Poems List

Oscar Wilde

Like dear St. Francis of

Like dear St. Francis of Assisi I am wedded to Poverty: but in my case the marriage is not a success.

80

Jawaharlal Nehru

A theory must be tempered

A theory must be tempered with reality.

56

Coleridge

Human experience, like the stern-lights

Human experience, like the stern-lights of a ship at sea, illumines only the path which we have passed over.

21

Steve Maraboli

Live life with a purpose

Live life with a purpose and live it full out."

20

Sir Arthur Eddington

It is a primitive form

It is a primitive form of thought that things exist or do not exist.

35

Jawaharlal Nehru

Action to be effective must

Action to be effective must be directed to clearly conceived ends.

89

Steve Maraboli

You can't just wish change;

You can't just wish change; you have to live the change in order for it to become a reality."

17

Confucius

There are three things to

There are three things to beware of through life: when a man is young, let him beware of his appetites; when he is middle-aged, of his passions; and when old, of covetousness, especially.

149

Jawaharlal Nehru

A leader or a man

A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.

57

Pamela Ribon

When you live in Texas,

When you live in Texas, every single time you see snow it's magical.

85

Steve Maraboli

Do not let another day

Do not let another day go by where your dedication to other people's opinions is greater than your dedication to your own emotions!"

13

Dante Alighieri

Worldly fame is but a

Worldly fame is but a breath of wind, that blows now this way, now that, and changes name as it changes sides.

101

Saint Augustine

If you would attain to

If you would attain to what you are not yet, you must always be displeased by what you are. For where you are pleased with yourself there you have remained. Keep adding, keep walking, keep advancing.

43

Marcel Proust

There is no one, no

There is no one, no matter how wise he is, who has not in his youth said things or done things that are so unpleasant to recall in later life that he would expunge them entirely from his memory if that were possible.

92

Dante Alighieri

The heaven that rolls around

The heaven that rolls around cries aloud to you while it displays its eternal beauties, and yet your eyes are fixed upon the earth alone.

134

Steve Maraboli

Nothing inspires honesty like fear

Nothing inspires honesty like fear or trouble."

17

Saint Augustine

To wisdom belongs the intellectual

To wisdom belongs the intellectual apprehension of things eternal; to knowledge, the rational apprehension of things temporal.

38

Margaret Cho

Some people are that -

Some people are that - more than a parent, more than a role model, more than anything less than a religion.

21

Dante Alighieri

There is no greater grief

There is no greater grief in misery than to turn our thoughts back to happier times.*

140

Steve Maraboli

When you stop just existing

When you stop just existing and you start truly living, each moment of the day comes alive with wonder and synchronicity."

15

Buddha

A family is a place

A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if these minds get out of harmony with one another it is like a storm that plays havoc with the garden.

48

Oscar Wilde

One should either be a

One should either be a work of art, or wear a work of art.

94

Demosthenes

It is the natural disposition

It is the natural disposition of all men to listen with pleasure to abuse and slander of their neighbour, and to hear with impatience those who utter praises of themselves.

42

Steve Maraboli

Sometimes the love you'll feel

Sometimes the love you'll feel after you've been hurt is stronger than ever."

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