Wise Sayings, A-Z (Biblical or otherwise) + authors if known

Q

Quality is not an act, it is a habit <<< Aristotle

S


Sadly missed along life's way,
quietly remembered every day...
No longer in our life to share,
but in our hearts, you're always there.
-- Author Unknown

U

"My kids always perceived the bathroom as a place where you wait it out until all the groceries are unloaded from the car." - Erma Bombeck


I know this isn't a "wise saying", but it sure is funny.


Here is some wisdom:

"God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with." -- Billy Graham

BookishGirl said:

U


Here is some wisdom:

"God has given us two hands, one to receive with and the other to give with." -- Billy Graham

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LOL... The probable origin of, "IN, one hand and OUT, with the other" .




W

Waiting is not mere empty hoping. It has the inner certainty of reaching the goal.
-- I Ching

Y

"Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?" Martin Luther King, Jr.

Z


Zoos are becoming facsimiles - or perhaps caricatures -
of how animals once were in their natural habitat.
If the right policies toward nature were pursued, we would need no zoos at all.
-- Michael Fox

B




Babies are bits of star-dust blown from the hand of God.
Lucky the woman who knows the pangs of birth for she has held a star.
-- Larry Barretto

C

"The God of the universe- the Creator of nitrogen and pine needles, galaxies and E-Minor- loves us with a radical, unconditional, self-sacrificing love. And what is our typical response? We go to church, sing songs, and try not to cuss." Francis Chan

D

so many good ones _please forgive their being posted (together)


Dance is a song of the body. Either of joy or pain.
-- Martha Graham
Dance is like life, it exists as you're flitting through it, and when it's over, it's done.
-- Jerome Robbins
Dance is like wine; it matures with every performance.
-- Alarmel Valli
Dance is the hidden language of the soul of the body.
-- Martha Graham
Dance is the movement of the universe concentrated in an individual.
-- Isadora Duncan

St_Worm2 said:

O

"Often it's the deepest pain which empowers you to grow into your highest self. " ~Karen Salmansohn​

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I had one READY, for this 'O'

One day you will ask me which is more important?
My life or yours?
I will say mine and you will walk away not knowing that you are my life.
-- Kahlil Gibran

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Echoes > F

F.R.I.E.N.D.S.

Fight for you.
Respect you.
Include you.
Encourage you.
Need you.
Deserve you.
Stand by you.
--Unknown author