Raffle Philosopher

[Raffle Philosopher]

With a little token of appreciation, I will tell you a quote that will help you in your life.

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Nothing is more difficult,

and therefore more precious,

than to be able to decide.

- Napoleon Bonaparte -

Sometimes we stare so long at a door that is closing,

that we see too late the one that is open.

- Alexander Graham Bell -

If it's that painful, why do you keep doing it?

The answer's simple.

Because it makes my heart beat,

because it excites me.

My body might suffer, but I'm a lot happier

doing what I have always wanted to do.

- Biya Han -

You cannot persuade anybody

before you change yourself.

- Cheoljong Ko -

Never regret what you have chosen.

- Miyoung Ko -

A man is not finished when he is defeated.

He is finished when he quits.

- Richard Nixon -

Failure is instructive.

The person who really thinks

learns quite as much from his failures

as from his successes.

- John Dewey -

We sow our thoughts, and we reap our actions;

we sow our actions, and we reap our habits;

we sow our habits, and we reap our characters;

we sow our characters, and we reap our destiny.

- Erasmus -

There is no greater folly

in the world

than for a man to despair.

- Miguel de Cervantes -

Humility is the most difficult

of all virtues to achieve,

nothing dies harder than the desire

to think well of oneself.

- T. S. Eliot -

You have to assess your talent...

and ask yourself if this is going to be

an avocation or a job.

- Norma Clayton -

An eye for an eye

only ends up

making the whole world blind.

- Gandhi-

A man of no talent

craves long life,

yet a fool, if offered eternity,

would not know what to do with it.

- Solzhenitsyn -

It is not because the truth is too difficult to see that we make mistakes...

we make mistakes because the easiest and most comfortable course for us

is to seek insight where it accords with our emotions - especially selfish ones.

Beware of a man

of one book.

- English Proverb -

Bees drink water to make honey,

and snakes drink water to make poison.

Despair is an illness leading to death.

- Kierkegaard -

To eat bread without hope is

still slowly to starve to death.

- Pearl Buck -

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement.

Nothing can be done

without hope and confidence.

- Helen Keller -

Look deep into nature,

and then you will understand

everything better.

- Albert Einstein -

Many of life's failures are

people who did not realize

how close they were

to success

when they gave up.

- Thomas Edison -

I have more fun and enjoy more financial success

when I stop trying

to get what I want

and start helping other people

get what they want.

- Spencer Johnson, Larry Wilson -

Age is like love, it cannot be hid.

- Thomas Dekker -

We can't become

what we need to be

by remaining what we are.

- Oprah Winfrey -

Turn your wounds.

into wisdom.

Pain is the great teacher of mankind.

- Marie E. Eschenbach -

The superior man thinks always

of virtue; the common man

thinks of comfort.

- Confucius -

Pleasure is often spoiled by describing it.

- Stendhal -

The end comes when we

no longer talk with ourselves.

It is the end of genuine thinking

and the beginning of the final loneliness.

- Edward Gibbon -

They who have conquered doubt and fear

have conquered failure.

- James Allen -

Our greatest pride was

not that we never fail, but rather

that we always stand up when we fall.

When you love a person

all fear disappears.

And when you are afraid all love disappears.

- Osho Rajneesh -

The power of our unconscious mind is enormous;

what we cannot do in our conscious state

we can do with the help

of the unconscious mind

more sensible than the conscious.

Truth is simple. Very simple-

so simple that a child can understand it.

In fact, so simple that only a child can understand it.

Unless you become a child again

you will not be able to understand it.

It is an experience, not speculation.

The best and most beautiful things in the world

cannot be seen or even touched -

they must be felt with the heart.

Never bend your head. Always hold it high.

Look the world straight in the eye.

Alone we can do so little;

together we can do so much.

The highest result of education is tolerance.

We are, each of us

angels with only one wing;

and we can only fly

by embracing one another.

- Luciano de Crescenzo -

He that feeds himself from waiting could die of hunger.

- Danish Proverb -

A bad peace is better

than a good war.

- Russian Proverb -

He who wants to warm himself

in old age must build

a fireplace in his youth.

- German Proverb -

Those who are choosy often pick the worst.

- Ilocano Proverb -

Even a God will lose money

after three days of gambling.

- Chinese Proverb -

I fear not the man

who has practiced 10,000 kicks once,

but I fear the man

who has practiced one kick 10,000 times.

- Bruce Lee -

The best way to be remembered

is to have a life.

worth remembering.

To know oneself is to study oneself

in action with another person.

I'm not one of those,

who do not believe

in love at first sight,

but I believe in taking a second look.

One should never rush marriage.

Unlike fruit, marriage is

always in season.

- Leo Tolstoy -

Those who want to succeed

will find a way, those who

don't will find an excuse.

- Leo Aguila -

Motivation is what gets you started.

Habit is what keeps you going.

- Jim Ryan -

He has achieved success who has lived well,

laughed often, and loved much.

- Bessie Stanley -

A poor person spends his money

and invests the rest.

A rich person invests his money

and spends what's left.

- Jim Rohn -

If you can't find the key to success,

pick the lock.

One of the most important principles of success is

developing the habit of going the extra mile.

- Napoleon Hill -

The human race has

one really effective weapon,

and that is laughter.

- Mark Twain -

A day without laughter is a day wasted.

- Charlie Chaplin -

He who laughs best today,

will also laugh last.

- Nietzsche -

Laughter is the sun that

drives winter from the human face.

- Victor Hugo -

Laugh, and the world laughs

with you; weep, and

you weep alone.

- Ella Wheeler Wilcox -

It is impossible for you to be angry

and laugh at the same time.

Anger and laughter are mutually exclusive

and you have the power to choose either.

- Wayne Dyer -

We don't laugh because we're happy

- we're happy because we laugh.

- William James -

The person who knows how to laugh at himself

will never cease to be amused.

- Shirley MacLaine -

The young man who has not wept is a savage,

and the older man who will not laugh is a fool.

- George Santayana -

I do not have much patience

with a thing of beauty

that must be explained

to be understood.

If it does need additional interpretation

then I question

whether it has fulfilled its purpose.

Life is a tragedy

when seen in close-up,

but a comedy

in long-shot.

The clearest sign of wisdom is continued cheerfulness.

- Michel de Montaigne -

The time you enjoyed wasting

was not wasted.

- John Lennon -

True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart.

It is not contempt; its essence is love.

It issues not in laughter,

but in still smiles, which lie far deeper.

- Thomas Carlyle -

Through humor, you can soften

some of the worst blows

that life delivers.

And once you find laughter,

no matter how painful

your situation might be,

you can survive it.

- Bill Cosby -

My great hope is to laugh

as much as I cry;

to get my work done

and try to love somebody

and have the courage

to accept the love in return.

- Maya Angelou -

People take what they hear

differently.

I wonder what you think

about what I've told you.

So you think that

... ... ... ...

I don't know. There is no one answer

to this question...

Hold onto your thought.