"Is it the beauty of the flower, Its honeyed sweets or fragrant power, That first attracts the bee? The blossom that our eye enchants, He passes by for other plants, Whose flowers we do not see."
''It's not too late... the angel said. Even though the world's a mess... Even though you're not as young... Even though you've made mistakes and have been afraid It's not too late... And then I saw the world through the angels' eyes... I saw the colors I could paint The bridges I could build The lives that I could touch The dreams that could still come true And it became very clear to me... That it's not too late.''
Re: to Lilac @9:21pm thanks for appreciating the quote of Ron Atchison,no doubt its a very hopeful quote about hope, but I would say that all of you here also have very nice contributions, and its always amusing to read the replies,remembering people by quoting their quotes..here is another one by Ron again :) ''Dear God of many Names, Protect your children tonight wherever they are sleeping And let them know the world does not have to be like this Place a kiss upon each of their foreheads And remind them oh so gently That there are reasons to be hopeful And reasons for them to dream beautiful dreams.''
"And so, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. [....] I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed."
“A patriot sets himself apart in his own country under his own flag, sneers at other nations and keeps an army of uniformed assassins on hand at heavy expense to grab slices of other people’s countries and keep them from grabbing slices of his. In the intervals between campaigns he washes the blood off his hands and works for ‘the universal brotherhood of man’ - with his mouth.”
''Don’t ask me, sweetheart, for the love we’ve had before. I had then thought --
as long as you’re here, my life would flourish; when I had your grief, grief of the world didn’t matter. You were the one who kept the world in eternal bloom, but for your eyes, what else is there for me in the world? If I have you, I’d have the destiny in my hand. That was not to be, though I wanted it so. Many other woes in the world besides love, many other comforts, besides our togetherness''
"That which then was ours, my love, don't ask me for that love again. The world was then gold, burnished with light and only because of you. That what I had believed. How could one weep for sorrows other than yours? How could one have any sorrow but the one you gave? So what were these protests, these rumours of injustice? A glimpse of your face was evidence of springtime. The sky, wherever I looked, was nothing but your eyes. If you'd fall in my arms, Fate would be helpless.”
''Without love, all worship is a burden, all dancing is a chore, all music is mere noise. All the rain of heaven may fall into the sea. Without love, not one drop could become a pearl.''
I do agree … But love it’s a responsibility not just a feeling, sometimes I am wondering how people can be cruel towards others feeling, or they enjoy others suffering, but ironically you can find that they are actually afraid of admitting they are in love.
its good to do our best,whatever we are doing. we should also know that its no use following other peoples definition of success,as maybe what one person considers a success, for the other person its a failure.. we should learn to be happy with ourselves,to accept ourselves and only then can we improve... we should listen to others,but should have the courage to take our decisions also accept responsibility for our actions...
“Run your fingers through my soul. For once, just once, feel exactly what I feel, believe what I believe, perceive as I perceive, look, experience, examine, and for once; just once, understand.”
"When I ask you to listen to me and you start giving advice, you have not done what I asked. When I ask you to listen to me and you begin to tell me why I shouldn’t feel that way, you are trampling on my feelings. When I ask you listen to me and you feel you have to do something to solve my problems, you have failed me,strange as that may seem. So please, just listen and hear me. And if you want to talk,wait a few minutes for your turn and I promise I’ll listen to you."
بكت عيني غداة البين دمعاً وأخرى بالبكا بخلت علينا* * فعاقبت التي بالدمع ضنت بأن أغمضتها يوم التقينا * * قال لي المحبوب لما زرته من ببابي قلت بالباب أنا* * قال لي أخطأت تعريف الهوى حينما فرقت فيه بيننا* * ومضى عام فلما جئته أطرق الباب عليه موهنا* * قال لي من أنت قلت انظر فما ثم إلا أنت بالباب هنا* * قال لي أحسنت تعريف الهوى وعرفت الحب فادخل يا أنا* *
“Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don't over-analyse your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness.”
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"To make a prairie it takes a clover and one bee,
One clover, and a bee,
And revery.
The revery alone will do,
If bees are few."
“Her mouth is a honey-blossom,
No doubt, as the poet sings;
But within her lips, the petals,
Lurks a cruel bee that stings.”
"The Pedigree of Honey
Does not concern the Bee -
A Clover, any time, to him,
Is Aristocracy -"
“The bee is more honored than other animals, not because she labors, but because she labors for others”
"Is it the beauty of the flower,
Its honeyed sweets or fragrant power,
That first attracts the bee?
The blossom that our eye enchants,
He passes by for other plants,
Whose flowers we do not see."
''Dreams are nature's answering service - don't forget to pick up your messages once in a while.''
“Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers.”
"Of Nature I shall have enough
When I have entered these
Entitled to a Bumble bee's
Familiarities."
"Hope is that thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops... at all"
"And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard -
And sore must be the storm -
That coul abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm -
"Hope is not a momentary flicker.
Hope is Eternity's slow, steady,
Illumining and fulfilling height."
"Hope is a strange invention -
A Patent of the Heart -
In unremitting action
Yet never wearing out -
Of this electric Adjunct
Not anything is known
But its unique momentum
Embellish all we own -"
''It's not too late... the angel said.
Even though the world's a mess...
Even though you're not as young...
Even though you've made mistakes and have been afraid
It's not too late...
And then I saw the world through the angels' eyes...
I saw the colors I could paint
The bridges I could build
The lives that I could touch
The dreams that could still come true
And it became very clear to me...
That it's not too late.''
"HOPE is a subtle glutton;
He feeds upon the fair;
And yet, inspected closely,
What abstinence is there!
His is the halcyon table
That never seats but one,
And whatsoever is consumed
The same amounts remain."
"If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them."
"Dare to dream. Dare to fly.
Dare to be the ever chosen one to touch the sky."
Re “it's not too late”, it's a wonderful and inspire quote... Thank you for sharing..
"Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true."
“Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today.”
Re: to Lilac @9:21pm
thanks for appreciating the quote of Ron Atchison,no doubt its a very hopeful quote about hope, but I would say that all of you here also have very nice contributions, and its always amusing to read the replies,remembering people by quoting their quotes..here is another one by Ron again :)
''Dear God of many Names,
Protect your children tonight wherever they are sleeping
And let them know the world does not have to be like this
Place a kiss upon each of their foreheads
And remind them oh so gently
That there are reasons to be hopeful
And reasons for them to dream beautiful dreams.''
The ultimate "dream quote":
"And so, even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. [....]
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed."
which nation???
If I may say, no need to be a particular nation, let’s say to every nations that subject to oppressions, injustices, war ...etc.
"For hope is but the dream
of those that wake."
I edited out which nation Martin Luther King spoke about, so that it is applicable to all nations of the world.
"You've gotta have hope. Without hope life is meaningless. Without hope life is meaning less and less."
“Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars.”
"Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change."
"Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, parties, nations, and ages it is the rule."
“A patriot sets himself apart in his own country under his own flag, sneers at other nations and keeps an army of uniformed assassins on hand at heavy expense to grab slices of other people’s countries and keep them from grabbing slices of his. In the intervals between campaigns he washes the blood off his hands and works for ‘the universal brotherhood of man’ - with his mouth.”
"The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous."
''Don’t ask me, sweetheart, for the love we’ve had before.
I had then thought --
as long as you’re here, my life would flourish;
when I had your grief, grief of the world didn’t matter.
You were the one who kept the world in eternal bloom,
but for your eyes, what else is there for me in the world?
If I have you, I’d have the destiny in my hand.
That was not to be, though I wanted it so.
Many other woes in the world besides love,
many other comforts, besides our togetherness''
"One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is terribly important."
"Fall seven times, stand up eight."
"That which then was ours, my love, don't ask me for that love again.
The world was then gold, burnished with light and only because of you. That what I had believed.
How could one weep for sorrows other than yours?
How could one have any sorrow but the one you gave?
So what were these protests, these rumours of injustice?
A glimpse of your face was evidence of springtime.
The sky, wherever I looked, was nothing but your eyes.
If you'd fall in my arms, Fate would be helpless.”
''Without love,
all worship is a burden,
all dancing is a chore,
all music is mere noise.
All the rain of heaven may fall into the sea.
Without love,
not one drop could become a pearl.''
I do agree …
But love it’s a responsibility not just a feeling, sometimes I am wondering how people can be cruel towards others feeling, or they enjoy others suffering, but ironically you can find that they are actually afraid of admitting they are in love.
Like egg and ham sandwich,love needs commitment and not only involvement:)
"Enjoy every sandwich." :)
''we have to keep them in our hearts
cause that's where they belong''
while we
''enjoy every sandwich
enjoy every bite
enjoy every day
and enjoy every night'' :)
“If you can't learn to do it well, learn to enjoy doing it badly”
"Sometimes it is not enough to do our best; we must do what is required."
"It is no use saying, 'We are doing our best.' You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary."
its good to do our best,whatever we are doing. we should also know that its no use following other peoples definition of success,as maybe what one person considers a success, for the other person its a failure..
we should learn to be happy with ourselves,to accept ourselves and only then can we improve...
we should listen to others,but should have the courage to take our decisions also accept responsibility for our actions...
"I don't know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody."
"I want to sing like the birds sing, not worrying about who hears or what they think."
“When in doubt, sing loud”
"Without music life would be a mistake."
“Run your fingers through my soul. For once, just once, feel exactly what I feel, believe what I believe, perceive as I perceive, look, experience, examine, and for once; just once, understand.”
"When I ask you to listen to me and you start giving advice, you have not done what I asked.
When I ask you to listen to me and you begin to tell me why I shouldn’t feel that way, you are trampling on my feelings.
When I ask you listen to me and you feel you have to do something to solve my problems, you have failed me,strange as that may seem.
So please, just listen and hear me. And if you want to talk,wait a few minutes for your turn and I promise I’ll listen to you."
"Heart, we will forget him,
You and I, tonight!
You must forget the warmth he gave,
I will forget the light.
When you have done pray tell me,
Then I, my thoughts, will dim.
Haste! ‘lest while you’re lagging
I may remember him!"
''Rose leaves, when the rose is dead,
Are heap’d for the beloved’s bed;
And so thy thoughts when thou are gone,
Love itself shall slumber on.''
بكت عيني غداة البين دمعاً
وأخرى بالبكا بخلت علينا* *
فعاقبت التي بالدمع ضنت
بأن أغمضتها يوم التقينا * *
قال لي المحبوب لما زرته
من ببابي قلت بالباب أنا* *
قال لي أخطأت تعريف الهوى
حينما فرقت فيه بيننا* *
ومضى عام فلما جئته
أطرق الباب عليه موهنا* *
قال لي من أنت قلت انظر فما
ثم إلا أنت بالباب هنا* *
قال لي أحسنت تعريف الهوى
وعرفت الحب فادخل يا أنا* *
"The future depends on what we do in the present."
“The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.”;)
"The past can't see you, but the future is listening."
وقتی در ازدحام خوشبختی هایم دست و پا می زنم ؛ بیدارم مکن
شاید این رود
با خود بیاورد
تخته پاره ای را
برای کلبه ام
شاید این رود
با خود بیاورد
تخته پاره ای را
برای کلبه ام
''Tomorrow is fresh, with no mistakes in it.''
"Never say, "oops." Always say, "Ah, interesting."
“You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.”
“Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don't over-analyse your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness.”
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