"You are going to end up as one of those sad old men who poke around in rubbish bins.â€ â€œIâ€™m going to end up in a hole in the ground... And so are you. So are we all."

-- J. M. Coetzee

#Men Quotes #Rubbish Quotes #Holes Quotes

“Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction.”
“A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles.”

Source : Washington Irving (2015). “Old Christmas: From the Sketch Book of Washington Irving”, p.39, Simon and Schuster
“In learning to know other things, and other minds, we become more intimately acquainted with ourselves, and are to ourselves better worth knowing.”
“Have a very good reason for everything you do.”
“And when the Old Man wished to kill someone, he would take him and say: "Go and do this thing. I do this because I want to make you return to paradise." And the assassins go and perform the deed willingly.”
“I held out my book. It was precious to me, as were all the things I'd written; even where I despised their inadequacy there was not one I would disown. Each tore its way from my entrails. Each had shortened my life, killed me with its own special little death.”
“I think the Democratic Party realizes, having lost two presidential elections, we need to do a better job of creating a farm team.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“I'm like a shooting star! I've come so far! I can't go back to where I used to be!”

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