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50 Inspiring & Thoughtprovoking Worry & Anxiety Quotes

Admin — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 15:03:20 +0000

Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. This Swedish Proverb summarises very well the whole message of this quotes collection.

One worries far too much. What will happen will happen. You can do nothing about it!

Have you ever watched a hamster racing around one of those circular wheels, never getting anywhere? They run and run but always remain in the same place.

Worry is just like that – the hamster wheel being your mind.

Don’t waste your time on things which haven’t happened and may never happen! Keep reminding yourself that you can’t control other people’s decisions and actions, but what you can control is yourself, your mind, and your own actions and therefore your own well-being and future.

The quotes are sorted chronologically by birth date of the originator and provide a wide picture of the perception of worries and dealing with them over the centuries.

Feel inspired, stop worrying and share with your friends!

As a rule,
what is out of sight
disturbs men’s minds more seriously
than what they see.
Gaius Julius Caesar

(100 BC – 44 BC, Roman politician, general,
and notable author of Latin prose)

Image: Elena Schälike

There are more things, Lucilius,
that frighten us than injure us,
and we suffer more in imagination
than in reality.
Seneca the Younger,
fully Lucius Annaeus Seneca

(ca. 4 BC – AD 65, Roman Stoic philosopher,
statesman, dramatist)

Grief has limits,
whereas apprehension has none.
For we grieve only
for what we know has happened,
but we fear all
that possibly may happen.
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus,
better known as Pliny the Younger

(61 – ca. 113, lawyer, author, and magistrate of Ancient Rome)

Never let the future disturb you.
You will meet it, if you have to,
with the same weapons of reason
which today arm you against the present.
Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

(121 – 180 AD, Emperor of Rome)

He who fears he shall suffer,
already suffers what he fears.
Michel Eyquem de Montaigne,
Lord of Montaigne

(1533 – 1592, one of the most significant philosophers
of the French Renaissance,
known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre)

A hundred load of worry
will not pay
an ounce of debt.
George Herbert

(1593 – 1633, Welsh-born poet,
orator and Anglican priest)

Do not anticipate trouble,
or worry about
what may never happen.
Keep in the sunlight.
Benjamin Franklin

(1705 – 1790, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States)

Sorrow looks back.
Worry looks around.
Faith looks up.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

(1803 – 1882, American essayist, lecturer, and poet)

Every tomorrow has two handles.
We can take hold of it
with the handle of anxiety
or the handle of faith.
Henry Ward Beecher

(1813 – 1887, American Congregationalist clergyman,
social reformer, and speaker)

It is not the cares of today,
but the cares of tomorrow,
that weigh a man down.
George MacDonald

(1824 – 1905, a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister;
He was a pioneering figure in the field of fantasy literature
and the mentor of fellow writer Lewis Carroll)

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23 Life Insurance Quotes – Witty and Meaningful

Admin — Thu, 01 Mar 2018 09:24:57 +0000

Throughout our website Soccerwidow we talk about statistics, especially in connection with sports results, odds calculation, and betting, and we can assure you that nothing within this field carries a full one hundred percent probability.

But when it comes to the subject of life, absolute certainty does exist. The undesirable question is when, and not if…

The following selection of life insurance quotes is not a commercial collection. It is simply a broad perspective on the topic of life insurance.

Enjoy and don’t forget to share if you like this collection!

Perhaps the best cure
for the fear of death
is to reflect
that life
has a beginning
as well as an end.
William Hazlitt

(1778 – 1830, English writer)

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While nothing
is more uncertain
than a single life,
nothing is more certain
than the average duration
of a thousand lives.
Elizur Wright

(1804 – 1885, American mathematician,
“father of life insurance” for his pioneering work on actuarial tables)

Statistics have shown
that mortality increases perceptibly
in the military
during wartime.
Alphonse Allais

(1854 – 1905, French writer and humourist)

Fun is like life insurance;
the older you get,
the more it costs.
Frank McKinney Hubbard,
better known by his pen name “Kin” Hubbard

(1868 – 1930, American cartoonist, humorist, and journalist)

I detest life-insurance agents:
they always argue
that I shall someday die,
which is not so.
Stephen Butler Leacock

(1869 – 1944, English-born Canadian teacher,
political scientist, writer, and humorist)

Asking Europe to disarm
is like asking a man in Chicago
to give up his life insurance.
Will Rogers

(1879 – 1935, American entertainer)

The determination of
life insurance salesmen to succeed
has made life
pretty soft for widows.
William A. Feather

(1889 – 1981, American publisher and author)

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Grief & Loss – 50 Remarkable Quotes for Comfort, Peace & Relief

Admin — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 08:33:36 +0000

Whatever or whoever it is that we have lost, it is our ability to mourn which makes us human. And it is our ability to cope with this loss and grief, and to learn lessons which make us stronger.

Grief is one of the deepest human emotions!

Discover what ancient philosophers said and how the perception of loss and grief evolved over the centuries.

This collection contains 50 of the best wise sayings and quotes, arranged by birth year of the author.

Don’t allow grief to take control of your life!

There is no pain so great
as the memory of joy
in present grief.
Aeschylus

(c. 525/524 – c. 456/455 BC, Greek tragedian)

Image: Elena Schälike

The life of the dead
is placed
in the memory
of the living.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

(106 BC – 43 BC, Roman philosopher, politician, lawyer,
orator, political theorist, consul, and constitutionalist)

Great grief does not of itself
put an end to itself.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

(c. 4 BC – AD 65, Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist)

Loss is nothing else
but change,
and change is
Nature’s delight.
Marcus Aurelius

(121 – 180 AD, Roman Emperor)

Don’t grieve.
Anything you lose
comes around in another form.
Rumi

(1207 – 1273, Persian poet, jurist, Islamic scholar, theologian)

The acknowledgment
of our weakness
is the first step
in repairing our loss.
Thomas van Kempen

(c. 1380 – 1471, German born canon regular and the author)

Time takes away
the grief of men.
Erasmus of Rotterdam

(1466 – 1536, Dutch/Netherlandish Renaissance humanist,
Catholic priest, social critic, teacher, and theologian)

Seek ye first
the good things of the mind,
and the rest
will either be supplied
or its loss
will not be felt.
Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban

(1561 – 1626, English philosopher, statesman,
scientist, jurist, orator, and author)

Everyone can master a grief
but he that has it.
William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing

(1564 – 1616, English poet, playwright, and actor)

One often calms one’s grief
by recounting it.
Pierre Corneille

(1606 – 1684, French tragedian)

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50 Thoughtful Forgiveness Quotes – Forgive & Forget!

Admin — Sat, 20 Jan 2018 11:00:24 +0000

Do you find it challenging to forgive?

It was almost 2,000 years ago that Marcus Cicero said, “Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.”

Admittedly, the action of forgiving is not easy! Forgiveness is often a long and very emotional process. It involves stopping to feel angry or blame others.

Our hand-picked selection of quotes explores what throughout history philosophers, writers, the rich and the famous have said about forgiveness.

The quotes are sorted chronologically by birth date of the originator and provide a wide picture of the perception of forgiveness over the centuries. Feel inspired, forgive and please share this collection with your friends!

To be wronged is nothing,
unless you continue
to remember it.
Confucius

(551 BC – 479 BC, Chinese teacher,
editor, politician, and philosopher)

Image: Robert Schälike

Nothing is so praiseworthy,
nothing so clearly
shows a great and noble soul,
as clemency and readiness
to forgive.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

(106 BC – 43 BC, Roman philosopher, politician, lawyer,
orator, political theorist, consul, and constitutionalist)

Everything we hear
is an opinion,
not a fact.
Everything we see
is a perspective,
not the truth.
Marcus Aurelius

(121 – 180 AD, Emperor of Rome)

Sweet mercy is
nobility’s true badge.
William Shakespeare

(1564 – 1616, English poet, playwright, and actor;
widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language)

He who cannot forgive
breaks the bridge
over which he himself must pass.
George Herbert

(1593 – 1633, Welsh-born poet, orator and Anglican priest)

One forgives
to the degree
that one loves.
François VI, Duc de La Rochefoucauld,
Prince de Marcillac

(1613 – 1680, noted French author of maxims and memoirs)

To understand
is to forgive.
Blaise Pascal

(1623 – 1662, French mathematician, physicist,
inventor, writer and Christian philosopher)

To err is human,
to forgive, divine.
Alexander Pope,
In: An Essay on Criticism, line 525, part II

(1688 – 1744, English poet;
best known for his satirical verse and for his translation of Homer)

Only the brave know
how to forgive…
A coward never forgives;
it is not in his nature.
Laurence Sterne

(1713 – 1768, Irish novelist and an Anglican clergyman)

It is easier to forgive an enemy
than to forgive a friend.
William Blake

(1757 – 1827, English poet, painter, and printmaker)

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Top 50 Quotes About Patience – Remarkable & Wise Words

Admin — Sun, 07 May 2017 08:33:44 +0000

Who has not heard of the saying “Have patience, my friend, have patience; For Rome wasn’t built in a day!”?

Nevertheless, this is not the only wise saying about patience. We have even omitted it from our quote collection as there are so many other, even more significant, and noteworthy words about persistence.

Let these quotes remind you that patience is the ability of humans to live and thrive through challenges.

Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit – Molière

The following collection contains 50 of the best wise sayings and quotes we could find, arranged by birth year of the author. Enjoy!

Wise to resolve,
and patient to perform.
Homer

(7th or 8th century BC,
greatest of ancient Greek epic poets)

Patience is bitter,
but its fruit is sweet.
Aristotle

(384 – 322 BC, Greek philosopher and scientist)

Image: Elena Schälike

Patience is the best remedy
for every trouble.
Plautus

(c. 254 – 184 BC, Roman playwright of the Old Latin period)

It is easier
to find men
who will volunteer to die,
than to find those
who are willing
to endure pain
with patience.
Gaius Julius Caesar

(100 BC – 44 BC, Roman statesman, general
and notable author of Latin prose)

Bear patiently with a rival.
Publius Ovidius Naso,
known as Ovid

(43 BC – AD 17/18, Roman poet)

Everyone ought
to bear patiently
the results
of his own conduct.
Phaedrus

(first century Roman fabulist,
Latin author and versifier of Aesop’s fables)

Patience is
the companion of wisdom.
Augustine of Hippo,
also known as Saint Augustine or Saint Austin

(354 – 430, Algerian Christian theologian and philosopher)

The test of good manners
is to be patient
with the bad ones.
Solomon Ibn Gabirol,
alt. Solomon ben Judah

(11th-century Andalusian poet and Jewish philosopher)

Have patience.
All things
are difficult before
they become easy.
Saadi of Shiraz

(1210 – 1292, one of the major Persian poets
and literary men of the medieval period)

All men commend patience,
although few are willing
to practice it.
Thomas à Kempis

(c. 1380 – 1471, German born who became a canon regular
of the late medieval period in the Netherlands,
and the author of The Imitation of Christ)

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25 Substantial Quotes About Trust & Mistrust

Admin — Wed, 03 May 2017 09:59:15 +0000

Welcome to our compilation of the most meaningful quotes about trust and mistrust.

You develop faith in a friend or business partner who is consistently reliable and honest, not just occasionally on the spur of the moment, or at times…

Trust is built and maintained over a long period of time. It is a matter of character; we are trusted because of our way of being. And remember, trust is not built but rather destroyed, if you take advantage of someone, even in the slightest!

Our hand-picked selection is arranged by birth year of the author, focusing on building and maintaining trust throughout the history of mankind.

Enjoy, trust and share!

Never trust the advice
of a man in difficulties.
Aesop

(620-564 BC, Greek fabulist and story teller)

Image: nasirkhan (Shutterstock)

He who does not trust enough
will not be trusted.
Lao Tzu

(6th century BC, philosopher of ancient China)

It is more shameful
to distrust our friends
than to be deceived by them.
Confucius

(551 – 479 BC, Chinese teacher,
politician, and philosopher)

Trust dies
but mistrust blossoms.
Sophocles

(ca.497/6 – 406/5 BC, Greek tragedian)

Men trust their ears
less than their eyes.
Herodotus

(ca.484 – 425 BC, Greek historian)

Love all, trust a few,
do wrong to none.
William Shakespeare,
All’s Well That Ends Well

(1564 – 1616, English poet and playwright)

A body of men
holding themselves accountable to nobody
ought not to be trusted by anybody.
Thomas Paine

(1737 – 1809, English-American political author,
theorist and revolutionary)

Trust yourself,
then you will know
how to live.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

(1749 – 1832, German writer and politician)

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Top 25 Healthcare Quotes from the last 3 Millenia

Admin — Fri, 14 Apr 2017 08:05:37 +0000

Pointing out the importance of caring for your own health is not just a recent development. Health has been a major topic of debate everywhere in the world for centuries. Healthcare has a big agenda.

Ancient philosophers, Roman emperors, rulers, and influential people from mighty countries throughout history have all emphasized the significance of health and healthcare as a foundation stone for the well being of a state.

These quotes about health and its care are sorted in chronological order by the birth year of the author, starting with the most ancient advice.

If you seek inspiration and motivation, you will surely find some in the following collection of quotes. Enjoy and share!

Every human being
is the author
of his own health or disease.
Buddha

(ca.563 – 483 BC, founder of Buddhism)

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The secret of health
for both mind and body
is not to mourn for the past,
nor to worry about the future,
but to live the present moment
wisely and earnestly.
Buddha

(ca.563 – 483 BC, founder of Buddhism)

In a disordered mind,
as in a disordered body,
soundness of health is impossible.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

(106 – 43 BC, Roman philosopher and political theorist

Medicine to produce health
must examine disease;
and music,
to create harmony
must investigate discord.
Plutarch

(ca.46 – 120 AD, Greek historian, biographer, and essayist)

We should manage our fortunes
as we do our health.
Enjoy it when good,
be patient when it is bad,
and never apply violent remedies
except in an extreme necessity.
François VI,
Duc de La Rochefoucauld,
Prince de Marcillac

(1613 – 1680, noted French author of maxims and memoirs)

And he
that will this health deny,
down among the dead men let him lie.
John Dyer

(1699 – 1757, painter and Welsh poet
who turned clergyman of the Church of England)

Nothing is more fatal to health
than an over care of it.
Benjamin Franklin

(1706 – 1790, polymath, politician, and scientist)

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Top 50 Proverbs and Quotes about Addiction

Admin — Fri, 31 Mar 2017 07:21:27 +0000

Probably the most common perception people have is that addiction refers to drugs or alcohol, but this is not entirely correct.

Many people are caught by other habits and temptations such as money, gambling, sex, sport, news, books and even love.

Quotespeak has collected 50 of the most intelligent quotes to show a wider understanding of addiction.

The following quotes are sorted in chronological order by birth year of the author and demonstrate an interesting spectrum of addiction over time.

Our greatest glory
is not
in never falling,
but in getting up
every time we do.
Confucius

(551 – 479 BC, Chinese teacher,
politician and philosopher)

Image: Elena Schälike

Determine
that the thing
can and shall be done,
and then we shall
find the way.
Abraham Lincoln

(1809 – 1865, 16th President of the United States)

It is easy
to assume a habit;
but when you try
to cast it off,
it will take skin and all.
Josh Billings

(1818 – 1885, American writer and lecturer)

Quitting smoking is easy,
I’ve done it
hundreds of times.
Mark Twain

(1835 – 1910, American author and humorist)

We cannot,
in a moment,
get rid of habits
of a lifetime.
Mahatma Gandhi

(1869 – 1948, preeminent leader of
Indian nationalism in British-ruled India)

We love our habits
more than our income,
often more
than our life.
Bertrand Russell

(1872 – 1970, British philosopher,
mathematician and historian)

A moderate addiction
to money
may not always
be hurtful;
but when taken
in excess
it is nearly always
bad for the health.
Clarence Day

(1874 – 1935, American author)

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Value Yourself and Value Life – 50 Quotes to Cheer You Up

Admin — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 09:30:46 +0000

Welcome to our beautiful collection of great quotes about life by ancient philosophers, prominent figures in history, and famous contemporary people!

Whether you are seeking value in life or looking for the secrets of good life then you will certainly find something of interest here…

The world has seen many great empires through the ages, each creating its own version of contentment and understanding of a good life.

It is remarkable that the more ancient the quotes are, the more punchy they seem to be.

The quotes are sorted in chronological order.

Enjoy, love them, feel inspired and share!

Not life,
but good life,
is to be chiefly valued.
Socrates

(c.469 BC – c.399 BC, Greek ethicist and philosopher)

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Know thyself.
Plato

(c.427 BC – c.347 BC, Greek philosopher)

Wealth consists
not in having
great possessions,
but in having
few wants.
Epicurus

(c.341 BC – c.270 BC, Greek philosopher)

You will be
as much value to others
as you have been
to yourself.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

(c.106 BC – c.43 BC, Roman philosopher,
statesman, and political theorist)

Where there is no vision,
the people perish.
Proverbs 29:18

You know the value
of every merchandise,
but you do not know
your own value
– that is stupidity…
Rumi

(1207 – 1273, Persian poet,
jurist, and theologian)

The value of life
is not in
the length of days,
but in
the use we make of them;
a man may live long
yet very little.
Michel de Montaigne

(1533 – 1592, French writer and philosopher)

Men often
are valued high,
when they are
most wretched.
John Webster

(1580 – 1632, English writer and playwright)

Praise,
like gold and diamonds,
owes its value
only to its scarcity.
Samuel Johnson

(1709 – 1784, English writer)

The longer we live
the more we think
and the higher the value
we put on friendship
and tenderness
towards parents and friends.
Samuel Johnson

(1709 – 1784, English writer)

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50 Profound Quotes about Guilt

Admin — Wed, 29 Mar 2017 08:27:00 +0000

The following collection contains 50 of the most remarkable sayings and quotes about guilt to help you to feel less guilty.

You are only guilty if you have purposefully harmed someone. Do not feel guilty if you have not done so!

Have you done something criminal? Or something that could be considered criminal? If not, do not feel guilty, and pay no heed to people who try to make you feel guilty!

The quotes are sorted chronologically by birth date of the originator and provide a wide picture of the perception of guilt and dealing with it over the centuries.

Hope the collection helps you to get over your unjust feeling of guilt!

A god implants in mortal guilt
whenever he wants
utterly to confound a house.
Aeschylus

(c. 525 – c. 456 BC, Greek tragedian)

Image: Elena Schälike

Nothing is more wretched
than the mind of a man
conscious of guilt.
Plautus

(c. 254 – 184 BC, Roman playwright)

Rather leave the crime
of the guilty unpunished
than condemn the innocent.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

(106 BC – 43 BC, Roman philosopher, politician, lawyer,
orator, political theorist, consul, and constitutionalist)

He who flees from trial
confesses his guilt.
Syrus

(85 – 43 BC, Latin writer)

Every guilty person
is his own hangman.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca

(c. 4 BC – AD 65, Roman Stoic philosopher,
statesman, dramatist)

He is not guilty
who is not guilty
of his own free will.
Seneca the Younger

(c. 4 BC – AD 65, Roman philosopher,
statesman, dramatist, and humorist)

Repentant tears wash out
the stain of guilt.
Saint Augustine

(354 – 430, Christian theologian and philosopher)

Guilt is anything
you did and fear
others to know about.
Mohammad

(c. 570 – 632, the central figure of Islam)

The guilty think
all talk is
of themselves.
Geoffrey Chaucer

(1343 – 1400, known as the Father of English literature)

One threatens the innocent
who spares the guilty.
Edward Coke

(1552 – 1634, English barrister, judge and opposition politician)

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