Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

There are dreams stronger than death. Men and women die holding these dreams.

Antoine Gerard Theodore (Toon) Hermans: (Sittard, 17 December 1916 – Nieuwegein, 22 April 2000) Dutch cabaret artist, singer, painter and poet. He is considered one of the ‘Big Three of post-World War II Dutch cabaret’, along with Wim Sonneveld and Wim Kan. When you are young, you hardly get a chance to know who you… Lees verder Toon Hermans

Saddle your dreams before you ride em.

Don’t ask yourself what the world needs, ask yourself what makes you come alive. And then go and do that. Because what the world needs is people who are alive.

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.

The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight, because by then your body and your fat are really good friends.

John Ruskin: (London, 8 February 1819 – Brantwood (Lancashire), 20 January 1900). English critic who became best known for his work as an art critic and social critic, but is also remembered as a writer, poet and talented watercolourist. Ruskin’s essays on art and architecture were highly influential in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. The… Lees verder John Ruskin

Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change.

Édouard René Lefèbvre de Laboulaye: (18 januari 1811 – 25 mei 1883). Frans jurist, dichter, schrijver en anti-slavernij activist. Aandachtig waarnemer van het politieke leven in de Verenigde Staten en bewonderaar van de Amerikaanse grondwet, bedacht hij het idee van een standbeeld dat door het Franse volk aan de Verenigde Staten werd geschonken en resulteerde… Lees verder Édouard René de Laboulaye

Don’t get so busy making a living, that you forget to make a life.