(1245 quotes found)
“Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water.”
Zen Proverb
“Do not reveal what you have thought upon doing, but by wise council keep it secret being determined to carry it into execution.”
Chanakya
“Carry the battle to them. Don't let them bring it to you. Put them on the defensive and don't ever apologize for anything.”
Harry S Truman
“Critics have their purposes, and they're supposed to do what they do, but sometimes they get a little carried away with what they think someone should have done, rather than concerning themselves with what they did.”
Duke Ellington
“I don't know much about Americanism, but it's a damn good word with which to carry an election.”
Warren G. Harding
“I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means -- except by getting off his back.”
Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoy
“Courage and cheerfulness will not only carry you over the rough places in life, but will enable you to bring comfort and help to the weak-hearted and will console you in the sad hours”
William Osler
“No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition.”
Claude Monet
“The one being carried does not realize how far away the town is”
Nigerian Proverb
“Tears are a river that takes you somewhere…Tears lift your boat off the rocks, off dry ground, carrying it downriver to someplace better.”
Clarissa Pinkola Estes
