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Warren Buffett foto

“It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.”
Vybudovat si reputaci trvá dvacet let, zničit ji lze za pět minut.

Warren Buffett (1930) American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist

Kontext: It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently.

“We do not need to grieve for the dead. Why should we grieve for them? They are now in a place where there is no more shadow, darkness, loneliness, isolation, or pain. They are home.”
Nemusíme truchlit za mrtvé. Proč bychom za ně měli truchlit? Nyní jsou na místě, kde už není žádný stín, temnota, osamělost, izolace ani bolest. Jsou doma.

John O'Donohue (1956–2008) Irish writer, priest and philosopher

Zdroj: Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom

Emile Zola foto

“These young people naturally grow up with ideas different from ours, for they are born for times when we shall no longer be here”
Tito mladí lidé přirozeně vyrůstají s myšlenkami odlišnými od našich, protože se rodí pro dobu, kdy my už tu nebudeme.

Emile Zola (1840–1902) French writer (1840-1902)

Zdroj: Work

Peter F. Drucker foto

“There is nothing quite so useless, as doing with great efficiency, something that should not be done at all.”
Nic není tak zbytečné, jako dělat s velkou účinností něco, co by se vůbec dělat nemělo.

Peter F. Drucker (1909–2005) American business consultant

Varianta: There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.

Friedrich Nietzsche foto

“Is man merely a mistake of God's? Or God merely a mistake of man?”
Je člověk pouze omylem božím? Nebo bůh pouze mýlkou člověka?

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
Oscar Wilde foto

“I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.”
Lidi mám raději než zásady a lidi bez zásad mám raději než cokoli jiného na světě.

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Tamora Pierce foto

“You are the Protector of the Small. You see real people in the humans and animals overlooked by your peers. There will always be work for you.”
Jsi ochránce těch nejmenších. V lidech a zvířatech, které tvoji kolegové přehlížejí, vidíš skutečné lidi. Vždycky se pro vás najde práce.

Tamora Pierce kniha Lady Knight

Zdroj: Lady Knight

Eckhart Tolle foto

“Anything that you resent and strongly react to in another is also in you.”
Vše, co se vám nelíbí a na co silně reagujete u druhého, je také ve vás.

Eckhart Tolle (1948) German writer

Zdroj: A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

Emile Zola foto

“Inability, human incapacity, is the only boundary to an art.”
Neschopnost a lidská nedostatečnost je jedinou hranicí umění.

Emile Zola (1840–1902) French writer (1840-1902)

Zdroj: Le Naturalisme Au Theatre

Anaïs Nin foto

“Life shrinks or expands according to one's courage.”
Život se zkracuje nebo prodlužuje podle toho, jakou má člověk odvahu.

Anaïs Nin (1903–1977) writer of novels, short stories, and erotica

As quoted in French Writers of the Past (2000) by Carol A. Dingle, p. 126
Varianta: Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.

Albert Einstein foto

“I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.”
Mluvím se všemi stejně, ať už je to popelář nebo rektor univerzity.

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

Attributed to Einstein by his colleague Léopold Infeld in his book Quest: An Autobiography (1949), p. 291 http://books.google.com/books?id=fsvXYpOSowkC&q=%22garbage+man%22#v=snippet&q=%22garbage%20man%22&f=false
Attributed in posthumous publications

“Whatever you believe with feeling becomes your reality.”
Když čemukoli věříte s citem, stane se to vaší realitou.

Brian Tracy (1944) American motivational speaker and writer
Blaise Pascal foto

“Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much”
Vlídná slova nestojí moc. Přesto dokážou mnoho.

Blaise Pascal (1623–1662) French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher

Varianta: Kind words don't cost much. Yet they accomplish much.

Michael Jordan foto

“To learn to succeed, you must first learn to fail.”
Abyste se naučili uspět, musíte se nejprve naučit selhat.

Michael Jordan (1963) American retired professional basketball player and businessman
Friedrich Nietzsche foto

“There is always some madness in love. But there is also always some reason in madness.”
V lásce je vždy něco ze šílenství. Avšak stejně tak v šílenství je vždycky něco z rozumu.

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist
Charles Bukowski foto

“My ambition is handicapped by my laziness.”
Moje ambice jsou ovlivněny mojí leností.

Charles Bukowski kniha Factotum

Zdroj: Factotum (1975), Ch. 45, Manny

Albert Einstein foto

“If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?”
Kdybychom věděli, co jsme dělali, bylo by to nazýváno výzkumem?

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Zig Ziglar foto

“If you aim at nothing, you will hit it every time.”
Pokud míříte do prázdna, vždy se trefíte.

Zig Ziglar (1926–2012) American motivational speaker

“Pain was good. If I hurt, it meant I wasn't dead.”
Bolest byla dobrá. Pokud jsem zraněný, znamenalo to, že jsem nebyl mrtvý.

Kristin Cast kniha Hunted

Zdroj: Hunted

Alfred Adler foto

“It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.”

Alfred Adler (1870–1937) Medical Doctor, Psychologist, Psychiatrist, Psychotherapist, Personality Theorist

Quoted in: Phyllis Bottome, Alfred Adler: Apostle of Freedom (1939), ch. 5
Problems of Neurosis: A Book of Case Histories (1929)

Franz Kafka foto

“All language is but a poor translation.”
Jazyky nejsou nic jiného než špatné překlady.

Franz Kafka (1883–1924) author
Cassandra Clare foto

“And now I need you to do for me what I cannot do for myself. For you to be my eyes when I do not have them. For you to be my hands when I cannot use my own. For you to be my heart when mine is done beating.”
A teď potřebuji, abys pro mě udělal to, co nemohu udělat sám. Abys byl mým zrakem, který mi chybí. Abys byl mýma rukama, když nemůžu používat svoje vlastní. Abys byl mým srdcem, když to moje přestane bít.

Cassandra Clare kniha Clockwork Princess

Zdroj: Clockwork Princess

Oscar Wilde foto

“A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal.”
I malá dávka upřímnosti je škodlivá, velká už je naprosto katastrofální.

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet

Zdroj: The Critic as Artist (1891), Part II

Napoleon Hill foto

“Our only limitations are those we set up in our own minds”
Naše jediná omezení jsou ta, která jsme si stanovili ve vlastní mysli

Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American author

Varianta: The only limitation is that which one sets up in one's own mind.
Zdroj: Think and Grow Rich: The Landmark Bestseller - Now Revised and Updated for the 21st Century

Charles Bukowski foto

“I stopped looking for a Dream Girl, I just wanted one that wasn't a nightmare.”
Přestal jsem hledat vysněnou dívku, jen jsem chtěl tu, která by nebyla noční můrou.

Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer

Zdroj: The Captain is Out to Lunch and the Sailors Have Taken Over the Ship

Winston S. Churchill foto

“The price of greatness is responsibility.”
Cena za velikost je zodpovědnost.

Winston S. Churchill kniha The Second World War

In the House of Commons, February 28, 1906 speech South African native races http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1906/feb/28/south-african-native-races#S4V0152P0_19060228_HOC_307
The Second World War (1939–1945)
Varianta: Where there is great power there is great responsibility
Kontext: I submit respectfully to the House as a general principle that our responsibility in this matter is directly proportionate to our power. Where there is great power there is great responsibility, where there is less power there is less responsibility, and where there is no power there can, I think, be no responsibility.

Robert Walser foto

“When we realize that words can destroy something good, wonderful, and dear, and that by keeping silent we can avoid causing the least damage or harm, it’s easy to stay silent.”
Když si uvědomíme, že slova mohou zničit něco dobrého, krásného a cenného a že mlčením můžeme zabránit tomu, abychom způsobili i tu nejmenší škodu, je snadné mlčet.

Robert Walser (1878–1956) Swiss writer

Zdroj: Masquerade and Other Stories

“Knowledge isn’t power until it is applied.”
Znalosti nemají moc, dokud nejsou použity.

Dale Carnegie (1888–1955) American writer and lecturer
Eckhart Tolle foto

“You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level.”
Mír nenajdete přeuspořádáním okolností svého života, ale uvědomením si, kdo jste na nejhlubší úrovni.

Eckhart Tolle (1948) German writer
Osamu Dazai foto

“For someone like myself in whom the ability to trust others is so cracked and broken that I am wretchedly timid and am forever trying to read the expression on people's faces.”
Pro někoho, jako jsem já, u koho je schopnost důvěřovat druhým natolik narušená a zlomená, že jsem bídně plachý a věčně se pokouším číst ve výrazech tváří ostatních.

Osamu Dazai kniha No Longer Human

Zdroj: No Longer Human

Oscar Wilde foto

“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.”
Milovat sám sebe je začátkem celoživotní romance.

Oscar Wilde An Ideal Husband

Lord Goring, Act III
Zdroj: An Ideal Husband (1895)

Arthur Conan Doyle foto

“It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important.”
Dlouho bylo mým axiomem, že malé věci jsou nekonečně nejdůležitější.

Arthur Conan Doyle kniha The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

Zdroj: The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

William Shakespeare foto

“The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.”
Chyba, drahý Brute, není v našich hvězdách, ale v nás samých.

William Shakespeare Julius Caesar

Cassius, Act I, scene ii.
Varianta: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.
Zdroj: Julius Caesar

George Orwell foto

“Until they became conscious they will never rebel, and until after they have rebelled they cannot become conscious.”
Dokud se neuvědomí, nezačnou se bouřit. Ale dokud se nezačnou bouřit, tak se nikdy neuvědomí.

George Orwell kniha 1984

Zdroj: 1984

Pablo Picasso citát: “Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.”
Pablo Picasso foto

“Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.”
Na zítra si odkládej pouze to, co když neuděláš, tak zemřeš stále spokojen.

Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer
Winston S. Churchill foto

“Don't interrupt me while I'm interrupting.”
Nepřerušuj mě, když tě přerušuji.

Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Terry Pratchett foto

“Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.”
Moudrost vychází ze zkušenosti. Zkušenost je často výsledkem nedostatku moudrosti.

Terry Pratchett (1948–2015) English author
A.A. Milne foto

“Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would, I'd never leave.”
Slib mi, že na mě nikdy nezapomeneš, protože kdybych si myslel, že zapomeneš, nikdy bych neodešel.

A.A. Milne (1882–1956) British author
Abraham Lincoln foto

“Those who look for the bad in people will surely find it.”
Ti, kteří u lidí hledají pouze to špatné, to určitě najdou.

Abraham Lincoln (1809–1865) 16th President of the United States
Franz Kafka foto

“Last night I dreamed about you. What happened in detail I can hardly remember, all I know is that we kept merging into one another. I was you, you were me. Finally you somehow caught fire.”
Minulou noc se mi o tobě zdálo. Co se stalo, si už skoro nepamatuji, vím jen, že jsme se stále prolínali. Já byl tebou, ty jsi byla mnou. Nakonec jsi nějak vzplála.

Franz Kafka (1883–1924) author
Paul McCartney foto

“Sadness isn't sadness. It's happiness in a black jacket. Tears are not tears. They're balls of laughter dipped in salt. Death is not death. It's life that's jumped off a tall cliff.”
Smutek není smutek. Je to štěstí v černém kabátě. Slzy nejsou slzy. Jsou to kuličky smíchu namočené v soli. Smrt není smrt. Je to život, který skočil z vysokého útesu.

Paul McCartney (1942) English singer-songwriter and composer

Zdroj: Blackbird Singing: Poems and Lyrics, 1965-1999

Gabriel García Márquez foto

“The only thing worse than bad health is a bad name.”
Horší než špatné zdraví je jen špatné jméno.

Gabriel García Márquez kniha Love in the Time of Cholera

Zdroj: Love in the Time of Cholera

Rabindranath Tagore foto

“I slept and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and behold, service is joy.”

Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) Bengali polymath

Quoted often without citation http://www.tagorefoundationinternational.com http://rupkatha.com/V2/n4/11Tagorephilosohy.pdf
Compare this verse verse written by Ellen Sturgis Hooper:
::"I slept, and dreamed that life was Beauty;
I woke, and found that life was Duty."
Disputed

Stephen King foto

“We lie best when we lie to ourselves.”

Stephen King kniha To

Zdroj: It (1986)

Jean Anouilh foto

“There is love of course. And then there's life, its enemy.”
Je tu láska. A pak je tu život, její nepřítel.

Jean Anouilh (1910–1987) French playwright
Ludwig Van Beethoven foto

“Do not merely practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; it deserves that, for only art and science can exalt man to divinity.”
Nejen praktikujte své umění, ale ponořte se do jeho tajemství; umění si to zaslouží, protože pouze umění a věda mohou povýšit člověka na božství.

Ludwig Van Beethoven (1770–1827) German Romantic composer

Fahre fort, übe nicht allein die Kunst, sondern dringe auch in ihr Inneres; sie verdient es, denn nur die Kunst und die Wissenschaft erhöhen den Menschen bis zur Gottheit.
Letter to Emilie, July 17, 1812.
Quoted in Musical news, Vol. 3 (1892), p. 627

James Baldwin foto

“The place in which I'll fit will not exist until I make it.”
Místo, kam zapadnu, nebude existovat, dokud si ho nevytvořím.

James Baldwin (1924–1987) (1924-1987) writer from the United States
Albert Schweitzer foto

“Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.”
Neustálá laskavost může přinést mnoho. Stejně jako slunce rozpouští led, laskavost způsobuje, že se nedorozumění, nedůvěra a nepřátelství vypařují.

Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965) French-German physician, theologian, musician and philosopher

Varianta: Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

Jane Austen foto

“A lady's imagination is very rapid; it jumps from admiration to love, from love to matrimony in a moment.”
Představivost dámy je velmi rychlá; za okamžik skočí z obdivu k lásce, z lásky k manželství.

Jane Austen kniha Pýcha a předsudek

Zdroj: Pride and Prejudice

Malcolm X foto

“We want freedom by any means necessary. We want justice by any means necessary. We want equality by any means necessary.”
Chceme dosáhnout svobody za každou cenu. Chceme dosáhnout spravedlnosti za každou cenu. Chceme dosáhnout rovnosti za každou cenu.

Malcolm X (1925–1965) American human rights activist

Speech at Founding Rally of the Organization of Afro-American Unity (28 June 1964) http://www.blackpast.org/?q=1964-malcolm-x-s-speech-founding-rally-organization-afro-american-unity
Variant: We declare our right on this earth to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the rights of a human being in this society, on this earth, in this day, which we intend to bring into existence by any means necessary.
As quoted in By Any Means Necessary (1970)
By any means necessary: speeches, interviews, and a letter (1970)
Kontext: We have formed an organization known as the Organization of Afro-American Unity which has the same aim and objective to fight whoever gets in our way, to bring about the complete independence of people of African descent here in the Western Hemisphere, and first here in the United States, and bring about the freedom of these people by any means necessary.
That's our motto. We want freedom by any means necessary. We want justice by any means necessary. We want equality by any means necessary.

Dolly Parton foto

“You'll never do a whole lot unless you're brave enough to try.”
Pokud nemáte dost odvahy to zkusit, nikdy toho moc nedosáhnete.

Dolly Parton (1946) American singer-songwriter and actress
Emily Brontë foto

“I wish I were a girl again, half-savage and hardy, and free.”
Přála bych si, abych byla znovu dívka, napůl divoká a vytrvalá a svobodná.

Emily Brontë kniha Na Větrné hůrce

Zdroj: Wuthering Heights

George Orwell foto

“Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it.”
Každá generace si představuje, že je inteligentnější než ta, která byla před ní, a moudřejší než ta, která po ní přichází.

George Orwell (1903–1950) English author and journalist

Review of A Coat of Many Colours: Occasional Essays by Herbert Read, Poetry Quarterly (Winter 1945)
Kontext: Each generation imagines itself to be more intelligent than the one that went before it, and wiser than the one that comes after it. This is an illusion, and one should recognise it as such, but one ought also to stick to one's own world-view, even at the price of seeming old-fashioned: for that world-view springs out of experiences that the younger generation has not had, and to abandon it is to kill one's intellectual roots.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh foto

“I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable.”
Nevěřím, že utrpení samo o sobě učí. Kdyby utrpení samo o sobě učilo, celý svět by byl moudrý, protože všichni trpí. K utrpení je nutné přidat smutek, pochopení, trpělivost, lásku, otevřenost a ochotu zůstat zranitelný.

Anne Morrow Lindbergh kniha Gift from the Sea

Hour of Gold, Hour of Lead: Diaries and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1929-1932 (1973), p. 3
Zdroj: Gift from the Sea
Kontext: I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable. All these and other factors combined, if the circumstances are right, can teach and can lead to rebirth.

Pablo Picasso foto

“There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence transform a yellow spot into a sun.”

Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer

1950s
Zdroj: Sergei Eisenstein (1957), Film form [and]: The film sense, p. 127.

Winston S. Churchill foto

“The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes.”
Největší životní lekcí je, že i blbci mají někdy pravdu.

Winston S. Churchill (1874–1965) Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Bruce Lee foto

“Be happy, but never satisfied.”
Buďte šťastní, ale nikdy spokojení.

Bruce Lee (1940–1973) Hong Kong-American actor, martial artist, philosopher and filmmaker
Aristotle foto

“Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.”
Potěšení z práce dává práci dokonalost.

Aristotle (-384–-321 BC) Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy
Ernest Hemingway foto

“Write hard and clear about what hurts.”
Pište tvrdě a jasně o tom, co bolí.

Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist
Jodi Picoult foto

“It takes two people to make a lie work: the person who tells it, and the one who believes it.”
K tomu, aby lež fungovala, jsou potřeba dva lidé: ten, kdo ji říká, a ten, kdo jí věří.

Jodi Picoult (1966) Author

Zdroj: Vanishing Acts

Oscar Wilde foto

“With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy?”
Kdo by nebyl šťastný se svobodou, knihami, květinami a měsícem?

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
Ayn Rand foto

“The question isn't who is going to let me; it's who is going to stop me.”
Otázkou není, kdo mi to dovolí. Otázkou je, kdo mi v tom zabrání.

Ayn Rand (1905–1982) Russian-American novelist and philosopher
Erich Maria Remarque foto

“We have so much to say, and we shall never say it.”
Máme toho tolik co říct, ale nikdy to neřekneme.

Erich Maria Remarque kniha Na západní frontě klid

Zdroj: All Quiet on the Western Front

Maya Angelou foto

“I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as 'making a life'.”
Naučila jsem se, že "uživit se" není totéž co " žít".

Maya Angelou (1928–2014) American author and poet
Louisa May Alcott foto

“Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see their beauty, believe in them, and try to follow where they lead.”
Daleko na slunci leží moje největší touhy. Možná se k nim nedostanu, ale mohu vzhlédnout a vidět jejich krásu, věřit v ně a pokusit se jít tam, kam vedou.

Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) American novelist

As quoted in Elbert Hubbard's Scrap Book (1923) by Elbert Hubbard, p. 62

Joseph Campbell foto

“If the path before you is clear, you're probably on someone else's.”
Pokud je cesta před vámi jasná, jste pravděpodobně na cestě někoho jiného.

Joseph Campbell (1904–1987) American mythologist, writer and lecturer
Arthur Conan Doyle foto

“My name is Sherlock Holmes. It is my business to know what other people do not know.”
Jmenuji se Sherlock Holmes. Je mojí prací vědět, co ostatní lidé netuší.

Arthur Conan Doyle The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle

Zdroj: The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle

Oscar Wilde foto

“A bore is someone who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.”
Nudný člověk je ten, kdo vás připravuje o samotu, aniž by vám dělal společnost.

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
John Wooden foto

“Success is peace of mind attained only through self-satisfaction and knowing you’ve made the effort, do the best of what you’re capable.”
Úspěch je klid v duši, kterého dosáhnete pouze díky sebeuspokojení a vědomí, že jste se snažili a dělali to nejlepší, čeho jste schopni.

John Wooden (1910–2010) American basketball coach

Interview on Charlie Rose https://archive.org/details/WHUT_20100614_130000_Charlie_Rose (2000)

Robert T. Kiyosaki foto

“Winners are not afraid of losing. But losers are. Failure is part of the process of success. People who avoid failure also avoid success.”
Vítězové se nebojí porážky, ale poražení ano. Neúspěch je součástí procesu úspěchu. Lidé, kteří se vyhýbají neúspěchu, se také vyhýbají úspěchu.

Robert T. Kiyosaki kniha Rich Dad Poor Dad

Zdroj: Rich Dad, Poor Dad

Helen Keller foto

“Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.”
Přestože je svět plný utrpení, je také plný toho, čím se utrpení překonává.

Helen Keller (1880–1968) American author and political activist
Joseph Addison foto

“Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body.”
Čtení je pro mysl, co je cvičení pro tělo.

Joseph Addison (1672–1719) politician, writer and playwright

No. 147.
The Tatler (1711–1714)
Varianta: A good conscience is to the soul what health is to the body
Kontext: Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body. As by the one, health is preserved, strengthened, and invigorated: by the other, virtue (which is the health of the mind) is kept alive, cherished, and confirmed.

Mark Twain foto

“The two most important days in your life are the day you were born and the day you find out why.”
Dva nejdůležitější dny ve vašem životě - den, kdy jste se narodili, a den, kdy zjistíte proč.

Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist

This appears on the opening placard of the film The Equalizer, attributing it to Twain, but there is no evidence that Twain wrote it. A precursor is found in Taylor Hartman's self-help book The Character Code (first published 1991), where it is not attributed to Twain: "The three most significant days in your life are: 1. The day you were born. 2. The day you find out why you were born. 3. The day you discover how to contribute the gift you were born to give" ( Google Books link https://books.google.com/books?id=gIKCxWxNmeMC&pg=PA147&dq=%22day+you+find+out+why%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwijrJzc84vLAhUJzGMKHajvADEQ6AEIIjAB#v=onepage&q=%22day%20you%20find%20out%20why%22&f=false)
Disputed

Arthur Conan Doyle foto

“A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones.”
Pes odráží rodinný život. Viděl už snad někdo šťastného psa v smutné rodině nebo smutného psa ve šťastné rodině? Vrčící lidé mají vrčící psy, nebezpeční mají nebezpečné.

Arthur Conan Doyle kniha The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

Zdroj: The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

Salvador Dalí foto

“A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspires others.”
Pravý umělec není ten, kdo je inspirován ostatními, ale ten, kdo ostatní inspiruje.

Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) Spanish artist
Oscar Wilde foto

“I can resist everything except temptation.”
Nemohu si pomoci, jsem s to odolat všemu kromě pokušení.

Oscar Wilde Lady Windermere's Fan

Lord Darlington, Act I
Varianta: I can resist everything except temptation
Zdroj: Lady Windermere's Fan (1892)

William Shakespeare foto

“Our doubts are traitors,
and make us lose the good we oft might win,
by fearing to attempt.”

Naše pochybnosti jsou zrádci, a způsobují, že ztrácíme dobro, které bychom často mohli získat, když se bojíme o to pokusit.

William Shakespeare Measure for Measure

Zdroj: Measure for Measure

Diana Vreeland foto

“The only real elegance is in the mind; if you've got that, the rest really comes from it.”
Jediná skutečná elegance spočívá v mysli, a pokud ji máte, zbytek se opravdu odvíjí od ní.

Diana Vreeland (1903–1989) American magazine editor
Ravi Zacharias foto

“Time is the brush of God, as he paints his masterpiece on the heart of humanity.”
Čas je štětcem Boha, který maluje své mistrovské dílo na srdce lidstva.

Ravi Zacharias (1946) Indian philosopher
Robert Frost foto

“We love the things we love for what they are.”
Milujeme věci, které milujeme pro to, co jsou.

Robert Frost (1874–1963) American poet

"Hyla Brook" (1920)
1920s

Richard Bach foto

“Argue for your limitations, and sure enough, they're yours.”
Argumentujte svými omezeními a jistě jsou vaše.

Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer

Illusions : The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (1977)
Varianta: if you argue for your limitations they are yours
Zdroj: Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah

Pablo Picasso foto

“Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.”
Umění není pravda, ale lež, která umožňuje poznat pravdu.

Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and stage designer
Desmond Tutu foto

“We learn from history that we don't learn from history!”
Učíme se z historie, že se z historie neučíme!

Desmond Tutu (1931) South African churchman, politician, archbishop, Nobel Prize winner

Often attributed to Desmond Tutu, actual source is G. W. F Hegel: What experience and history teach is this — that nations and governments have never learned anything from history, or acted upon any lessons they might have drawn from it. Lectures on the Philosophy of History (1832)
Misattributed

Madonna foto

“I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.”
Podporuji svobodu vyjadřování, dělání toho, v co věříte, a cestu za vašimi sny

Madonna (1958) American singer, songwriter, and actress

http://www.studyworld.com/newsite/Quotes/QuoteByTopic.asp?i=Dream

C.G. Jung foto

“Nights through dreams tell the myths forgotten by the day.”
Noci vyprávějí prostřednictvím snů příběhy, na které den zapomněl.

C.G. Jung kniha Memories, Dreams, Reflections

Zdroj: Memories, Dreams, Reflections

Bob Marley foto

“You have to be someone.”
Musíte být někdo.

Bob Marley (1945–1981) Jamaican singer, songwriter, musician
Jane Austen foto

“I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.”
Nechci, aby lidé byli velmi příjemní, protože se tak nemusím obtěžovat s tím, abych je měla hodně ráda.

Jane Austen (1775–1817) English novelist

Letter to Cassandra (1798-12-24) [Letters of Jane Austen -- Brabourne Edition]
Letters
Zdroj: Jane Austen's Letters

George Carlin foto

“It’s called the American Dream, 'cause you have to be asleep to believe it.”
Říká se tomu americký sen, protože musíte spát, abyste tomu uvěřili.

George Carlin (1937–2008) American stand-up comedian

Life Is Worth Losing (2005)
Kontext: They don’t want people who are smart enough to sit around a kitchen table and think about how badly they’re getting fucked by a system that threw them overboard 30 fuckin’ years ago. They don’t want that. You know what they want? They want obedient workers. Obedient workers, people who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork. And just dumb enough to passively accept all these increasingly shittier jobs with the lower pay, the longer hours, the reduced benefits, the end of overtime and vanishing pension that disappears the minute you go to collect it. And now they’re coming for your Social Security money. They want your fuckin' retirement money. They want it back so they can give it to their criminal friends on Wall Street. And you know something? They’ll get it. They’ll get it all from you sooner or later 'cause they own this fuckin' place. It’s a big club and you ain't in it. You and I are not in the big club.... The table is tilted, folks. The game is rigged and nobody seems to notice.... And nobody seems to notice. Nobody seems to care. That’s what the owners count on. The fact that Americans will probably remain willfully ignorant of the big red, white and blue dick that’s being jammed up their assholes every day, because the owners of this country know the truth. It’s called the American Dream, 'cause you have to be asleep to believe it.

Raymond Chandler foto

“I was as hollow and empty as the spaces between stars.”
Byl jsem tak pustý a prázdný jako místa mezi hvězdami.

Raymond Chandler kniha The Long Goodbye

Zdroj: The Long Goodbye

Ernest Hemingway citát: “Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.”
Ernest Hemingway foto

“Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.”
Nikdy nevěř tomu, že válka jakkoliv nutná a ospravedlnitelná, není zločin.

Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist

Introduction to Treasury of the Free World (1946)
Zdroj: Ernest Hemingway: A Literary Reference
Kontext: An aggressive war is the great crime against everything good in the world. A defensive war, which must necessarily turn to aggressive at the earliest moment, is the necessary great counter-crime. But never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime. Ask the infantry and ask the dead.

William Shakespeare foto

“Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.”
Moudře a pomalu; ti, kteří běží rychle, se klopýtnou.

William Shakespeare kniha Romeo a Julie

Varianta: Go wisely and slowly. Those who rush stumble and fall.
Zdroj: Romeo and Juliet

Oscar Wilde foto

“It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.”
To, co čtete, když nemusíte, to určuje, co budete, když tomu nemůžete pomoci.

Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) Irish writer and poet
George Orwell foto

“Doublethink means the power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously, and accepting both of them.”
Dvojité myšlení znamená schopnost udržet pohromadě dvě zcela protikladné informace a zároveň oběma pevně věřit.

George Orwell kniha 1984

Zdroj: 1984

Friedrich Nietzsche foto

“Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings — always darker, emptier, simpler.”
Myšlenky jsou stíny našich pocitů; vždy tmavší, prázdnější a jednodušší.

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German philosopher, poet, composer, cultural critic, and classical philologist

Sec. 179
The Gay Science (1882)

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow foto

“For after all, the best thing one can do when it is raining is let it rain.”
Nakonec, to nejlepší, co člověk může dělat, když prší, je nechat, aby pršelo.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882) American poet

Varianta: The best thing one can do when it's raining is to let it rain.

Aristotle citát: “Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.”
Aristotle foto

“Wishing to be friends is quick work, but friendship is a slow ripening fruit.”
Přát si být přáteli je rychlá práce, ale přátelství je pomalu dozrávající ovoce.

Aristotle (-384–-321 BC) Classical Greek philosopher, student of Plato and founder of Western philosophy
Albert Einstein foto

“Setting an example is not the main means of influencing others, it is the only means.”
Jít příkladem není hlavním, ale jediným prostředkem, jak ovlivnit ostatní.

Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity

The original: "Example is not the main thing. It is the only thing. That is, if the one giving the example is not saying to himself, 'Behold I am giving an example." That spoils it. Anyone thinking of the example he will give to others has lost his simplicity. Only as a man has simplicity can his example influence others" is a quote by Albert Schweitzer, from a 1952 interview in United Nations World magazine https://books.google.com/books?id=qTAoAAAAMAAJ&q=%22example+is+not+the+main+thing%22&dq=%22example+is+not+the+main+thing%22&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjz7f_2v6vMAhUJxmMKHeEAB-QQ6AEIHDAA. Not attributed to Einstein until the 1990s https://books.google.com/books?id=JdRZAAAAYAAJ&q=%22example+is+not+the+main+thing%22+einstein&dq=%22example+is+not+the+main+thing%22+einstein&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwif56qcwqvMAhXGMGMKHST5DRIQ6AEIHTAA.
Misattributed

Eckhart Tolle foto

“Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge.”
Některé změny vypadají na povrchu negativně, ale brzy si uvědomíte, že ve vašem životě se vytváří prostor na objevení něčeho nového.

Eckhart Tolle (1948) German writer

“I love you still,
Against my will.”

Miluji tě stále, i proti své vůli.

Sarah Kane kniha Crave

Zdroj: Crave

Stephen King foto

“Fiction is the truth inside the lie.”
Beletrie je pravda ve lži.

Stephen King (1947) American author

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