Thursday, March 30, 2006

Off topic > Quotes Not of the day...

Below are some quotes that i truly believe in and when applicable try to achieve...

On vision: "If a man does not know to what port he is steering, no wind is favourable to him." Seneca, Roman Philosopher

On friendship: "He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,And he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere." Ali ibn-Abi-Talib

On History: "History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon. "
Napoleon Bonaparte

On education: "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." Aristotle

On experience: "Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't" Pete Seeger

On giving: "Charity begins at home. " Terence

On mathematician: "I have hardly ever known a mathematician who was capable of reasoning". Plato

On the French: "The French complain of everything, and always" Napoleon Bonaparte

On performance: "Never promise more than you can perform" Publilius Syrus

On attitude: "Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer" Muhammad Ali

On kindness: "Do not consider any act of kindness insignificant, even meeting your brother with a cheerful face" The prophet Muhammad , peace be upon him.

On strength: "The strong man is not the good wrestler; the strong man is only the one who controls himself when he is angry". The prophet Muhammad , peace be upon him.

6 Comments:

Blogger The Tunisian Star said...

Very beautiful expresions, inchllah we will be able to apply them

7:51 PM  
Blogger Napo said...

@m2k sure :-)

6:17 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Good choice of principles!

4:52 PM  
Blogger @eboubtane said...

Je viens de me rendre compte que je n'ai pas commenté alors que j'ai copie/coller ton post pour pouvoir le relire. Et je croyais avoir déjà poster mon comment.
Dsl.

J'ai beaucoup aimé. Très belles paroles de sagesse.

Merci de les partager avec nous.

5:01 AM  
Blogger Napo said...

@dadou, derien, ce fut un plaisir te lire.

12:54 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

j'ajouterai à ceci:
On the French: "The French complain of everything, and always" Napoleon Bonaparte

Les français ne font que parler,les canadiens ne font que travailler (phrase d'un français en canada)

4:27 AM  

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