I am a part of all that I have met.
—Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809–92) British Poet
There’s a great joy in my giving. It’s thrilling. It’s exhilarating. It’s important to be a part of sharing. It is my love. It is my joy.
—W. Clement Stone (1902–2002) American Self-help Guru, Entrepreneur
Failure is merely part of the process necessary for success.
—Unknown
You are either part of the solution or part of the problem.
—Eldridge Cleaver (1935–98) American Author, Activist
Trying is a part of failing. If you are afraid to fail, then you’re afraid to try.
—Unknown
It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush.
—George Herbert (1593–1633) Welsh Anglican Poet, Orator, Clergyman
The best part of repentance is a little sinning.
—Arabic Proverb
Suffering is part of the divine idea.
—Henry Ward Beecher (1813–87) American Clergyman, Writer
The weakness of an enemy forms part of our own strength.
—Common Proverb
If you don’t have a plan for yourself, you’ll be part of someone else’s.
—U.S. Proverb
We must be prepared to be part of the cure and not remain part of the problem.
—Unknown
Hope is the best part of our riches.—What sufficeth it that we have the wealth of the Indies in our pockets, if we have not the hope of heaven in our souls?
—Christian Nestell Bovee (1820–1904) American Writer, Aphorist
Knowledge is the small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify.
—Ambrose Bierce (1842–1913) American Short-story Writer, Journalist
It is part of the cure to wish to be cured.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
The toughest part of getting to the top of the ladder is getting through the crowd at the bottom.
—Unknown
Friendship is almost always the union of a part of one mind with a part of another; people are friends in spots.
—George Santayana (1863–1952) Spanish-American Poet, Philosopher
The wise only possess ideas; the greater part of mankind are possessed by them.
—Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) English Poet, Literary Critic, Philosopher
He who is outside the door has already a good part of his journey behind him.
—Dutch Proverb
Unless I am a part of everything I am nothing.
—Penelope Lively (b.1933) English Novelist, Children’s Author
No man understands a deep book until he has seen and lived at least part of its contents.
—Ezra Pound (1885-1972) American Poet, Translator, Critic
Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame.
—G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English Journalist, Novelist, Essayist, Poet
Loving-kindness is the better part of goodness.
—W. Somerset Maugham (1874–1965) British Novelist, Short-Story Writer, Playwright
The most important part of teaching is to teach what it is to know.
—Simone Weil (1909–1943) French Philosopher, Political Activist
My “fear” is my substance, and probably the best part of me.
—Franz Kafka (1883–1924) Austrian Novelist, Short Story Writer
One’s friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.
—George Santayana (1863–1952) Spanish-American Poet, Philosopher
The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.
—Plato (428 BCE–347 BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Mathematician, Educator
Give up the smallest part of a secret, and the rest is no longer in your power.
—German Proverb
The beginning is the most important part of any work, especially in the case of a young and tender thing; for that is the time at which the character is being formed and the desired impression more readily taken.
—Plato (428 BCE–347 BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher, Mathematician, Educator
To know where you can find a thing is the chief part of learning.
—Unknown
Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one’s being.
—Orison Swett Marden (1850–1924) American New Thought Writer, Physician, Entrepreneur
The principal part of faith is patience.
—George MacDonald (1824–1905) Scottish Novelist, Lecturer, Poet
Flowers leave a part of their fragrance in the hands that bestow them.
—Chinese Proverb
Wisdom is the most important part of happiness.
—Sophocles (495–405 BCE) Ancient Greek Dramatist