(1292 quotes found)
“As a second generation Irish man I am constantly searching for the Ireland of my childhood. A simpler, happier place like in the film 'The Quiet Man'; but I'm afraid it's gone forever.”
Richard 'Grimesy' Grimes
“Bear in mind that the wonderful things you learn in your schools are the work of many generations. All this is put in your hands as your inheritance in order that you may receive it, honor it, add to it, and one day faithfully hand it on to your children.”
Albert Einstein
“Our Generation has had no Great war, no Great Depression. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.”
Chuck Palahniuk
“The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human being can alter his life by altering his attitude.”
William James
“Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won you earn it and win it in every generation.”
Coretta Scott King
“One generation plants the trees, and another gets the shade”
Chinese Proverbs
“It is very important to generate a good attitude, a good heart, as much as possible. From this, happiness in both the short term and the long term for both yourself and others will come.”
Dalai Lama
“You know, the condom is the glass slipper of our generation. You slip it on when you meet a stranger. You dance all night, then you throw it away. The condom, I mean. Not the stranger.”
“It is wrong to think that love comes from long companionship and persevering courtship. Love is the offspring of spiritual affinity and unless that affinity is created in a moment, it will not be created for years or even generations”
Kahlil Gibran
“If I were given the opportunity to present a gift to the next generation, it would be the ability for each individual to learn to laugh at himself.”
Charles M. Schulz
