Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Washington Irving: (New York, 3 April 1783 – Tarrytown (Westchester County, New York), 28 November 1859). American author, best known for his short stories The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip van Winkle. Love is never lost. If not reciprocated, it will flow back and soften and purify the heart.

Barack Hussein Obama II: (Honolulu (Hawaii), 4 August 1961) American politician, lawyer, and author. He was the 44th president of the United States, in office from 20 January 2009 to 20 January 2017 for two terms in office. He was the first US president of (partly) African descent. We did not come to fear the… Lees verder Barack Obama

Start over; my darling.  Be brave enough to find the life you want and courageous enough to chase it. Then start over and love yourself the way you were always meant to be.

Alan Phillip Cohen: (geboren op 5 oktober 1954). Amerikaanse zakenman, vooral bekend als eigenaar van het Florida Panthers hockeyteam en als oprichter van verschillende generieke farmaceutische bedrijven, met name het in Davie, Florida gevestigde Andrx Corp. Cohen. The world would have you agree with its dismal dream of limitation. But the light would have you… Lees verder Alan Cohen

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