Roger Federer - Talent

“Most of the time, it’s not about having a gift. It’s about having grit. In tennis, a great forehand with sick racquet head speed can be called a talent. But in tennis... like in life... discipline is also a talent. And so is patience. Trusting yourself is a talent. Embracing the process, loving the process, is a talent. Managing your life, managing yourself... these can be talents, too. Some people are born with them. Everybody has to work at them.” ~Roger Federer 

Robert Hughes - Artist

"The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize." ~Robert Hughes 

Lyman Frank Baum - Knowledge

"No thief, however skilful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire." ~Lyman Frank Baum 

Hiroyuki Sanada - Be grate

"There are those who want a swimming pool in the house, while those who have one barely use it. Those who have lost a loved one feel a deep sense of loss, while others who hold them close often complain about them. Those who do not have a partner yearn for him, but those who have, sometimes do not value him. The hungry would give anything for a plate of food, while the well-fed complains about the taste. The one who doesn't have a car dreams, while the one who has one is always looking for a better one. The key is to be grateful, look carefully at what we have and understand that somewhere, someone would give everything for what you already have and don't appreciate.” ~Hiroyuki Sanada

Emmanuel Levinas - LIFE

“We breathe for the sake of breathing, eat and drink for the sake of eating and drinking, we take shelter for the sake of taking shelter, we study to satisfy our curiosity, we take a walk for the walk. All that's not for the sake of living, it is living. Life is a sincerity.” ~Emmanuel Levinas

Rania Naim - Let things be

"I'm slowly learning that even if I react, it won't change anything, it won't make people suddenly love and respect me, it won't magically change their minds.

Sometimes it's better to just let things be, let people go, don't fight for closure, don't ask for explanations, don't chase answers and don't expect people to understand where you're coming from. 

I'm slowly learning that life is better lived when you don't center it on what's happening around you and center it on what's happening inside you instead."

~Rania Naim

COLLATED QUOTES LIFTED FROM LEARNING PETALS

Wise sayings that poke hard lessons - 

Quotes from Some Wise Thinkers:

1. True evil comes from someone who was once kind. ~Cesare Pavese

2. I don’t mind losing those who don’t want me, for I’ve lost those I wanted, and I’m still alive. -Karl May

3. One conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of studying books.

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

4. The corruption of justice leads to the downfall of nations. -Ibn Khaldun

5. If you want to conquer anxiety and start living, count your blessings instead of your troubles. -Dale Carnegie

6. If you want to fail, try to please everyone. -Erwin Rommel

7. No one harmed me except those I knew; may God bless everyone I don’t know! 

-Abu Al-Alaa Al-Ma’arri

8. This world crushes justice with disgrace every single day. -Ghassan Kanafani

9. If you see the lion's fangs bared, don’t assume the lion is smiling! -Al-Mutanabbi

10. To be honest is to be an enemy to all.

-Gibran Khalil Gibran

11. The first obstacle to an individual’s development is the family. -Leo Tolstoy

12. Increased awareness intensifies pain, and most sufferers of psychological depression are intellectuals. -Adel Sadeq

13. When you respect me well and treat me with courtesy, it’s not a feather in my cap; instead, you’ll be the crown on my head! -Ibrahim El-Fiky

14. You need to have wished for death to truly value life. -Winston Churchill

15. Kindness in words creates confidence, kindness in thinking solves every difficulty, and kindness in giving creates love. -Lao Tzu

16. I know no greater sin than oppressing an innocent person in the name of religion. -Mahatma Gandhi

17. Sadness is a psychological state that allows awareness to reflect on oneself and society. -Jean-Jacques Rousseau

18. Often, the words you fear to say are the ones that most need to be spoken. -George Bernard Shaw

19. Try staying away from the internet for a while, and you’ll realize you missed nothing online, but a lot outside it—like your mothers aging unnoticed!

-Abdullah Al-Mughlooth

20. Life is hope; without hope, life is lost.

-Plato

21. A day without laughter is a day wasted!

-Charlie Chaplin

22. No one can ambush you except those who know your moves well. Don’t share your thoughts with anyone to reach your destination safely! -Htr

23. I will never respect the world as long as there’s a child with broken eyes.

Samuel J. Hurwitt - Tongue

"Never trust your tongue when your heart is bitter.” ~Samuel J.  Hurwitt 

George Frederic Watts - Poverty and lovr

"When poverty comes in at the door, love flies out of the window". ~George Frederic Watts RA,1870s

Roman Payne - Winter

“It is growing cold. Winter is putting footsteps in the meadow.” ~Roman Payne

Dr. Joseph Murphy Quotes

"Age is not the flight of years; it is the dawn of wisdom in the mind of man." ~Joseph Murphy 

"When your mind thinks correctly, when you understand the truth, when the thoughts deposited in your subconscious mind are constructive, harmonious, and peaceful, the magic working power of your subconscious will respond. It will bring about harmonious conditions, agreeable surroundings, and the best of everything." ~Joseph Murphy, The Power of Your Subconscious Mind

Zachary Laid - INTROVERTS

"When introverts go through tough times, they shut down. They pull away, go quiet, and retreat into their own world. It's not because they don't care—it's how they heal. Silence is their way of finding strength again." ~Zachary Laid, Threads 

SCOTTISH PROVERBS

"Do not judge by appearances; a rich heart may be under a poor coat." ~Scottish Proverb

"If a person eats his fill, he cannot taste the bread." ~Scottish Proverb

"Love your friend and look to yourself." ~Scottish Proverb

Sharon Ralls Lemon - JOY

“The essential joy of being with horses is that it brings us in contact with the rare elements of grace, beauty, spirit, and freedom.”~Sharon Ralls Lemon

EGYPTIAN PROVERBS

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"He who eats from the flour of his own soul, dies before he dies." ~Egypt Proverb

Meaning: This proverb warns against selfishness and greed. It suggests that when you prioritize your own interests at the expense of others, you ultimately harm yourself and lose your sense of purpose.

"Plow every day, eat every day." ~Egyptian Proverb 

"The kingdom of heaven is within you; and whosoever shall know himself shall find it." ~Egyptian Proverb

DUTCH PROVERBS

"A ship on the beach is a lighthouse to the sea." ~Dutch Proverb 

“Better lose the anchor than the whole ship.” ~Dutch Proverb 

"God feeds the birds, but they must fly to find food." ~Dutch Proverb

PORTUGUESE PROVERB

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"A good year is determined by its spring." ~Portuguese Proverb

"Married couples who love each other tell each other a thousand things without talking." ~Portuguese Proverb

"Never cut what can be untied." ~Portuguese Proverb

"Those who give should not speak of their giving; those who receive should." ~Portuguese Proverb

DAME MAGGIE SMITH - Mind

"Speak your mind even if your voice shakes." ~Dame Maggie Smith 

William Ames - Word

"The receiving of the Word consists in two parts: attention of the mind and intention of the will."  ~William Ames

Melania Trump Quotes

"I have come to understand that genuine happiness is not found in material possessions, but rather in the depths of self-awareness and self-acceptance." ~Melania Trump 

"Life's circumstances shape you in many ways, often entirely beyond your control — your birth, parental influences and the world in which you grow up." ~Melania Trump, MELANIA (Memoir), Best Seller, Fox News/Maureen Mackey

"The value of self-care remains a guiding principle in my life." ~Melania Trump 

"To be grounded in one's own identity and values. I embrace my individuality and confidently walk my own path." ~Melania Trump 

Ellen G. White - Pathway to health

"A person whose mind is quiet and satisfied in God is in the pathway to health." ~Ellen G. White 

Charlotte Fiske Bates - Autumn

“The heart of autumn must have broken here, and poured its treasure upon the leaves.” ~Charlotte Fiske Bates

WERNER HEISENBERG - Natural Sciences

"The first gulp from the glass of natural sciences will turn you into an atheist, but at the bottom of the glass, God is waiting for you." ~Werner Heisenberg, Physicist, Pioneer of Quantum Mechanics

JOHAN THORBECKE Quotes

A Dutchman, Statesman

 

"There is more to do in the world than before"

"Trust arrives on foot and leaves on horseback” – this saying, attributed to Johan Thorbecke, the Dutch politician who played a role in establishing our country's first constitution in 1848, encapsulates the essence and fragility of trust.

"When wealth increases on one side, poverty spreads on the other; when the rich become richer, he who has little must become even poorer; what is legislation, which offers citizenship to all under a condition attainable by few, what is that legislation then, save for irony?"' ~Statesman Thorbecke, 1844

W. H. DAVIS - Tree

"Under this tree 🌳, where light and shade

Speckle the grass like a Thrush's breast,

Here in this green and quiet place, 

I give myself to peace and rest."

~W. H. Davis

Photo: Lake Canobolas

Orange NSW

4 July 2024