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Fame is the scentless sunflower, with gaudy crown of gold;
But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Related topics: Friendship Relationship
When in doubt, do it.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Apology is only egotism wrong side out.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
If you don't know what you want, you will probably never get it.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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Nothing is so common-place as to wish to be remarkable.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
A mind that is stretched by a new experience
an never go back to its old dimensions.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Alas for those that never sing,
But die with all their music in them!
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Some people are so heavenly minded
that they are no earthly good.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Greatness is not in where we stand,
but in what direction we are moving.
We must sail sometimes with the wind
and sometimes against it -
but sail we must,
and not drift, nor lie at anchor.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
It is the province of knowledge to speak,
and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
The best of a book is not the thought which it contains,
but the thought which it suggests;
just as the charm of music dwells not in the tones
but in the echoes of our hearts.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes
Man's mind, once stretched by a new idea,
never regains its original dimensions.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
A mind, once stretched by a new idea,
never regains its original dimensions.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
To be seventy years young is sometimes
far more cheerful and hopeful
than to be forty years old.
- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Talent is God-given; be humble.
Fame is man-given; be thankful.
Conceit is self-given; be careful.
- John Wooden
Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth.
- Henry David Thoreau
Fame is morally neutral.
- Edward R. Murrow
I honor you, Hero, for you do not play to the crowd.
You play to your own soul.
An audience of one fills the house with its appreciation and applause.
Others follow you, and may attempt to emulate you,
but that is not why you are a hero.
Fame may smile upon you, or it may not.
The world may cheer your name, or you may be the unknown warrior
who rescued comrades in battle,
or taught a young girl how to shed tears of joy.
Whatever you did, you did not do for fame.
If you had, you would not be a Hero.
You are a Hero for your bold courageous inspired action.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
We're constantly striving for success, fame and comfort
when all we really need to be happy
is someone or some thing to be enthusiastic about.
- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Whatever your work and whatever its worth,
No matter how strong or clever,
Some one will sneer if you pause to hear,
And scoff at your best endeavor.
For the target art has a broad expanse,
And wherever you chance to hit it,
Though close be your aim to the bull's-eye fame,
There are those who will never admit it.
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The martyr cannot be dishonored.
Every lash inflicted is a tongue of fame;
every prison a more illustrious abode.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
The best thing about me is you.
- Shannon Crown
You are Never Too Old to Give or Get Gold Stars.
Show Your Honest Appreciation - Today.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Give somebody a gold star - Today.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Confidence is the most important thing,
more important than gold or currency.
- Wen Jiabao
One can pay back the loan of gold,
but one dies forever in debt to those who are kind.
- Malayan Proverb
It is health that is real wealth,
and not pieces of gold and silver.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
All that glisters is not gold;
Often have you heard that told.
Many a man his life hath sold
but my outside to behold.
Gilded tombs do worms enfold.
- William Shakespeare
No man stands so tall as when he stoops to help a child.
- Anonymous (often attributed to Abraham Lincoln)
It is the friends you can call up at 4 A.M. that matter.
- Marlene Dietrich
A friend is someone who knows all about you,
and loves you just the same.
- Elbert Hubbard
A true friend is someone who
thinks that you are a good egg
even though he knows that
you are slightly cracked.
- Bernard Meltzer
Distance cannot matter - ours is a friendship of the heart.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Love me when I least deserve it,
because that's when I really need it.
- Swedish Proverb
Farewell My Friend
It was beautiful as long as it lasted
The journey of my life.
I have no regrets whatsoever
save the pain I'll leave behind.
Those dear hearts who love and care...
And the strings pulling at the heart and soul...
The strong arms that held me up
When my own strength let me down.
At every turning of my life
I came across good friends,
Friends who stood by me,
Even when the time raced me by.
Farewell, farewell my friends
I smile and bid you goodbye.
No, shed no tears for I need them not
All I need is your smile.
If you feel sad do think of me
for that's what I'll like
when you live in the hearts
of those you love, remember then
you never die.
- Gitanjali Ghei
Give Honest and Sincere Appreciation.
- Dale Carnegie
Some people come into our lives and quickly go.
Some people stay for awhile,
and move our souls to dance.
They awaken us to a new understanding,
leave footprints on our hearts,
and we are never, ever the same.
- Flavia Weedn
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
- Mencius
Friendship is born at that moment
when one person says to another,
"What! You too? I thought I was the only one."
- C. S. Lewis
May love and laughter light your days,
and warm your heart and home.
May good and faithful friends be yours,
wherever you may roam.
May peace and plenty bless your world
with joy that long endures.
May all life's passing seasons
bring the best to you and yours.
- Irish Blessing
Above all else, my inspiration is friendship.
- Bono
Best Friends: we're a parade - even by ourselves!
- Mary Anne Radmacher
A happy family is but an earlier heaven.
- George Bernard Shaw
Our loved ones -
whether by blood, by marriage, or by choice -
are delicate treasures.
If we hold them too close, they break -
as a butterfly would.
By honoring and enjoying
the freedom of our loved ones,
we gain our own freedom.
Have the courage to trust that
the beautiful butterflies of your life
will return - or not - as life intends.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Friendship is Love without his wings.
- Lord Byron
I've learned that people will forget what you said,
people will forget what you did,
but people will never forget how you made them feel.
- Maya Angelou
To the people who love you,
you are beautiful already.
This is not because they're
blind to your shortcomings
but because they so clearly see your soul.
- Victoria Moran
Nobody can be uncheered with a balloon.
- A. A. Milne (Winnie-The-Pooh)
Friendship based solely upon gratitude
is like a photograph; with time it fades.
- Carmen Sylva
Friends are born, not made.
- Henry Adams
It is far better to be alone,
than to be in bad company.
- George Washington
Wishing to be friends is quick work,
but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.
- Aristotle
A friend in need is a friend indeed.
- Latin Proverb
No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny
without leaving some mark on it forever.
- Francois Muriac
Friends are God's apology for relations.
- Hugh Kingsmille
If a friendship isn't comfortable, it's not a friendship.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Friendship, like the immortality of the soul,
is too good to be believed.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
However rare true love may be,
it is less so than true friendship.
- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
In my friend, I find a second self.
- Isabel Norton
Friendship is all about Mutuality,
neither Individuality nor Singularity.
- Aparna Chatterjee
Business, you know, may bring money,
but friendship hardly ever does.
- Jane Austen
Friendship is like money, easier made than kept.
- Samuel Butler
A friendship that can end never really began.
- Publilius Syrus
It takes a long time to grow an old friend.
- John Leonard
Books and friends should be few but good.
- Anonymous
True friendship is never serene.
- Marquise de Sevigne
I get by with a little help from my friends.
- John Lennon
The best mirror is an old friend.
- Proverb
Your friends love you anyway.
- Dave Barry
Some people care too much. I think it's called love.
- A. A. Milne (Winnie-The-Pooh)
A true friendship always feels safe and comfortable.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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