Short quotations about, often - Page 4

George Eliot, Middlemarch

What we call our despair is often o…

15 Feb , 2011  

What we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope. Great short quote and quotation by: George Eliot, Middlemarch , English novelist (1819 – 1880)

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John B. Bogart

When a dog bites a man, that is not…

15 Feb , 2011  

When a dog bites a man, that is not news, because it happens so often. But if a man bites a dog, that is news. Great short quote and quotation by: John B. Bogart , (1848 – 1921)

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When a resolute young fellow steps …

15 Feb , 2011  

When a resolute young fellow steps up to the great bully, the world, and takes him boldly by the beard, he is often surprised to find it comes off in his hand, and that it was only tied on to scare away the timid adventurers. Great short quote and quotation by: Ralph Waldo Emerson , […]

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When I was young I had an elderly f…

15 Feb , 2011  

When I was young I had an elderly friend who used often to ask me to stay with him in the country. He was a religious man and he read prayers to the assembled household every morning. But he had crossed out in pencil all the passages that praised God. He said that there was […]

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Alexander Graham Bell

When one door closes, another opens…

15 Feb , 2011  

When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us. Great short quote and quotation by: Alexander Graham Bell , US (Scottish-born) inventor (1847 – 1922)

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When one door closes another door o…

15 Feb , 2011  

When one door closes another door opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us. Great short quote and quotation by: Alexander Graham Bell , US (Scottish-born) inventor (1847 – 1922)

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When one door of happiness closes, …

15 Feb , 2011  

When one door of happiness closes, another one opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us. Great short quote and quotation by: Helen Keller , US blind & deaf educator (1880 – 1968)

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When one door of happiness closes, …

15 Feb , 2011  

When one door of happiness closes, another one opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened to us. Great short quote and quotation by: Helen Keller , US blind & deaf educator (1880 – 1968)

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Helen Keller, Quote of the day book

When one door of happiness closes a…

15 Feb , 2011  

When one door of happiness closes another opens; but we often look so long at the closed one that we do not see the one which has opened for us. Great short quote and quotation by: Helen Keller, Quote of the day book , US blind & deaf educator (1880 – 1968)

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When one door of happiness closes, …

15 Feb , 2011  

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. Great short quote and quotation by: Helen Keller , US blind & deaf educator (1880 – 1968)

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When one door of happiness closes, …

15 Feb , 2011  

When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. Great short quote and quotation by: Helen Keller , US blind & deaf educator (1880 – 1968)

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Henri Nouwen, Out of Solitude

When we honestly ask ourselves whic…

15 Feb , 2011  

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us […]

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