Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Good is the enemy of great. Greatness is not a function of circumstance. Greatness, it turns out, is largely a matter of conscious choice and discipline.

In the end, people will judge you anyway. So don’t live your life impressing others. Live your life impressing yourself.

Dreams are extremely important. You can’t do it unless you imagine it.

Ask yourself: “Is this feeling worth holding on or is it something that is not allowing me to grow?” (Then act according to what feels right for you).

All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped. Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers. Some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter childhoods completely into jagged little pieces, beyond repair. I give myself a good cry if I need it, but then I concentrate on all good things still in… Lees verder Mitch Albom

Diogenes of Sinope: (Sinope 404 BC – Corinth 323 BC). Greek philosopher from the school of cynics. Diogenes was born the son of a banker in Sinope, a Greek colony on the southern coast of the Black Sea. Initially, Diogenes followed in his father’s footsteps with a career in banking, however, after involvement in a… Lees verder Diogenus of Sinope

Friendships are the family we make – not the one we inherit. I’ve always been someone to whom friendship, elective affinities, is as important as family. One of the problems with defending free speech is you often have to defend people that you find outrageous and unpleasant and disgusting. It seems that the right of… Lees verder Salman Rushdie

Ernest Alexandre Honoré Coquelin: (16 May 1848 – 8 February 1909). French actor. Also called Coquelin Cadet, to distinguish him from his brother, he was born at Boulogne, and entered the Conservatoire in 1864. He graduated with the first prize in comedy and made his debut in 1867 at the Odéon. The next year he… Lees verder Cadet Coquelin

Nicola Yoon: (Geboren in 1972). Jamaicaans-Amerikaanse auteur. Ze is vooral bekend als schrijfster van de young adult roman Everything, Everything uit 2015, een New York Times bestseller en de basis van de gelijknamige film uit 2017. In 2016 bracht ze The Sun Is Also a Star uit, een roman die werd bewerkt tot een gelijknamige… Lees verder Nicola Yoon

Joseph Anton Schneiderfranken: Also known as Bô Yin Râ. (Aschaffenburg, 25 November 1876 – Massagno, 14 February 1943) German writer and painter. From 1913, he wrote religious-spiritual books under the name Bô Yin Râ, most of which were published in Switzerland. His publications, including his 32-volume main work Hortus Conclusus (Enclosed Garden), were largely published… Lees verder Bo Yin Ra