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Saturday, December 20, 2008

Euripides' quotes


Euripides was a playwright from Ancient Greece. He is considered as one of the three great tragedy playwrights of Classical Athens, along with Aeschylus and Sophocles. Many of his plays depict personal and social issues. He is known to have shown strong women characters and intelligent slaves in his works.

Here are his quotes:

1. "The bold are helpless without cleverness."

2. "Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account. "

3. "Much effort, much prosperity."

4. "Leave no stone unturned."

5. "Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment."

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

Quotes from Pearl S. Buck


Pearl S. Buck was a Pulitzer-winning American writer. She was also the first American woman to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature. Her Pulitzer-winning novel, The Good Earth, stayed on the
bestseller list for months. It also sold nearly two million copies, and was translated into thirty languages.


Here are some of her famous quotes:

1. "All things are possible until they are proved impossible - and even the impossible may only be so, as of now. "

2. "Every great mistake has a halfway moment, a split second when it can be recalled and perhaps remedied."

3. “I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work. ”

4. "The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it. "

5. "The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible - and achieve it, generation after generation."

Sunday, December 7, 2008

Inspiring Quotes from Teddy Roosevelt


Theodore Roosevelt, also known as Teddy Roosevelt was one of the four American statesmen
depicted in the Mount Rushmore Memorial. Two US Navy ships are also named after him: the submarine USS Theodore Roosevelt (SSBN-600) and the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71).

Here are his inspiring quotes:

1. "Believe you can and you're halfway there."

2. "Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster."

3. "In a moment of decision the best thing you can do is the right thing. The worst thing you can do is nothing."

4. "It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed."

5. "It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things. "