life quotes and sayings with pictures

No man should go through life without once experiencing healthy, even bored solitude in the wilderness, finding himself depending solely on himself and thereby learning his true and hidden strength. ~Jack Kerouac



I have learned the truth of the observation that the more one approaches great men the more one finds that they are men. ~Bernard M. Baruch



It's never safe to be nostalgic about something until you're absolutely certain there's no chance of its coming back. ~Bill Vaughn



Photographers deal in things which are continually vanishing and when they have vanished there is no contrivance on earth which can make them come back again. ~Henri Cartier-Bresson



For the skeptic there remains only one consolation: if there should be such a thing as superhuman law, it is administered with subhuman efficiency. ~Eric Ambler



I have no sense of nationalism, only a cosmic consciousness of belonging to the human family. ~Rosika Schwimmer



If honor be your clothing, the suit will last a lifetime; but if clothing be your honor, it will soon be worn threadbare. ~William Arnot



A first-rate marriage is like a first-rate hotel: expensive, but worth it. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966



A fruit is a vegetable with looks and money. Plus, if you let fruit rot, it turns into wine, something Brussels sprouts never do. ~P.J. O'Rourke



Giving your son a skill is better than giving him one thousand pieces of gold. ~Chinese Proverb



Don't miss the donut by looking through the hole. ~Author Unknown



The flame of love is now just a cold loneliness. ~Uniek Swain



The tapestry of history that seems so full of tragedy when viewed from the front has countless comic scenes woven into its reverse side. In truth, tragedy and comedy are the twin masks of history - its mass appeal. ~Jose Ortega y Gasset, Historical Reason



I hate quotations. Tell me what you know. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks, May 1849



Love requires a willingness to die; marriage, a willingness to live. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966



There's no place like home except Grandma's. ~Author Unknown



We have a choice every day - to act on yesterday's good intentions or get an early start on tomorrow's regrets. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



The more I see of man, the more I like dogs. ~Mme. de Stael



Never be afraid to sit awhile and think. ~Lorraine Hansberry, A Raisin in the Sun



Truth is such a rare thing, it is delightful to tell it. ~Emily Dickinson