"Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind."

-- Leo Rosten

#Philosophical Quotes #Heart Quotes #Sight Quotes

“Unsuccessful people think about what they donâ€™t want most of the time. They talk about problems, listen to news & gossip, & spend their time blaming circumstances, situations & others. Successful people think about what they want & how they will get it. They are intensely focused on their goals & the information needed to help obtain them. Which person are YOU?”

Source : FaceBook post by Darren Hardy from Jun 26, 2014
“I grew up sort of middle class, safe and suburban.”
“The only sure way to maturity is through pain.”
“To distract myself from thoughts of my father, i decided to check out the dead body.”
“The way the bankers have kind of toppled the way money is distributed, and taken most of it into their own hands, is as good as Stalin or Hitler.”
“...Iknow the bitter fact that most lives are incredibly wasted, that opportunities for developing identity, for receiving pleasure, for achieving a sense of self-worth are limited and, not only underdeveloped, but in most cases not developed at all--because no one thinks that a housewife, or a mother, or a typist has anything to develop.”
“Media is a big problem around the world, it's powerful and can abuse its power.”
“I do not preach doubtingly, for I do not live doubtingly.”

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