Escritas - Poems List

Gloria Anzaldua

What we say and what

What we say and what we do ultimately comes back to us so let us own our responsibility, place it in our hands, and carry it with dignity and strength.

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Major General Sir William Napier

Honorable retreats are no ways

Honorable retreats are no ways inferior to brave charges, as having less fortune, more of discipline, and as much valor.

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Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Happy the man who early

Happy the man who early learns the difference between his wishes and his powers.

209

Steve Maraboli

One of the most spiritual

One of the most spiritual things that can happen to you is a human breakthrough."

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Robert Burton

Old friends become bitter enemies

Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.

32

Dr. Joyce Brothers

Accept that all of us

Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can - - and surely will at times -- fail. I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.

102

Steve Maraboli

Don't sit back and wait

Don't sit back and wait for life to happen to you. Have a plan and take the needed steps to create what you want."

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Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

He who does not think

He who does not think too much of himself is much more esteemed than he imagines.

209

Bertrand Russell

All exact science is dominated

All exact science is dominated by the idea of approximation.

210

Hillary Clinton

I believe that a worthwhile

I believe that a worthwhile life is defined by a kind of spiritual journey and a sense of obligation.

77

Steve Maraboli

Live your vision and demand

Live your vision and demand your success."

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Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

A day of fortune is

A day of fortune is like a harvest-day, we must be busy when the corn is ripe.

272

Rosalind Sussman Yalow

We must believe in ourselves

We must believe in ourselves or no one else will believe in us; we must match our aspirations with the competence, courage, and determination to succeed.

17

Shelley

Chastity is a monkish and

Chastity is a monkish and evangelical superstition, a greater foe to natural temperance even than unintellectual sensuality; it strikes at the root of all domestic happiness, and consigns more than half of the human race to misery.

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Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

How can we learn to

How can we learn to know ourselves? By reflection, never, but by our actions. Attempt to do your duty, and you will immediately find what is in you.

211

Steve Maraboli

Sometimes the greatest messages come

Sometimes the greatest messages come out of the greatest messes."

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Mara Mitchell

When we are chafed and

When we are chafed and fretted by small cares, a look at the stars will show us the littleness of our own intersts.

24

Russian Proverb

There is no shame in

There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out.

74

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

We blame equally him who

We blame equally him who is too proud to put a proper value on his own merit and him who prizes too highly his spurious worth.

187

Steve Maraboli

Simplify your life. You don't

Simplify your life. You don't grow spiritual, you shrink spiritual."

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Babe Didrikson

Luck? Sure. But only after

Luck? Sure. But only after long practice and only with the ability to think under pressure.

24

Bartholomew

Many of us spend our

Many of us spend our whole lives running from feeling with the mistaken belief that you cannot bear the pain. But you have already borne the pain. What you have not done is feel all you are beyond the pain.

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Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

The loss of a much-prized

The loss of a much-prized treasure is only half felt when we have not regarded its tenure as secure.

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Steve Maraboli

Your agreement with reality defines

Your agreement with reality defines your life."

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