Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

The most basic of all human needs is the need to understand and be understood.

When you dance to your own rhythm, people may not understand you; they may even hate you. But mostly they’ll wish they had the courage to do the same.

Healing is a choice. It is not an easy one because it takes work to turn around your habits. But keep making the choice and shifts will happen.

Brooke Hampton: American writer and entrepreneur, known as the author of ‘Enchanted Cedar’. She is also active under the name “Barefoot Five”, which says a lot about her philosophy of life. She has built a large following on social media with her statements about living a wild and simple life, close to nature. No, we… Lees verder Brooke Hampton

A considerable percentage of the people we meet on the street are people who are empty inside, that is, they are actually already dead. It is fortunate for us that we do not see and do not know it. If we knew what a number of people are actually deadand what a number of these… Lees verder George Ivanovitsj Gurdjieff

He said that those who have endured some misfortune will always be set apart but that it is just that misfortune which is their gift and which is their strength.

Gilbert Keith Chesterton: (London, 29 May 1874 – Beaconsfield, 14 June 1936). English man of letters and journalist. In his writings, he defended the dignity of the human person against all manner of ‘isms’. His sharp, humour-laden attacks earned him great popularity, but also numerous enemies. His best-known works are Orthodoxy (1908), The Everlasting Man… Lees verder Gilbert Keith Chesterton

When the sun shines too bright, even the shadows can get burned. A wise man fills his brain before emptying his mouth. Until the lion learns how to write, every story will glorify the hunter.

Sir Winston Leonard Churchill: (Woodstock, England, 30 November 1874 – London, England, 24 January 1965). British Conservative Party politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and from 1951 to 1955. Nancy Astor to Churchill: ‘If I were married to you, I would put poison in your coffee.’ Churchill: ‘And if… Lees verder Winston Churchill

Louis Leo Holtz: (born January 6, 1937). American former college football coach and television analyst. He served as the head football coach at the College of William & Mary (1969–1971), North Carolina State University (1972–1975), the New York Jets (1976), the University of Arkansas (1977–1983), the University of Minnesota (1984–1985), the University of Notre Dame… Lees verder Lou Holz