Pensamentos - achados e recebidos
"Se não houver frutos, valeu a beleza das flores; se não houver flores, valeu a sombra das folhas; se não houver folhas, valeu a intenção da semente." - Henfil
"Dos medos nascem as coragens; e
das dúvidas, as certezas. Os sonhos anunciam outra realidade possível e os
delírios, outra razão.
Somos, enfim, o que fazemos para transformar o que somos. A identidade não é uma
peça de museu, quietinha na vitrine, mas a sempre assombrosa síntese das
contradições nossas de cada dia.
Nessa fé, fugitiva eu creio. Para mim, é a única fé digna de confiança, porque é
parecida com o bicho humano, fodido mas sagrado." -- Eduardo Galeano
"O segredo da vida de um homem está em preparar-se para aproveitar a ocasião assim que ela se apresentar. E o que parece uma calamidade, muitas vezes é, depois, a fonte da nossa fortuna." --Disraeli
"Defeitos não fazem mal, quando há vontade e poder de os corrigir." --Machado de Assis
"É preciso grande sabedoria só para perceber a extensão da própria ignorância." --Thomas Sowell
"Vivemos com o que recebemos, mas marcamos a vida com o que damos." --Winston Churchill
"Devagar! Quem mais corre, mais tropeça!" --Shakespeare
" Somos todos anjos de uma asa só,
“A sabedoria não nos é dada. É preciso
descobri-la por nós mesmos,
"Imaginar é mais importante que saber, pois o conhecimento é
limitado enquanto a imaginação abarca o Universo." (Albert Einstein)
"O que sabemos é uma gota, o que ignoramos é um oceano."
(Isaac Newton)
"A neve e a tempestade destroem
as flores, mas nada podem contra a semente." --Gibran Khalil Gibran)
"Se você treme de indignação perante a uma injustiça cometida a qualquer pessoa em qualquer lugar do mundo, então somos companheiros." - Che Guevara
“Aquele
que perde a saúde perde muito; aquele que perde um amigo perde
ainda mais; mas aquele que perde a própria coragem perde tudo.” --Cervantes
"Mistura um pouco de
loucura à tua sabedoria." --Horácio
"Na juventude deve-se
acumular o saber, na velhice, fazer uso dele." --Sêneca
"Os sábios aprendem com os erros dos outros, os tolos com os próprios erros e os idiotas não aprendem nunca." --Provérbio chinês
"Quando morre um idoso, perde-se uma biblioteca." -- Provérbio indiano
"Conhece-se o coração de um homem pelo que ele faz, e a sua sabedoria pelo que ele diz." -- Provérbio persa
“O tempo é nosso grande mestre, que ameniza nossas dores, cuida das nossas feridas e cura as cicatrizes, da incompreensão, do desamor, da falsidade, das derrotas temporárias, dos que se aproximam de nós apenas em benefício próprio. Só o tempo nos mostra os verdadeiros amigos.” --(*)
“Enfrentar qualquer problema juntos. Amizade para mim é isso. Estar juntos por prazer e não por compromisso. Os amigos somos o que temos de máximo valor. Nos acompanham na tristeza felicidade ou dor. Amor é sinônimo de amizade. E eu passo mal ao menor sinal de falsidade. Somente com os amigos somos completos.” -Gabriel, O Pensador
"A justiça é a vingança do homem em sociedade, como a vingança é a justiça do homem em estado selvagem." --Epicuro
"Se um homem encara a vida de um ponto de vista artístico, seu cérebro passa a ser seu coração." --Oscar Wilde
"Livros não mudam o mundo, quem muda o mundo são as pessoas. Os livros só mudam as pessoas." --Caio Graco
"Nossas dúvidas são traidoras e nos fazem perder o que, com freqüência, poderíamos ganhar, por simples medo de arriscar." Shakespeare
"O único homem que nunca comete erros é aquele que nunca faz coisa alguma. Não tenha medo de errar, pois você aprenderá a não cometer duas vezes o mesmo erro." --Roosevelt
"Não acho que a idade necessariamente traga consigo a sabedoria. Entretanto, ela nos dá humildade e tolerância, isto é, a capacidade de amar e compreender os outros." --Paul-Emile Victor em Notre Temps
"No pleasure philosophy, no sensuality, no place nor power, no material success can for a moment give such inner satisfaction as the sense of living for good purposes, for maintenance of integrity, for the preservation of self-approval." --Minot Simons
The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and richness to life that nothing else can bring. -- Oscar Wilde
"A great many people think they are thinking
when they are merely rearranging their prejudices."
--William James
"The art of being
wise is the art of knowing what to overlook."
You can make more friends
in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years
by trying to get other people interested in you. --Dale Carnegie
Discussion is an exchange of knowledge; argument an exchange of ignorance.
--Robert Quillen
There are too many
people praying for mountains of difficulty to be removed, when what they really
need is courage to climb them.
To be trusted is a greater
compliment than to be loved.
There is more in us than we
know. If we can be made to see it, perhaps, for the rest of our lives, we will
be unwilling to settle for less.
People's minds are changed
through observation and not through argument.
“Great discoveries and achievements invariably involve the
cooperation of many minds”
The value
of the average conversation could be enormously improved by the constant use of
four simple words: "I do not know."
I have often been afraid, but I would not give in to it. I
made myself act as though I was not afraid and gradually my fear disappeared.
The real art of conversation is not only to say
the right thing in the right place but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the
tempting moment. --Dorothy Nevell
"If you hear a different drummer -- dreamer, take a chance . . . The road you choose to travel means the difference in the dance." -- D. Morgan
"Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody is watching." --Mark Twain
"A person with a new idea
is a crank until the idea succeeds." --Mark Twain
"I keep my ideals, because
in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart."
The best preparation for
tomorrow is to do today's work superbly well. --Sir William Osler
I don't care what you do
for a living. If you love it, you are a success.
Hold fast to dreams, for If
dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
You will never find time
for anything. If you want time you must make it.
The difference between the
impossible and the possible lies in the person's determination.
Success is to be measured
not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles
that one has overcome while trying to succeed.
Experience is the hardest
kind of teacher. It gives you the test first and the lesson afterward.--(*)
"Love yourself first and
everything else falls into line." --Lucille Ball
Don't worry about what's
ahead. Just go as far as you can go - from there you can see farther.
Friendship is like a bank
account. You can't continue to draw on it without making deposits.
Treat the light things
in life very seriously, and the serious things very lightly.
Count your life by smiles,
not tears. Count your age by friends, not years.
Profanity is the effort of
a feeble mind to express itself forcefully. --(*)
Poor government comes about
when good citizens sit on their hands instead of standing on their feet.
--Robert Baker
There is only one way to
get anybody to do anything… That is by making the other person want to do it.
--Dale Carnegie
Beware of little expenses;
a small leak will sink a great ship. --Benjamin Franklin
The Lord gave us two ends -
one to sit on and the other to think with. Success depends on which one we use
the most. --Ann Landers
When the window of
opportunity appears, don't pull down the shade. --Tom Peters
A strong, positive attitude
will create more miracles than any wonder drug.
A man can succeed at almost
anything for which he has unlimited enthusiasm.
“Confidence, like art,
never comes from having all the answers; it comes from being open to all the
questions.” --Earl Gray Stevens
Researchers have determined
that it is impossible to develop eyestrain from looking on the bright side of
things.
It is always better to proceed on the basis of recognition of what is, rather than what ought to be. --Stewart Alsop
We are all faced with great
opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.
"If we all did the things
we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves" --Thomas Edison
Let me tell you the secret
that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity. --Louis
Pasteur
"When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us." -- Helen Keller
"Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending." --Maria Robinson
"Our greatest happiness in life does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits." --Thomas Jefferson
Success is the ability to
go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. --Winston Churchill
Life's most persistent and
urgent question is: What are you doing for others? --Martin Luther King, Jr.
Our greatest glory consists not in never falling but in rising every time we fall. --Oliver Goldsmith
It's better to be prepared
for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be
prepared. --Whitney Young
One of the nice things
about problems is that a good many of them do not exist except in our
imagination. --Steve Allen
Losers visualize the penalties of failure. Winners visualize the rewards of success. --Rob Gilbert
A candle is not diminished
by giving another candle light. --Earl Nightingale
If at first you DO succeed,
try something harder. --Ann Landers
Three things never return:
the past, the neglected opportunity, and the spoken word.
You either have to be
first, best, or different. --Loretta Lynn
Remember:You have exactly
the same number of hours per day as Martin Luther King Jr., Marie Curie, Thomas
Jefferson, Martha Graham or Bill Gates.
Observação: o * foi adotado para autores desconhecidos
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