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children pride men
There is not a manufacturer or tradesman in existence, who would not employ a man who takes a reasonable degree of pride in the appearance of himself and those about him, in preference to a sullen, slovenly fellow, who works doggedly on, regardless of his own clothing and that of his wife and children, and seeming to take pleasure or pride in nothing. Charles Dickens
children father heart
Father Time is not always a hard parent and though he tarries for none of his children, often lays his hand lightly upon those who have used him well; making them old men and women inexorably enough, but leaving their hearts and spirits young and in full vigor. With such people the gray head is but the impression of the old fellow's hand in giving them his blessing, and every wrinkle but a notch in the quiet calendar of a well-spent life.
children sea play
There is nothing--no, nothing--innocent or good, that dies and is forgotten; let us hold to that faith or none. An infant, a prattling child, dying in the cradle, will live again in the better thoughts of those that loved it, and play its part through them in the redeeming actions of the world, though its body be burnt to ashes or drowned in the deep sea.
children parenting expectations
In the little world in which children have their existence, whosoever brings them up, there is nothing so finely perceived and so finely felt, as injustice.
children grieving two
It always grieves me to contemplate the initiation of children into the ways of life when they are scarcely more than infants. It checks their confidence and simplicity, two of the best qualities that heaven gives them, and demands that they share our sorrows before they are capable of entering into our enjoyments.
children father past
How strange it is that we of the present day are constantly praising that past age which our fathers abused, and as constantly abusing that present age, which our children will praise. Charles Caleb Colton
children knowledge enemy
Religion has treated knowledge sometimes as an enemy, sometimes as a hostage; often as a captive and more often as a child; but knowledge has become of age, and religion must either renounce her acquaintance, or introduce her as a companion and respect her as a friend.
children gambling parent
Gaming is the child of avarice, but the parent of prodigality.
children heaven wish
Avarice begets more vices than Priam did children and like Priam survives them all. It starves its keeper to surfeit those who wish him dead, and makes him submit to more mortifications to lose heaven than the martyr undergoes to gain it.
optimism doubt literature
Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.
optimism reversal seeds
Excessive optimism sows the seeds of its own reversal. Alan Greenspan
optimism imbalance financial
History demonstrates that participants in financial markets are susceptible to waves of optimism. Excessive optimism shows the seeds of its own reversal in the form of imbalances that tend to grow over time.
optimism fundamentals
The courage to work with ourselves comes as basic trust in ourselves, as a sort of fundamental optimism. Chogyam Trungpa
optimism complacency pessimism
Success requires enough optimism to provide hope and enough pessimism to prevent complacency. David Myers
optimism matter construction
Construction is a matter of optimism; its a matter of facing the future with confidence. Cesar Pelli
optimism people world
What distinguishes Americans from many people in the world is our kind of endemic optimism. Madeleine Albright
optimism pessimism pessimist
Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism. Arnold Bennett
optimism important
What I've really learned over time is that optimism is a very, very important part of leadership. Bob Iger
simplicity poverty
In Zen, poverty is voluntary, and considered not really as poverty so much as simplicity, freedom, unclutteredness. Alan Watts
simplicity simple-life doe
Simplicity does not precede complexity, but follows it. Alan Perlis
simplicity spirit conquer
Distractions must be conquered or they will conquer us. So let us cultivate simplicity; let us walk in the Spirit... Aiden Wilson Tozer
simplicity midsummer duty
Never anything can be amiss, when simpleness and duty tender it. William Shakespeare
simplicity looks easier
The more intimately you come in contact with your own Being, the simpler things look and the easier they are to deal with. Deepak Chopra
simplicity difficult
...it is simplicity that is difficult to make. Bertolt Brecht
simplicity quality enthusiasm
Like simplicity and candor, and other much-commented qualities, enthusiasm is charming until we meet it face to face, and cannot escape from its charm. Agnes Repplier
simplicity approach
Simplicity of approach is always best. Charlie Chaplin
simplicity achieve difficult
Simplicity is a difficult thing to achieve.