Famous Quotes and Proverbs
If you are looking for famous quotes and proverbs, you've come to the right place! Browse our largest database, which contains over 150,000 quotations, proverbs and sayings by the most renowned poets, artists, authors, inventors and researchers both living and deceased. Use our famous quotes and proverbs to support the content of your essay, term paper, research paper or dissertation. Be inspired by our quotes, proverbs and sayings now!
Search our collection by author, topic or keyword. It's completely FREE!
Browse Keywords:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
(Click a letter to view the keywords)
(Click a letter to view the keywords)
Letter "S" » spite
«The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it's not without doubt but in spite of doubt.»
Author: Dr. Rollo May
| About:
Commitment,
Doubt
| Keywords:
antagonistic, by no means, commitment, healthiest, relationship, spite, without doubt
«To forgive is not to forget. The merit lies in loving in spite of the vivid knowledge that the one that must be loved is not a friend. There is no merit in loving an enemy when you forget him for a friend.»
«The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself as accepted in spite of being unacceptable»
Author: Paul Tillich
(Philosopher, Theologian)
| About:
Courage
| Keywords:
accepted, spite, unacceptable
«The remarkable thing about Shakespeare is that he really is very good, in spite of all the people who say he is very good.»
«The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved -- loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.»
Author: Victor Hugo
(Dramatist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Happiness,
Life,
Love
| Keywords:
conviction, greatest, happiness, loved, rather, spite, The Greatest
«The best laws cannot make a constitution work in spite of morals; morals can turn the worst laws to advantage. That is a commonplace truth, but one to which my studies are always bringing me back. It is the central point in my conception. I see it at the end of all my reflections.»
Author: Alexis de Tocqueville
(Historian, Political scientist)
| Keywords:
back end, bringing, central, commonplace, conception, constitution, end point, morals, reflections, spite, studies, The central, The Turning Point, to advantage, turning point, work in
«Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity.»
Author: Don Marquis
(Columnist, Novelist, Playwright, Poet, Writer)
| Keywords:
integrity, likeable, persons, spite, unswerving
«The phoenix hope, can wing her way through the desert skies, and still defying fortune's spite; revive from ashes and rise.»
Author: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
| Keywords:
defied, defying, desert, deserting, fortune, Phoenix, revive, revives, reviving, skies, spite, The Phoenix, Through the Desert, wing
«Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak»
Author: Thomas Carlyle
(Essayist, Historian)
| About:
Determination,
Perseverance,
Persistence,
Soul
| Keywords:
discouragement, distinguishes, impossibilities, Obstacles, permanence, perseverance, persistence, spite
«Things in our country run in spite of government, not by aid of it.»
Research our database of free Biographies. Sign-up for the database of college sample papers for only $14.95/month. Buy a custom written essay, term paper, research paper or dissertation on any topic and get a discount!
