Categorie: English proverbs and sayings in pictures

Ambroise-Paul-Toussaint-Jules Valéry: (Sète, 30 October 1871 – Paris, 20 July 1945). French poet, essayist, philosopher and author of aphorisms. As a poet, Valéry was known as an exponent of Poésie pure, for which the mythological figure Narcissus in particular was a symbol for him (his perhaps best-known poem is also called Narcissus speaks (Narcisse parle).… Lees verder Paul Valery

Strong people don’t put others down. They lift them up.

How many young women have I watched weep their days away over disinterested men? To all of them, I want to say, Look up. Get a life, because he has.

Life gives us choices. You either grab on with both hands and just go for it, or you sit on the sidelines.

Sometimes life will kick you around, but sooner or later you realize you’re not just a survivor, you’re a warrior. And you’re stronger than anything life throws your way.

What if nothing exists and we’re all in somebody’s dream? The heart wants what it wants. There’s no logic to these things. You meet someone and you fall in love and that’s that.

People like to clothe weak truths with strong words.

The truth is like a cut diamond: it has many facets.

It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience.

Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child.