Bernard Williams famous quotes

03-26-2025

Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.
-- Bernard Williams

#Inspirational #Positive #Inspiring
There was never a night or a problem that could defeat sunrise or hope.
-- Bernard Williams

#Hope #Night #Sunrise
There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face.
-- Bernard Williams

#Happiness #Nature #Inspirational Life
We grow a little every time we do not take advantage of somebody's weakness.
-- Bernard Williams

#Time #Growth #Weakness
Talent is a flame. Genius is a fire.
-- Bernard Williams

#Fire #Flames #Genius
If a June night could talk, it would probably boast it invented romance.
-- Bernard Williams

#Love #Summer #Night
Books had instant replay long before televised sports.
-- Bernard Williams

#Sports #Book #Reading
We may pass violets looking for roses. We may pass contentment looking for victory.
-- Bernard Williams

#Success #Rose #Victory
Sooner or later we all quote our mothers.
-- Bernard Williams

#Mother #Motherhood #Sooner Or Later
Few things are as democratic as a snowstorm.
-- Bernard Williams

#Democratic #Snowstorms
A friend is a lot of things, but a critic isn't.
-- Bernard Williams

#Friendship #Critics
If we try and fail, we have temporary disappointments. But if we do not try at all, we have permanent regrets.
-- Bernard Williams

#Disappointment #Regret #Failure
No symphony orchestra ever played music like a two-year-old girl laughing with a puppy.
-- Bernard Williams

#Girl #Years #Two Year Olds
I like the word "indolence." It makes my laziness seem classy.
-- Bernard Williams

#Laziness #Indolence
It is almost impossible to watch a sunset and not dream.
-- Bernard Williams

#Dream #Sunset #Watches
Life is supposed to be a series of peaks and valleys. The secret is to keep the valleys from becoming Grand Canyons.
-- Bernard Williams

#Secret #Valleys #Becoming
People who say, 'Let the chips fall where they may,' usually figure they will not be hit by a chip.
-- Bernard Williams

#Fall #People #May
The day the Lord created hope was probably the same day he created Spring.
-- Bernard Williams

#Spring #Lord
Women have a favorite room, men a favorite chair.
-- Bernard Williams

#Women #Men #Rooms
What a strange world this would be if we all had the same sense of humor.
-- Bernard Williams

#Humor #Would Be #World
Americans are optimists. They hope they'll be wealthy someday - and they're positive they can get one more brushful of paint out of an empty can.
-- Bernard Williams

#Optimistic #Someday #Empty
Laziness has many disguises. Soon "winter doldrums" will become "spring fever."
-- Bernard Williams

#Spring #Winter #Fever
The average man will bristle if you say his father was dishonest, but he will brag a little if he discovers that his great-grandfather was a Pirate.
-- Bernard Williams

#Father #Men #Average
A half-truth is usually less than half of that.
-- Bernard Williams

#Lying #Half #Truth Is
Ideas are like wandering sons. They show up when you least expect them.
-- Bernard Williams

#Inspiration #Son #Ideas
An extravagance is something that your spirit thinks is a necessity.
-- Bernard Williams

#Thinking #Extravagance #Spirit
Few things move as quietly as the future.
-- Bernard Williams

#Life #Moving

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