
A hero is an ordinary individual
who finds the strength to persevere
and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.
- Christopher Reeve
Genius always finds itself a century too early.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Who forces time is pushed back by time;
who yields to time finds time on his side.
- The Talmud
A friend is someone who won't stop
until he finds you and brings you home.
- Fraser Sr. in the movie Due South
He who wants to do good knocks at the gate:
he who loves finds the door open.
- Rabindranath Tagore
I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar,
but I cherish the friend who for me
does not consult his calendar.
- Robert Brault
We can never replace a friend.
When a man is fortunate enough to have several,
he finds they are all different.
No one has a double in friendship.
- Johann Schiller
One who is too insistent on his own views,
finds few to agree with him.
- Lao Tzu
After climbing a great hill,
one only finds that there are many more hills to climb.
- Nelson Mandela
And think not, you can direct the course of love;
for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course.
- Khalil Gibran
He who is too busy doing good
finds no time to be good.
- Rabindranath Tagore
If you are disabled, it is probably not your fault,
but it is no good blaming the world or expecting it to take pity on you.
One has to have a positive attitude
and must make the best of the situation that one finds oneself in.
If one is physically disabled,
one cannot afford to be psychologically disabled as well.
- Stephen Hawking
The unthankful heart... discovers no mercies;
but let the thankful heart sweep through the day and,
as the magnet finds the iron,
so it will find, in every hour,
some heavenly blessings!
- Henry Ward Beecher
When one has the feeling of dislike for evil,
when one feels tranquil,
one finds pleasure in listening to good teachings;
when one has these feelings and appreciates them,
one is free of fear.
- The Buddha
Ambition is pitiless.
Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.
- Eleanor Roosevelt
I love being married.
It's so great to find that one special person
you want to annoy for the rest of your life.
- Rita Rudner
Thank you, gentlemen. Someday I will repay you,
unless of course I can't find you, or if I forget.
- the movie Shrek 2
Clear? Huh. Why a four-year-old child
could understand this report.
Run out and find me a four-year-old child,
I can't make head or tail of it.
- the Groucho Marx movie Duck Soup
The worst part of success is to try to find
someone who is happy for you.
- Bette Midler
Don't expect me to get excited over
another damn thing we need to find.
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010)
I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out
where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately.
- George Carlin
If you can find something everyone agrees on, it's wrong.
- Mo Udall
Unless they share our opinions,
we seldom find people sensible.
- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Human beings must have action;
and they will make it if they cannot find it.
- Albert Einstein
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand,
you'll find one at the end of your arm.
- Audrey Hepburn
My advice to you is get married:
if you find a good wife you'll be happy;
if not, you'll become a philosopher.
- Socrates
Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie"
until you can find a rock.
- Will Rogers
I find that principles have no real force
except when one is well fed.
- Mark Twain
Whenever I find the key to success,
someone changes the lock.
- Anonymous
Don't die with your music still inside you.
Listen to your intuitive inner voice
and find what passion stirs your soul.
- Wayne Dyer
Money won't make you happy...
but everybody wants to find out for themselves.
- Zig Ziglar
Find a time and place of solitude.
Look into the distance, and into the future.
Visualize the tomorrow you are going to build -
and begin to build that tomorrow, today.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
One of the annoying things about believing in free will
and individual responsibility is the difficulty
of finding somebody to blame your problems on.
And when you do find somebody, it's remarkable
how often his picture turns up on your driver's license.
- P. J. O'Rourke
I find that he is happiest
of whom the world says least, good or bad.
- Thomas Jefferson
It hurts to love someone
and not be loved in return,
but what is more painful is to love
someone and never find the courage
to let that person know how you feel.
- Anonymous
What old people say you cannot do,
you try and find that you can.
Old deeds for old people, and new deeds for new.
- Henry David Thoreau
We're never so vulnerable than when we trust someone -
but paradoxically, if we cannot trust,
neither can we find love or joy.
- Walter Anderson
Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself.
You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
- Paramahansa Yogananda
No matter what happens, someone will find a way
to take it too seriously.
- Dave Barry
We will either find a way or make one.
- Hannibal
The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase:
if you pursue happiness you'll never find it.
- C. P. Snow
Believe those who are seeking the truth.
Doubt those who find it.
- Andre Gide
I find hope in the darkest of days,
and focus in the brightest.
I do not judge the universe.
- Tenzin Gyatso, the 14th Dalai Lama
When men destroy their old gods,
they will find new ones to take their place.
- Pearl S. Buck
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged
to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
- Nelson Mandela
A best friend is like a four leaf clover,
hard to find and lucky to have.
- Anonymous
We shall find peace. We shall hear angels.
We shall see the sky sparkling with diamonds.
- Anton Chekhov
Whenever you are asked if you can do a job,
tell 'em, Certainly I Can. -
and get busy and find out how to do it.
- Theodore Roosevelt
Through humor, you can soften some
of the worst blows that life delivers.
And once you find laughter,
no matter how painful your situation might be,
you can survive it.
- Bill Cosby
No one can find inner peace except by working,
not in a self-centered way, but for the whole human family.
- Peace Pilgrim
If you have found your truth within yourself
there is nothing more in this whole existence to find.
- Osho
When you find your path, you must not be afraid.
You need to have sufficient courage to make mistakes.
Disappointment, defeat, and despair are
the tools God uses to show us the way.
- Paulo Coelho
Until he extends the circle of
his compassion to all living things,
man will not himself find peace.
- Albert Schweitzer
The best way to find yourself
is to lose yourself
in the service of others.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
It's so easy to fall in love
but hard to find someone who will catch you.
- Anonymous
Those who are free of resentful thoughts surely find peace.
- The Buddha
When you find peace within yourself,
you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.
- Peace Pilgrim
When we try to pick out anything by itself,
we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
- John Muir
If you seek truth, you will not seek
victory by dishonorable means,
and if you find truth, you will become invincible.
- Epictetus
Just start dancing and the band will find you.
- Tama Kieves
In my friend, I find a second self.
- Isabel Norton
Let everyone try and find that
as a result of daily prayer
he adds something new to his life,
something with which nothing can be compared.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
Your sacred space is where you can
find yourself again and again.
- Joseph Campbell
One way or another, we all have to find
what best fosters the flowering of our humanity
in this contemporary life,
and dedicate ourselves to that.
- Joseph Campbell
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority,
it is time to pause and reflect.
- Mark Twain
Music and rhythm find their way
into the secret places of the soul.
- Plato
Well-being is making its way to you at all times.
If you will relax and find a way to allow it,
it will be your experience.
- Abraham (Esther Hicks)
You cannot teach a man anything;
you can only help him find it within himself.
- Galileo Galilei
At the beginning and at the end of love,
the two lovers are embarrassed to find themselves alone.
- Jean de la Bruyere
Your task is not to seek for love,
but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself
that you have built against it.
- A Course In Miracles (commonly misattributed to Rumi)
I find motivation and inspiration and hope in information.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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