The most beautiful things in the universe are the starry heavens above us and the feeling of duty within us.
—Indian Proverb
If love is great, and there are no greater things, then what I feel for you must be the greatest.
—Unknown
The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost.
—G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English Journalist, Novelist, Essayist, Poet
Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already have.
—Unknown
Death unites as well as separates; it silences all paltry feeling.
—Honore de Balzac (1799–1850) French Novelist
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance.
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) American Head of State, Lawyer
Except in cases of necessity, which are rare, leave your friend to learn unpleasant things from his enemies; they are ready enough to tell him.
—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809–94) American Physician, Essayist
Feeling without judgment is a washy draught indeed; but judgment untempered by feeling is too bitter and husky a morsel for human deglutition.
—Charlotte Bronte (1816–1855) English Novelist, Poet
A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud. I am arrived at last in the presence of a man so real and equal, that I may drop even those undermost garments of dissimulation, courtesy, and second thought, which men never put off, and may deal with him with the simplicity and wholeness with which one chemical atom meets another.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Men are Moved by two levers only: fear and self interest
—Napoleon I (1769–1821) Emperor of France
Like the measles, love is most dangerous when it comes late in life.
—Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron) (1788–1824) English Romantic Poet
If love is shelter, I’m going to walk in the rain.
—Indian Proverb
Not to expose your true feelings to an adult seems to be instinctive from the age of seven or eight onwards.
—George Orwell (1903–50) English Novelist, Journalist
The person, who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn and feel and change and grow and love and live.
—Leo Buscaglia (1924–98) American Motivational Speaker
Love will find a way. Indifference will find an excuse.
—Indian Proverb
Consider the rights of others before your own feelings, and the feelings of others before your own rights.
—John Wooden (1910–2010) American Basketball Coach, Educator
True love is like ghosts, which everybody talks about and few have seen.
—Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) French Writer
The heart of man is older than his head. The first-born is sensitive, but blind—his younger brother has a cold, but all-comprehensive glance. The blind must consent to be led by the clear sighted, if he would avoid falling.
—Friedrich Wilhelm Ziegler (1758–1827) German Actor, Dramatist
A woman is like a blanket: If you cover yourself with it, it bothers you; if you throw it aside you will feel the cold.
—African Proverb
The greater your capacity to love, the greater your capacity to feel the pain.
—Jennifer Aniston (b.1969) American Actress
If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don’t accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept, because you will gain one friend.
—Augustine of Hippo (354–430) Roman-African Christian Philosopher
Many people think that if they were only in some other place, or had some other job, they would be happy. Well, that is doubtful. So get as much happiness out of what you are doing as you can and don’t put off being happy until some future date.
—Dale Carnegie (1888–1955) American Self-Help Author
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
—Napoleon I (1769–1821) Emperor of France
Happiness consists of three things; Someone to love, work to do, and a clear conscience.
—Indian Proverb
By banishing doubt and trusting your intuitive feelings, you clear a space for the power of intention to flow through.
—Wayne Dyer (1940–2015) American Self-Help Author
When you realize that suffering and discomfort are the call to inquiry, you may actually begin to look forward to uncomfortable feelings. You may even experience them as friends coming to show you what you have not yet investigated thoroughly enough.
—Byron Katie (b.1942) American Speaker, Author
A woman will be twice bound when her chains feel comfortable.
—Egyptian Proverb
Your programming leads to your thoughts; your thoughts lead to your feelings; your feelings lead to your actions; your actions leads to your results. Therefore, just as is done with a personal computer, by changing your programming, you take the first essential step to changing your results.
—T. Harv Eker (b.1954) American Motivational Speaker, Lecturer, Author
Someone who thinks the world is always cheating him is right. He is missing that wonderful feeling of trust in someone or something.
—Andrew V. Mason
If I choose to bless another person, I will always end up feeling more blessed.
—Marianne Williamson (b.1952) American Activist, Author, Lecturer
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