Saturday, 14 March 2026

SOME INTERESTING QUOTES

 

                                                SOME INTERESTING QUOTES

            Quotes are extracts from some body’s text or speech. They are full of wisdom. One who reads them and also remembers them becomes not only enlightened but also wiser. It is advisable to note the thoughts contained in the quotes read by you and act on them whenever and wherever relevant. .

            Here are some precious quotes from the speeches or writings of great writers or orators.

1.To rule one’s anger is well; to prevent it is still better.—Tyron Edwards (1809-940, American theologian.

2. A good book is the best of friends, the same today and forever.---Martin Farquhar Tupper (1810-89) , English poet.

3. The world is a scene of changes; to be constant in nature were inconstancy. ---Abraham Cowley (1618-1667), English poet.                        

4. There is not a moment without some duty.—Roman Orator Cicero(106-43 B.C.).

5. We first make our habits, and then our habits make us. ---John Dryden (1631-1700), English poet.

6. Take care of your health; you have no right to neglect it, and thus become a burden to yourself, and perhaps to others. Let your food be simple; never eat too much; take exercise enough; be systematic in all things; if unwell, starve yourself till you are well again, and you may throw care to the winds, and physic to the dogs.---William Hall (1748-1825), English poet.

7. The most essential element in any home is God.---Dr. Frank Crane, American clergy (1861-1928)

8. An honest man is the noblest work of God.----English poet Alexander Pope (1688-1744).

9. In all things it is better to hope than to despair.--- German poet and dramatist Johnn Wolfgang Goethe (1749-1832).

10. Like the bee, we should make our industry our amusement.----Oliver Goldsmith, English poet and writer (1723-1774)

11.  Human life is a constant want, and ought to be a constant prayer.---Horace Bushnell, American clergy (1802-1876).  

12.Ready money is Aladin’s lamp.----George Gordon Noel Byron (1788—1824), English poet.

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G.R.Kanwal

14 March 2026

 

 

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