [The Education of Henry Adams (1907) Ch. 7.]

Beauty, Alan Hollinghurst

The worse they are the more they see beauty in each other.

― Alan Hollinghurst (1954- ), The Line of Beauty

Advice, Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Beneath the rule of men entirely great,
The pen is mightier than the sword.

- Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873), Richelieu (1839)

Act ii, Scene ii. This is the origin of the much quoted phrase "the pen is mightier than the sword". Compare: "Hinc quam sic calamus sævior ense, patet. The pen worse than the sword", Robert Burton, Anatomy of Melancholy, Part i. Sect. 2, Memb. 4, Subsect. 4.

the Best, Sir J. Lubbock

When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.

- Sir J. Lubbock [The Pleasures of Life, vol. 1 (1887), ch. II: The Happiness of Duty]

Investments, Wall Street

There are times when one should invest, and just as surely there are times when one should not.

$ Wall Street

There is a time for all things.

Season, Henry Beston

The leaves fall, the wind blows, and the farm country slowly changes from the summer cottons into its winter wools.

- Henry Beston