"There should be, methinks, as little merit in loving a woman for her beauty as in loving a man for his prosperity; both being equally subject to change."

-- Alexander Pope

#Beauty Quotes #Men Quotes #Littles Quotes

“Yeah, but going by that cold tone of voice, she had to wonder whether the best-laid plans of mice and vampires, blah, blah, blah...”
“The moment people feel they know what to expect from you, your spell on them is broken.”
“When you've cooked the marrow of the sun and moon, The pearl is so bright you don't worry about poverty.”
“Sometimes love is a surprise, an instant of recognition, a sudden gift at a sudden moment that makes everything different from then on. Some people will say that's not love, that you can't really love someone you don't know. But, I'm not so sure. Love doesn't seem to follow a plan; it's not a series of steps. It can hit with the force of nature--an earthquake, a tidal wave, a storm of wild relentless energy that is beyond your simple attempts at control.”
“I'm comparing Americans to international peers in terms of GDP, educational system - the sort of benchmarks we used to designate a so-called developed society. In that sense, we are outliers. Are we suckers? Yes, but it's not just that. That puts too fine a point on what I am saying. We're not idiots and victims. It's about us as a people, compared with, say, Canadians, believing whatever we believe because, well, we're Americans, we feel this way without regard for what scholars and scientists say.”

Source : Source: www.chicagotribune.com
“Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better?”

Source : Carol S. Dweck (2006). “Mindset: The New Psychology of Success”, p.7, Random House
“Itâ€™s only the sea,â€™ said Moomintroll. â€˜Every wave that dies on the beach sings a little song to a shell. But you mustnâ€™t go inside because itâ€™s a labyrinth and you may never come out again.”
“A win gives one a feeling of self-affirmation, and success - a feeling of self-expression, but only a sensible harmonization between these urges can bring really great achievements in chess.”

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