Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal: my strength lies solely in my tenacity Fortune favors the prepared mind.

Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac: (Lowell (Massachusetts), 12 March 1922 – Saint Petersburg (Florida), 21 October 1969) American writer. Will you love me in December as you do in May? Better to sleep in an uncomfortable bed free, than sleep in a comfortable bed unfree. Night is longer than the day for those who dream &… Lees verder Jack Kerouac

Sigmund Freud: Born Sigismund Schlomo Freud. (Freiberg (Moravia), 6 May 1856 – London, 23 September 1939). Neurologist from Austria-Hungary and the founder of psychoanalysis. Although several of Freud’s theories and methods are controversial, he is considered the founder and one of the most influential psychologists and thinkers of the 20th century. Men are strong only… Lees verder Sigmund Freud

Clive Staples Lewis: (Belfast, 29 November 1898 – Oxford, 22 November 1963). Irish-born British writer, professor, man of letters and Christian apologist. You can make anything by writing. One of the most cowardly things ordinary people do is the shut their eyes to facts. There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave… Lees verder C. S. Lewis

Willem Cornelis (Wim) Kan: (Scheveningen, 15 January 1911 – Nijmegen, 8 September 1983). Dutch cabaret performer. He is considered one of the ‘Big Three of Dutch cabaret’ from after World War II, along with Wim Sonneveld and Toon Hermans. On piano, he was accompanied by Ru van Veen. Democracy is the will of the people;… Lees verder Wim Kan

If you let people into your life a little bit, they can be pretty damn amazing.

To die would mean nothing else than to surrender a nothing to the nothing, but that would be impossible to conceive, for how could a person, even only as a nothing, consciously surrender himself to the nothing, and not merely to an empty nothing but rather to a roaring nothing whose nothingness consists only in… Lees verder Franz Kafka

John Winston Ono Lennon: Born John Winston Lennon. Liverpool, 9 October 1940 – New York (New York), 8 December 1980. British pop musician and composer, peace activist and founder of the Liverpool pop group The Quarrymen, which evolved into the globally successful The Beatles after some line-up changes. Along with Paul McCartney, George Harrison and… Lees verder John Lennon

Everyone you meet is fighting a battle you know nothing about. Be kind. Always. If you need booze or drugs to enjoy your life to the fullest, then you’re doing it wrong. I used to think that the worst thing in life was to end up alone. It’s not. The worst thing in life is… Lees verder Robin Williams

Sangeeta Rana: Founder of Thoughtfultable.com, writer, artist, economist and people person. Allow your dreams to shape your life, let it guide you towards positivity and progress. When you touch someone’s soul they never forget that. They remember that gesture for as long as they live. Find some time for yourself, sit in silence, don’t talk,… Lees verder Sangeeta Rana