Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Andrew Carnegie: (Dunfermline (Scotland), 25 November 1835 – Lenox (Massachusetts), 11 August 1919). American steel magnate and philanthropist of Scottish descent. Outside America, he is probably best known for his contribution to Carnegie Hall in New York and the construction of the Peace Palace in The Hague. As I grow older, I pay less attention… Lees verder Andrew Carnegie

Joy is a decision, a really brave one, about how you’re going to respond to life.

Virginia Woolf: (South Kensington (London), 25 January 1882 – Lewes (Sussex), 28 March 1941). British writer and feminist. She was a founding member of the Bloomsbury group and became an important figure in London’s literary life in the interwar years. In case you ever foolishly forget: I am never not thinking of you. All the… Lees verder Virginia Woolf

There is more pleasure to building castles in the air than on the ground.

Astrid van der Does: Dutch Practioner & Teachter Soul Body Fusion and Thai Healing Massage Therapist. Embrace all sides of yourself the light & the dark. Receiving attention is like being illuminated by the sun. Being put in the light and getting warmth. Giving is nice and goes without saying.

An optimist does not stand in the rain but showers under a cloud.

Error is sometimes so nearly allied to truth that it blends with it as imperceptibly as the colors of the rainbow fade into each other.

Thinking and speaking are highly predictive activities.

The beauty of sharing is… that together you have everything.

Charles Langbridge Morgan: (22 January 1894 – 6 February 1958). A British playwright and novelist of English and Welsh parentage. The main themes of his work were, as he himself put it, “Art, Love, and Death”, and the relation between them. Themes of individual novels range from the paradoxes of freedom (The Voyage, The River… Lees verder Charles Morgan