Glossary of Inspirational Quotes that Rekindle the Soul
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| Quote:It is in vain to hope to please all alike. Let a man stand with his face in what direction he will, he must necessarily turn his back on one half of the world.[George Dennison Prentice] Quote:Liberty without learning is always in peril; learning without liberty is always in vain.[John F. Kennedy] Quote:In the vain laughter of folly, wisdom hears half its applause.[T.S. Eliot] Quote:Life is but a brief moment. The years go by quickly and old age arrives suddenly before we have an inkling. People desire so many things and waste their days in vain. Some yearn for gold, others for power, yet others for glory and a higher station. But when death's moment nears and they look back at their lives they've lived, they realise they've been happy only during those moments when they've loved.[Borje Vahamaki] Quote:But we have forgotten God. We have forgotten the gracious Hand which preserved us in peace, and multiplied and enriched and strengthened us; and we have vainly imagined, in the deceitfulness of our hearts, that all these blessings were produced by some superior wisdom and virtue of our own.[Abraham Lincoln] Quote:The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.[W. Somerset Maugham] Quote:Man has almost constant occasion for the help of his brethren, and it is in vain for him to expect it from their benevolence only.[Adam Smith] Quote:On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.[Friedrich Nietzsche] Quote:We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for. [Marie Ebner von Eschenbach] Quote:Unless man is committed to the belief that all mankind are his brothers, then he labors in vain and hypocritically in the vineyards of equality. [Adam Clayton Powell Jr.] Definitions of: vainDefinition: Having no real substance, value, or importance; empty; void; worthless; unsatisfying.Definition: Destitute of force or efficacy; effecting no purpose; fruitless; ineffectual; as, vain toil; a vain attempt. Definition: Proud of petty things, or of trifling attainments; having a high opinion of one's own accomplishments with slight reason; conceited; puffed up; inflated. Definition: Showy; ostentatious. |
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