Showing posts with label quotes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label quotes. Show all posts

17 Nov 2007

Quotable quotes.....

Langenhoven: God created the world just like a knife and left it up to us to take it by the handle or the blade.

He who knows not, and knows not that he knows not, is a fool. Shun him.He who knows not, and knows that he knows not, is a child. Teach him.He who knows, and knows not that he knows, is asleep. Wake him.He who knows, and knows that he knows, is a teacher. Listen to him. Omar Khayam, 13th century philosopher
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Here is an old saying from Confucius:
Zhi zhi wei zhi zhi

Bu zhi wei bu zhi
Zhi ye
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Know what you know

Own up to what you do not know
That's wisdom!

-- Source: click...


correct text and translationcourtesy Russell Heng....and you may want to read some interesting letters about Aids on that link too...just "views"...
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Flatter me, and I may not believe you.
Criticize me, and I may not like you.
Ignore me, and I may not forgive you.
Encourage me, and I may not forget you.
William Arthur
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He that cannot reason is a fool.
He that will not is a bigot.
He that dare not is a slave.
Andrew Carnegie
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When you judge another,
you do not define them,
you define yourself.
Wayne Dyer
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Love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
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The mediocre teacher tells.
The good teacher explains.

The superior teacher demonstrates.
The great teacher inspires.
William A. Ward
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Failure should be our teacher,
not our undertaker.
Failure is delay, not defeat.
It is a temporary detour,
not a dead end.
Failure is something we can avoid only
by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.
Denis Waitley
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What you get by achieving your goals
is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals.
It is not your aptitude, but your attitude,

that determines your altitude.
Zig Ziglar


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17 Sept 2007

Poetry



On my Wordpress-blog you can find poems in Afrikaans and English and you can also use the tags in the Category-cloud for more poems written by other poets. I've got poems by William Carlos Williams, Poe, etc. on my blog, it's easy to do a search in the search box.


Today, it's my poetry day....if you have a passion for poetry the way I have....you will get your "moods", well, that's what I experience, a mood to read, or a mood to write. I've written a couple, just a couple...but wish I was more talented...where is Mrs Bothma now...or Mrs Wilson!! I loved poetry a lot during secondary school, but I hated all those discussions/analysing....how is it possible to tell exactly what the poet meant in his writing...any person can "read " what the poet wanted to say...according to me, it's like art...no right/wrong....and at school, you have to analyse the poem and get it RIGHT...I disagree! Anyway....I will never tell a child that his view about a poem is wrong. If I am in the mood to write a poem, the words just "flow"...sitting down and then thinking what to write......well, then I'm not in the "right" mood! Leave it till later then ....I associate poetry with flowers. The beauty....they inspire, they open your mind.... a flower resembles perfectness....as is poetry....poetry is your soul, it speaks your mind, your soul, what you feel inside, what you feel about society, what matters to you. Like an artist....a painting....what's inside you, reflects....it tells.....it speaks....
I hope you enjoy these quotes I've posted here and click HEREto read more quotes and enjoy!

More DailyBible quotes here.

26 Jul 2007

Nebulae

Hubble....NASA's telescope in space....took these pictures.....but read more why it is in colour! Space is just black! (yes, there are people who don't know about Hubble.... )

Thursday's quotes:
I must create a system, or be enslaved by another man’s. (William Blake)
and:
It's not that I'm afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when it happens. (Woody Allen)



And in school, we tried, by using paint, to create our own Nebulae!

14 Jul 2007

Quote of the day



Always acknowledge a fault. This will throw those in authority off their guard and give you an opportunity to commit more.

Mark Twain

29 Jun 2007

Success

Quotes about success

Abraham Lincoln:
Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other one thing.


Albert Schweitzer:

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.


Franklin D. Roosevelt:
It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.


Winston Churchill:

Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.