Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray.Quote by George Gordon Byron about life
This is the patent age of new inventions for killing bodies, and for saving souls. All propagated with the best intentions.Quote by George Gordon Byron about age, olderness
Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody.Quote by Jane Austen about education, world
I am afraid that the pleasantness of an employment does not always evince its propriety.Quote by Jane Austen
Single women have a dreadful propensity for being poor. Which is one very strong argument in favor of matrimony.Quote by Jane Austen about being
For my part, I consider that it will be found much better by all parties to leave the past to history, especially as I propose to write that history myself.Quote by Winston Churchill about history, past
I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place.Quote by Winston Churchill about events
My mind rebels at stagnation. Give me problems, give me work, give me the most abstruse cryptogram, or the most intricate analysis, and I am in my own proper atmosphere. But I abhor the dull routine of existence. I crave for mental exaltation.Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle about existence, problems, mind, work
Some facts should be suppressed, or, at least, a just sense of proportion should be observed in treating them.Quote by Arthur Conan Doyle about common sense, sense
The intention of the reef is to reduce the surface of the sail in proportion to the increase of the wind; for which reason there are several reefs parallel to each other in the superior sails, whereby they may be still further diminished, in order...Quote by William Falconer about intention, order, reason
Charter schools have a far higher proportion of teachers who are not certified.Quote by Maggie Gallagher about teachers
I've had my moments of insanity. But there is a certain responsibility to set proper examples for your children, and that influences your choices in every aspect of your life.Quote by Andy Garcia about children, life
How can any one have genuine happiness, unless in proportion as he looks round, and, behold, every thing is very good?Quote by William Godwin about happiness, things, good, good luck
Learning is the ally, not the adversary of genius... he who reads in a proper spirit, can scarcely read too much.Quote by William Godwin about genius, spirit
This thing called revolutionary propaganda and activity is something of an art in itself. It has been developed to a high degree in Europe where revolutionary groups have been active for half a century and where Communist revolutionary groups have...Quote by John Thomas Flynn about activity, past, art, magic, things
The proper method for hastening the decay of error is by teaching every man to think for himself.Quote by William Godwin about teaching, error, man
The first expectation was that I was supposed to put on weight. Then it was expected that we would lead proper lives, though there wasn't a lot of conversation about it.Quote by Peter Fonda about expectation, conversation
A coalition of groups is waging a massive propaganda campaign against the president of the United States. an all-out attack. Their aim is total victory for themselves and total defeat for him.Quote by Gerald R. Ford about defeat, attack, victory