Inspirational Quotations #244

Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.
* William Shakespeare

Men are like pillow-cases. The colour of one may be red,
that of another blue, and that of the third black;
but all contain the same cotton within. So it is with man;
one is beautiful, another is ugly, a third holy ,
and a fourth wicked; but the Divine Being dwells in them all.
* Ramakrishna Paramahamsa

An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes
(that) can be made in a very narrow field.
* Niels Bohr

It is a miracle that curiosity survives formal education.
* Albert Einstein

Life is not holding a good hand;
Life is playing a poor hand well.
* Danish Proverb

Charity sees the need, not the cause.
* German proverb

The fraction of life can be increased in value
not so much by increasing your numerator as by
lessening your denominator. Nay, unless my Algebra
deceives me, unity itself divided by zero will give infinity.
* Thomas Carlyle

Hold yourself for a higher standard
than anyone else expects of you.
* Henry Ward Beecher

Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through
personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.
* Edith Wharton

It is the nature of man to rise to greatness
if greatness is expected of him.
* John Ernst Steinbeck

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