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Elbert Hubbard foto

“One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.”
Jeden stroj zvládne práci padesáti obyčejných lidí. Žádný stroj však nedokáže vykonat práci jednoho výjimečného člověka.

Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher fue el escritor del jarron azul

Zdroj: A Thousand & One Epigrams: Selected from the Writings of Elbert Hubbard (1911), p. 151

Confucius foto

“The Superior Man is aware of Righteousness, the inferior man is aware of advantage.”
Nadřazený člověk si je vědom spravedlnosti, podřazený člověk si je vědom výhod.

Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher

The virtuous man is driven by responsibility, the non-virtuous man is driven by profit. [by 朱冀平]
The Analects, Chapter I, Chapter IV

Woody Allen foto

“Men learn to love the woman they are attracted to. Women learn to become attracted to the man they fall in love with.”
Muži se učí milovat ženu, která je přitahuje. Ženy se učí být přitahovány mužem, do kterého se zamilují.

Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician
John Steinbeck foto

“There's more beauty in truth, even if it is dreadful beauty.”
V pravdě je více krásy, dokonce i když je strašlivá.

John Steinbeck kniha Na východ od ráje

Zdroj: East of Eden

Albert Einstein foto

“Two things are infinite: the universe and the human stupidity.”
Pouze dvě věci jsou nekonečné. Vesmír a lidská hloupost. U té první si tím však nejsem tak jist.

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

As discussed in this entry from The Quote Investigator http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/05/04/universe-einstein/#more-173, the earliest published attribution of a similar quote to Einstein seems to have been in Gestalt therapist Frederick S. Perls' 1969 book Gestalt Theory Verbatim, where he wrote on p. 33: "As Albert Einstein once said to me: 'Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity.' But what is much more widespread than the actual stupidity is the playing stupid, turning off your ear, not listening, not seeing." Perls also offered another variant in his 1972 book In and Out the Garbage Pail, where he mentioned a meeting with Einstein and on p. 52 http://books.google.com/books?id=HuxFAAAAYAAJ&q=human+stupidity#search_anchor quoted him saying: "Two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I am not yet completely sure about the universe." However, Perls had given yet another variant of this quote in an earlier book, Ego, Hunger, and Aggression: a Revision of Freud’s Theory and Method (originally published 1942, although the Quote Investigator only checked that the quote appeared in the 1947 edition), where he attributed it not to Einstein but to a "great astronomer", writing: "As modern times promote hasty eating to a large extent, it is not surprising to learn that a great astronomer said: 'Two things are infinite, as far as we know – the universe and human stupidity.' To-day we know that this statement is not quite correct. Einstein has proved that the universe is limited." So, the later attributions in 1969 and 1972 may have been a case of faulty memory, or of intentionally trying to increase the authority of the quote by attributing it to Einstein. The quote itself may be a variant of a similar quote attributed even earlier to the philosopher Ernest Renan, found for example in The Public: Volume 18 from 1915, which says on p. 1126 http://books.google.com/books?id=cTPmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1126#v=onepage&q&f=false: "He quotes the saying of Renan: it isn't the stars that give him an idea of infinity; it is man's stupidity." (Other examples of similar attributions to Renan can be found on this Google Books search http://www.google.com/search?q=renan+infinity+stupidity&btnG=Search+Books&tbm=bks&tbo=1.) Renan was French so this is presumably intended as a translation, but different sources give different versions of the supposed original French quote, such as "La bêtise humaine est la seule chose qui donne une idée de l'infini" (found for example in Réflexions sur la vie, 1895-1898 by Remy de Gourmont from 1903, p. 103 http://books.google.com/books?id=RtrtAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA103#v=onepage&q&f=false, along with several other early sources as seen in this search http://www.google.com/search?q=%22humaine+est+la+seule+chose+qui%22+renan&btnG=Search+Books&tbm=bks&tbo=1) and "Ce n'est pas l'immensité de la voûte étoilée qui peut donner le plus complétement l'idée de l'infini, mais bien la bêtise humaine!" (found in Broad views, Volume 2 from 1904, p. 465 http://books.google.com/books?id=9NEaAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA465#v=onepage&q&f=false). Since these variants have not been found in Renan's own writings, they may represent false attributions as well. They may also be variants of an even older saying; for example, the 1880 book Des vers by Guy de Maupassant includes on p. 9 http://books.google.com/books?id=cQUvAAAAMAAJ&pg=PP21#v=onepage&q&f=false a quote from a letter (dated February 19, 1880) by Gustave Flaubert where Flaubert writes "Cependant, qui sait? La terre a des limites, mais la bêtise humaine est infinie!" which translates to "But who knows? The earth has its boundaries, but human stupidity is infinite!" Similarly the 1887 book Melanges by Jules-Paul Tardivel includes on p. 273 http://books.google.com/books?id=n9cOAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA273#v=onepage&q&f=false a piece said to have been written in 1880 in which he writes "Aujourd'hui je sais qu'il n'y a pas de limites à la bêtise humaine, qu'elle est infinie" which translates to "today I know that there is no limit to human stupidity, it is infinite."
Disputed
Varianta: "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." Earliest version located is in Technocracy digest: Issues 287–314 from 1988, p. 76 http://books.google.com/books?id=L7LnAAAAMAAJ&q=%22sure+about+the+former%22#search_anchor. Translated to German as: "Zwei Dinge sind unendlich: das Universum und die menschliche Dummheit. Aber beim Universum bin ich mir nicht ganz sicher." (Earliest version located is Arndt-Michael Meyer, Die Macht der Kürze, Books on Demand GmbH, 2004, p. 14 http://books.google.gr/books?id=12DW-RBKTW8C&pg=PA14&dq=%22Zwei+Dinge+sind+unendlich:+das+Universum+und+die+menschliche+%22+arnd&hl=en&sa=X&ei=gquJUsrYBomM7AapmYGgCQ&ved=0CC8Q6wEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22Zwei%20Dinge%20sind%20unendlich%3A%20das%20Universum%20und%20die%20menschliche%20%22%20arnd&f=false.)
Varianta: Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

Charles Bukowski foto

“Love is all right for those who can handle the psychic overload. It's like trying to carry a full garbage can on your back over a rushing river of piss.”
Láska je dobrá pro ty, co jsou schopni zvládnout to psychický přetížení. Je to jako když se snažíš přenýst plnou popelnici na zádech přes valící se řeku chcanek..

Charles Bukowski kniha Ženy

Varianta: Love is all right for those who can handle the psychic overload. It’s like trying to carry a full garbage can on your back over a rushing river of piss.
Zdroj: Women

Paulo Coelho foto

“Don't listen to the malicious comments of those friends who, never taking any risks themselves, can only see other people's failures.”
Neposlouchejte zlomyslné komentáře přátel, kteří sami nikdy nic neriskují a vidí pouze selhání jiných lidí.

Paulo Coelho kniha Jedenáct minut

Zdroj: Eleven Minutes

Paulo Coelho foto

“Anyone who has lost something they thought was theirs forever finally comes to realise that nothing really belongs to them.”
Každý, kdo už jednou ztratil něco, o čem si myslel, že je navždy jeho, si uvědomí, že mu ve skutečnosti nic nepatří.

Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist
F. Scott Fitzgerald foto

“So we drove on toward death through the cooling twilight.”
A tak jsme za chladnoucího soumraku vyrazili vstříc smrti.

F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby

Zdroj: The Great Gatsby

Jean Paul Sartre foto

“Freedom is what we do with what is done to us.”
Svoboda je to, co děláme s tím, co se děje nám.

Jean Paul Sartre (1905–1980) French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and …

Varianta: Freedom is what you do with what's been done to you.

Shirley MacLaine foto

“Fear makes strangers of people who would be friends.”
Strach dělá z lidí, kteří by mohli být přáteli, cizince.

Shirley MacLaine (1934) American actress

Don't Fall Off the Mountain http://books.google.com/books?id=f6yc35pUhEwC&q=%22The+more+I+traveled+the+more+I+realized+that+fear+makes+strangers+of+people+who+should+be+friends%22&pg=PA160#v=onepage (1970)
Varianta: The more I traveled the more I realized that fear makes strangers of people who should be friends.

Edward Gibbon foto

“The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.”
Vítr a vlny jsou vždy na straně nejschopnějších navigátorů.

Edward Gibbon (1737–1794) English historian and Member of Parliament

Vol. 1, Chap. 68. Compare: "On dit que Dieu est toujours pour les gros bataillons" (translated: "It is said that God is always on the side of the heaviest battalions"), Voltaire, Letter to M. le Riche. 1770; "J'ai toujours vu Dieu du coté des gros bataillons (translated: "I have always noticed that God is on the side of the heaviest battalions"), De la Ferté to Anne of Austria.
The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire: Volume 1 (1776)

Ernest Hemingway foto

“Let him think I am more man than I am and I will be so.”
Nechte ho si myslet, že jsem více člověkem, než jsem, a budu jím.

Ernest Hemingway kniha The Old Man and the Sea

Zdroj: The Old Man and the Sea (1952)

F. Scott Fitzgerald foto

“I felt a haunting loneliness sometimes, and felt it in others--young clerks in the dusk, wasting the most poignant moments of night and life.”
Někdy jsem pociťoval strašidelnou osamělost a viděl jsem ji i na jiných - na mladých úřednících za soumraku, kteří promrhali nejlepší okamžiky noci a života.

F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby

Zdroj: The Great Gatsby

Marcus Aurelius foto

“How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.”
Oč bolestnější jsou následky hněvu než jeho příčiny.

Marcus Aurelius kniha Hovory k sobě

Zdroj: Meditations

Stephen King foto

“Description begins in the writer’s imagination, but should finish in the reader’s.”
Popis začíná v autorově fantazii, ale měl by skončit v čtenářově.

Stephen King (1947) American author

Zdroj: On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“Always do your best. What you plant now, you will harvest later.”
Vždy se snažte. Co zasadíte teď, sklidíte později.

Og Mandino (1923–1996) American author
Thomas Jefferson foto

“I predict future happiness for Americans, if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them.”
Američanům předpovídám budoucí štěstí, pokud se jim podaří zabránit vládě, aby plýtvala prací lidí pod záminkou, že se o ně stará.

Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826) 3rd President of the United States of America

Letter to Thomas Cooper (29 November 1802)
1800s, First Presidential Administration (1801–1805)
Varianta: If we can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people, under the pretense of taking care of them, they must become happy.

F. Scott Fitzgerald foto

“All I kept thinking about, over and over, was 'You can't live forever; you can't live forever.”
To jediné, na co jsem dokola myslel, bylo: „Nemůžeš žít navždy; nemůžeš žít navždy."

F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby

Zdroj: The Great Gatsby

Ralph Waldo Emerson foto

“Life is a journey, not a destination.”
Život je cesta, nikoli cíl.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
Marilyn Monroe foto

“I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot.”
Nevím, kdo vynalezl vysoké podpatky, ale všechny ženy mu hodně dluží.

Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962) American actress, model, and singer

As quoted in Her Inspiration : Secrets to Help You Work Smart, Be Successful, and Have Fun (2008) by Mina Parker
Varianta: I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot.

F. Scott Fitzgerald foto

“I'm a slave to my emotions, to my likes, to my hatred of boredom, to most of my desires.”
Jsem otrokem svých emocí, svých zálib, nenávisti k nudě, většiny svých tužeb.

F. Scott Fitzgerald kniha This Side of Paradise

Zdroj: This Side of Paradise

Richard Bach foto

“You're always free to change your mind
and choose a different future, or a different past.”

Vždycky si to můžeš rozmyslet a zvolit si jinou budoucnost nebo jinou minulost.

Richard Bach (1936) American spiritual writer
Jane Austen foto

“Give a girl an education and introduce her properly into the world, and ten to one but she has the means of settling well, without further expense to anybody.”
Dejte dívce vzdělání a správně její představte svět, a deset ku jedné, že má prostředky na to, aby se dobře usadila, bez dalších výdajů pro kohokoliv.

Jane Austen (1775–1817) English novelist
F. Scott Fitzgerald foto

“It’s a great advantage not to drink among hard drinking people.”
Je velkou výhodou nepít mezi tvrdými alkoholiky.

F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby

Zdroj: The Great Gatsby

Jane Austen foto

“Oh, Lizzy! do anything rather than marry without affection.”
Lizzy, udělej raději cokoli, než aby ses vdala bez lásky.

Jane Austen kniha Pýcha a předsudek

Zdroj: Pride and Prejudice

Woody Allen foto

“I can't listen to that much Wagner, ya know? I start to get the urge to conquer Poland.”
Nemůžu poslouchat tolik Wagnera, víš? Začínám pak mít chuť dobýt Polsko.

Woody Allen (1935) American screenwriter, director, actor, comedian, author, playwright, and musician

Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993)

Robert T. Kiyosaki foto

“Most people fail to realize that in life, it’s not how much money you make, it’s how much money you keep.”
Většina lidí si neuvědomuje, že v životě nejde o to, kolik peněz si vyděláte, ale kolik peněz si ušetříte.

Robert T. Kiyosaki kniha Rich Dad Poor Dad

Zdroj: Rich Dad, Poor Dad

Winston S. Churchill foto

“Kites rise highest against the wind, not with it.”
Draci se zvedají proti větru, ne s ním.

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

Varianta: A kite flies against the wind, not with it.

Charles Bukowski foto

“Beauty is nothing, beauty won’t stay. You don’t know how lucky you are to be ugly, because if people like you, you know it’s for something else.”
Krása není nic, krása nezůstane. Nevíš, jaké máš štěstí, že jsi ošklivá, protože když tě mají lidé rádi, víš, že je to kvůli něčemu jinému.

Charles Bukowski kniha Tales of Ordinary Madness

Zdroj: Tales of Ordinary Madness

W. Clement Stone foto

“When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.”
Když objevíte své poslání, pocítíte jeho potřebu. Naplní vás nadšením a horoucí touhou pustit se do práce na něm.

W. Clement Stone (1902–2002) American New Thought author
P.G. Wodehouse foto

“The voice of Love seemed to call to me, but it was a wrong number.”
Zdálo se, že mě volá hlas Lásky, ale byl to jen omyl.

P.G. Wodehouse (1881–1975) English author

Zdroj: Very Good, Jeeves!

Niccolo Machiavelli foto

“Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are.”
Každý vidí jak působíte, ale málokdo ví, kým skutečně jste.

Niccolo Machiavelli kniha Vladař

Variant trans: Everybody sees what you seem, but few know what thou art.
Ch. 18
Varianta: Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are
Zdroj: The Prince (1513)
Kontext: Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are, and those few dare not oppose themselves to the opinion of the many, who have the majesty of the state to defend them.

George Bernard Shaw foto

“There is no love sincerer than the love of food.”
Žádná láska není tak opravdová, jako láska k jídlu.

George Bernard Shaw Man and Superman

Zdroj: 1900s, Man and Superman (1903), p. 23

Gabriel García Márquez foto

“She would defend herself, saying that love, no matter what else it might be, was a natural talent. She would say: You are either born knowing how, or you never know.”
Bránila by se tím, že láska, nezáleží na tom, čím jiným by mohla být, je přirozeným talentem. Řekla by: Buď se narodíš tak, že víš jak milovat, nebo se to nikdy nedozvíš.

Gabriel García Márquez kniha Love in the Time of Cholera

Zdroj: Love in the Time of Cholera

Henry Van Dyke foto

“Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love and to work and to play and to look up at the stars.”
Radujte se ze života, protože vám dává možnost milovat, pracovat, hrát si a dívat se na hvězdy.

Henry Van Dyke (1852–1933) American diplomat

“It's supposed to be automatic, but actually you have to push this button.”
Mělo by to být automatické, ale musíte stisknout toto tlačítko.

John Brunner kniha Stand on Zanzibar

Zdroj: Stand on Zanzibar

George Bernard Shaw foto

“He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.”
Neví nic a myslí si, že ví všechno. To jasně ukazuje na politickou kariéru.

George Bernard Shaw Major Barbara

Zdroj: 1900s, Major Barbara (1905)

Stephen King foto

“That wasn't any act of God. That was an act of pure human fuckery.”
To nebyl žádný čin Boží. Byla to čistá lidská prasečina.

Stephen King kniha Svědectví

Zdroj: The Stand

Ralph Waldo Emerson foto

“Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.”
Špatné časy mají vědeckou hodnotu. Jsou to příležitosti, které by si dobrý žák neměl nechat ujít.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
F. Scott Fitzgerald foto

“I don’t want just words. If that’s all you have for me, you’d better go”
Nechci jen slova. Pokud je to vše, co pro mě máš, raději odejdi.

F. Scott Fitzgerald kniha The Beautiful and Damned

Zdroj: The Beautiful and Damned

Sören Kierkegaard foto

“People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.”
Lidé požadují svobodu slova jako kompenzaci svobody myšlení, kterou zřídka používají.

Sören Kierkegaard (1813–1855) Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism
Andy Warhol foto

“They always say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.”
Říká, že čas všechno změní, ale ve skutečnosti to musíte změnit sami.

Andy Warhol kniha The Philosophy of Andy Warhol

Zdroj: 1975, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975), Ch. 7: Time
Zdroj: The Philosophy of Andy Warhol

Sören Kierkegaard foto

“To dare is to lose one's footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.”
Odvážit se znamená ztratit na chvíli půdu pod nohama. Neodvážit se znamená ztratit sám sebe.

Sören Kierkegaard (1813–1855) Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism
Ernest Hemingway foto

“A cat has absolute emotional honesty: human beings, for one reason or another, may hide their feelings, but a cat does not.”
Kočka je emočně absolutně upřímná; lidské bytosti mohou z jakéhokoli důvodu skrývat své pocity, ale kočka ne.

Ernest Hemingway (1899–1961) American author and journalist
John Cleese foto

“Technology frightens me to death. It's designed by engineers to impress other engineers, and they always come with instruction booklets that are written by engineers for other engineers — which is why almost no technology ever works.”
Technologie mě k smrti děsí. Navrhují je inženýři, aby udělali dojem na jiné inženýry, a vždycky se k nim dodávají návody, které napsali inženýři pro jiné inženýry - proto téměř žádná technologie nikdy nefunguje.

John Cleese (1939) actor from England

BBC interview http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2002/11/20/john_cleese_die_another_day_interview.shtml on Die Another Day (20 November 2002)]

Salvador Dalí foto

“At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since.”
Když mi bylo šest, chtěl jsem být kuchařem. V sedmi letech jsem chtěl být Napoleonem. Od té doby mé ambice neustále rostou.

Salvador Dalí (1904–1989) Spanish artist

“If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you'll never enjoy the sunshine.”
Pokud celý život čekáte na bouři, nikdy si neužijete slunce.

Morris West (1916–1999) Australian writer

Zdroj: The Clowns of God (1981), Ch. II (ellipses in original) <!-- p. 35 -->
This statement begins with a quotation from Horace, Odes, Book I, Ode ix, line 13.
Kontext: "Forbear to ask what tomorrow may bring" … If you spend your whole life waiting for the storm, you'll never enjoy the sunshine.

George Gordon Byron foto

“The great object of life is sensation- to feel that we exist, even though in pain.”
Velký životní cíl je pocit - pocit toho, že existujeme, i když to někdy bolí.

George Gordon Byron (1788–1824) English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement
Douglas Coupland foto

“TV and the Internet are good because they keep stupid people from spending too much time out in public.”
Televize a internet jsou dobré věci, protože zabraňují hloupým lidem trávit příliš mnoho času na veřejnosti.

Douglas Coupland kniha JPod

Zdroj: JPod (2006)

Thich Nhat Hanh foto

“Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy.”
Někdy je vaše radost zdrojem vašeho úsměvu, ale někdy může být váš úsměv zdrojem vaší radosti.

Thich Nhat Hanh (1926) Religious leader and peace activist
Jane Austen foto

“I may have lost my heart, but not my self-control.”
Možná jsem ztratila srdce, ale ne sebekontrolu.

Jane Austen kniha Emma

Zdroj: Emma

Leo Buscaglia foto

“A single rose can be my garden; a single friend, my world.”
Jediná růže může být mou zahradou, jediný přítel mým světem.

Leo Buscaglia (1924–1998) Motivational speaker, writer
Guy De Maupassant foto

“Our memory is a more perfect world than the universe: it gives back life to those who no longer exist.”
Naše paměť je dokonalejší svět než vesmír: dává život zpět těm, kteří již neexistují.

Guy De Maupassant kniha Suicides

"Suicides"

Jack Kerouac foto

“A pain stabbed my heart, as it did every time I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world.”
Bolest mě bodla do srdce, jako tomu bylo pokaždé, když jsem viděl dívku, kterou jsem miloval, která se v tomto příliš velkém světě vydávala opačným směrem.

Jack Kerouac kniha On the Road

Varianta: I wished I was on the same bus as her. A pain stabbed my heart as it did everytime I saw a girl I loved who was going the opposite direction in this too-big world of ours.
Zdroj: On the Road

Henry Ford foto

“Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goals.”
Překážky jsou ony obávané věci, které spatříte, když odvrátíte pohled od svého cíle.

Henry Ford (1863–1947) American industrialist
Jack Kerouac foto

“Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life”
Naše otlučené kufry se opět vršily na chodníku; měli jsme před sebou delší cestu. Ale na tom nezáleží, vždyť cesta je život.

Jack Kerouac kniha On the Road

Zdroj: On the Road

Albert Einstein foto

“The most beautiful experience we can have is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion that stands at the cradle of true art and true science.”
Nejkrásnější, co můžeme prožívat, je tajemno. To je základní pocit, který stojí u kolébky pravého umění a vědy.

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

Zdroj: The World As I See It

Victor Hugo foto

“Laughter is sunshine, it chases winter from the human face.”
Smích je jako sluneční světlo, které vyhání zimu z lidské tváře.

Victor Hugo kniha Les Misérables

Varianta: A smile is the same as sunshine; it banishes winter from the human countenance.
Zdroj: Les Misérables

William Wordsworth foto

“Wisdom is oft-times nearer when we stoop
Than when we soar.”

Moudrost je často blíž, když se skloníme, než když se vznášíme.

William Wordsworth (1770–1850) English Romantic poet

Zdroj: The Excursion 1814

Jean Paul Sartre foto

“Man is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of what he does not yet have, of what he could have.”
Člověk není souhrnem toho, co má, ale souhrnem všeho toho, co ještě nemá, čeho ještě může dosáhnout.

Jean Paul Sartre (1905–1980) French existentialist philosopher, playwright, novelist, screenwriter, political activist, biographer, and …
John D. Rockefeller foto

“A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship”
Přátelství založené na obchodu je mnohem lepší než obchod založený na přátelství.

John D. Rockefeller (1839–1937) American business magnate and philanthropist
Albert Einstein foto

“Life is a preparation for the future; and the best preparation for the future is to live as if there were none.”
Život je příprava na budoucnost; a nejlepší přípravou na budoucnost je žít tak, jakoby žádná neexistovala.

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

“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.”
Napište do svého srdce, že každý den je nejlepší den v roce.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet

Works and Days
1870s, Society and Solitude (1870)

Jack Kerouac foto

“What's in store for me in the direction I don't take?”
Co mě čeká ve směru, kterým se nevydám?

Jack Kerouac (1922–1969) American writer
Paulo Coelho foto

“The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.”
Tajemstvím života je sedmkrát padnout a osmkrát vstát.

Paulo Coelho kniha Alchymista

Introduction, p. xi.
Zdroj: The Alchemist (1988)
Kontext: I ask myself: are defeats necessary?
Well, necessary or not, they happen. When we first begin fighting for a dream, we have no experience and make mistakes. The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

Jean Cocteau foto

“Living is a horizontal fall.”
Život je horizontální pád.

Jean Cocteau (1889–1963) French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, boxing manager and filmmaker

Opium (1929)
Varianta: Life is a horizontal fall.
Zdroj: Opium: The Diary of His Cure

Lucille Ball foto

“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.”
Milujte především sebe a vše ostatní se srovná. Abyste na tomto světě něčeho dosáhli, musíte se mít opravdu rádi.

Lucille Ball (1911–1989) American actress and businesswoman

Varianta: Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. Your really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.

Robert A. Heinlein foto

“There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him.”
Neexistuje horší tyranie než přinutit člověka, aby zaplatil za to, co nechce jen proto, že si myslíte, že by pro něj bylo dobré.

Robert A. Heinlein kniha The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (1966)
Zdroj: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress

Stephen King foto

“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.”
Muž v černém utíkal přes poušť a střelec ho následoval.

Stephen King kniha The Gunslinger

Zdroj: The Gunslinger

Lou Holtz foto

“You were not born a winner, and you were not born a loser. You are what you make yourself be.”
Nenarodili jste se jako vítězové, ale ani jako poražení. Jste tím, čím se sami stanete.

Lou Holtz (1937) American college football coach, professional football coach, television sports announcer
Agatha Christie foto

“If you place your head in a lion's mouth, then you cannot complain one day if he happens to bite it off.”
Pokud si položíte hlavu do lví tlamy, pak si nemůžete stěžovat, pokud ji náhodou kousne.

Agatha Christie (1890–1976) English mystery and detective writer
Charles Baudelaire foto

“A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors.”
Kniha je zahrada, sad, skladiště, zábava, společník na cestě, rádce, množství rádců.

Charles Baudelaire (1821–1867) French poet
Thornton Wilder foto

“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.”
Můžeme říci, že naplno žijeme jen ve chvílích, kdy si naše srdce uvědomuje své poklady.

Thornton Wilder (1897–1975) American playwright and novelist
Guillaume Apollinaire foto

“How slow life is, how violent hope is.”
Jak pomalý je život, jak prudká je naděje.

Guillaume Apollinaire (1880–1918) French poet
Margaret Thatcher foto

“To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.”
Nosit srdce na rukávu není moc dobrý plán, měli byste ho nosit uvnitř, kde funguje nejlépe.

Margaret Thatcher (1925–2013) British stateswoman and politician
George Bernard Shaw foto

“Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it…”
Patriotismus je v podstatě přesvědčení, že určitá země je nejlepší na světě, jen proto, že jste se v ní narodili...

George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950) Irish playwright

The World (15 November 1893)
1890s

Winston S. Churchill foto

“I never worry about action, but only about inaction.”
Nikdy si nedělám starosti s činností, ale pouze s nečinností.

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

Winston Churchill (Author) and Richard Langworth (Editor) (28. Oktober 2008): Churchill by Himself: The Definitive Collection of Quotations. New York: PublicAffairs (1st Edition), page 160. note: See also: 1940s. Passim. Martin Gilbert, The Churchill War Papers, Volume II: Never Surrender, May 1940-December 1940. London: Heinemann, New York: Norton, 1994, page xvi, where Sir Martin writes in his Preface: "Inefficiency, incompetence and negative attitudes roused his ire: I have indicated some examples of this in the Churchill index entry, under “rebukes by.” He did not take kindly to what he called “a drizzle of carping criticism,” or to those officials, military or civilian, who, as he expressed it, “failed to rise to the height of circumstances.” Among his injunctions to his Ministers were, “Don’t let this matter sleep,” and, “I never ‘worry’ about action, but only about inaction.”" note: See also: In a letter, on page 1184 of the above work: Concerning “Operation Compass,” the first major British offensive in North Africa, Churchill wrote to General Dill on 7 December 1940: "If, with the situation as it is, General Wavell is only playing small, and is not hurling on his whole available forces with furious energy, he will have failed to rise to the height of circumstances. I never “worry” about action, but only about inaction." note: Source for all the aforementioned information: Richard M. Langworth (Senior fellow, Hillsdale College Churchill Project, Writer and Historian) (March 4, 2009): Churchill on Action vs. Inaction.
Zdroj: Archived on June 2, 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200602062301/https://richardlangworth.com/i-never-worry-about-action-but-only-about-inaction and secured on June 2, 2020 http://archive.is/Xgxu6 from the original https://richardlangworth.com/i-never-worry-about-action-but-only-about-inaction

Paulo Coelho foto

“Haters are confused admirers who can’t understand why everybody else likes you”
Nenávistníci jsou zmateni obdivovatelé, kteří nechápou, proč vás mají všichni ostatní rádi.

Paulo Coelho (1947) Brazilian lyricist and novelist

Varianta: Haters are confused admirers who want to be like you.

Amy Tan foto

“I am like a falling star who has finally found her place next to another in a lovely constellation, where we will sparkle in the heavens forever.”
Jsem jako padající hvězda, která konečně našla své místo vedle jiné hvězdy v nádherném souhvězdí, kde budeme na nebi zářit navždy.

Amy Tan (1952) American novelist
F. Scott Fitzgerald foto

“Can’t repeat the past?…Why of course you can!”
Nemůžete zopakovat minulost?...Samozřejmě, že můžete!

F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby

Zdroj: The Great Gatsby

Jim Morrison foto

“Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.”
Vydej se napospas svému nejhlubšímu strachu, po tom nemá strach žádnou moc a ten strach ze svobody se scvrkne a zmizí. Budeš volný.

Jim Morrison (1943–1971) lead singer of The Doors

Varianta: Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.

Ralph Waldo Emerson foto

“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”
Přijměte tempo přírody: její tajemstvím je trpělivost.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
Elbert Hubbard foto

“The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.”
Nejvyšším důkazem velikosti je schopnost snášet kritiku bez rozhořčení.

Elbert Hubbard (1856–1915) American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher fue el escritor del jarron azul
Ernest Hemingway foto

“No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.”
Ne, to je velký omyl, že staří jsou moudří. Oni se nestanou moudrými, ale opatrnými.

Ernest Hemingway kniha A Farewell to Arms

Zdroj: A Farewell to Arms (1929)

Winston S. Churchill foto

“To improve is to change, so to be perfect is to have changed often.”
Zlepšení znamená změnit se; abychom byli dokonalí, museli bychom se měnit často.

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

Winston Churchill (June 23, 1925), His complete speeches, 1897–1963, edited by Robert Rhodes James, Chelsea House ed., vol. 4 (1922–1928), p. 3706. During a debate with Philip Snowden, 1st Viscount Snowden.
Often misquoted as: To improve is to change, to be perfect is to change often.
Early career years (1898–1929)

Albert Einstein foto

“The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library.”
Jedinou věc, kterou musíte znát, je umístění knihovny.

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

“If someone isn't what others want them to be, the others become angry. Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but none about his or her own.”
Když někdo není takový, jakého ho ostatní chtějí mít, ostatní se zlobí. Zdá se, že každý má jasnou představu o tom, jak by měli žít ostatní lidé, ale nemá žádnou představu o svém vlastním životě.

Paulo Coelho kniha Alchymista

Zdroj: The Alchemist

Ernest Hemingway foto

“The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places.”
Svět zlomí každého, a mnoho jich je pak silných na místech, kde je zlomil.

Ernest Hemingway kniha A Farewell to Arms

Zdroj: A Farewell to Arms

Jane Austen foto

“If I could but know his heart, everything would become easy.”
Kdybych jen mohl poznat jeho srdce, všechno by bylo snadné.

Jane Austen kniha Sense and Sensibility

Zdroj: Sense and Sensibility

William Faulkner foto

“I feel like a wet seed wild in the hot blind earth.”
Cítím se jako mokrý zárodek divočiny v horké slepé zemi.

William Faulkner kniha As I Lay Dying

Zdroj: As I Lay Dying

René Descartes foto

“I think, therefore I am.”
Pochybuji, tedy myslím; myslím, tedy jsem.

René Descartes (1596–1650) French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist

Je pense, donc je suis.
Le Discours de la Méthode (1637)
Varianta: I think, therefore I am.

Ralph Waldo Emerson foto

“The earth laughs in flowers.”
Země se směje pomocí květin.

Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882) American philosopher, essayist, and poet
Paulo Coelho foto

“Whenever you want to achieve something, keep your eyes open, concentrate and make sure you know exactly what it is you want. No one can hit their target with their eyes closed.”
Kdykoli chcete něco dosáhnout, mějte oči otevřené, soustřeďte se a ujistěte se, že víte přesně, co chcete. Nikdo nemůže dosáhnout svůj cíl se zavřenýma očima.

Paulo Coelho kniha Ďábel a slečna Chantal

Zdroj: The Devil and Miss Prym

Henry Miller foto

“The moment one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass, it becomes a mysterious, awesome, indescribably magnificent world in itself”
Ve chvíli, kdy si člověk začne všímat čehokoli, třeba jen stébla trávy, stává se to samo o sobě tajemným, úžasným, nepopsatelně nádherným světem.

Henry Miller (1891–1980) American novelist
Robert Southey foto

“Give me a room whose every nook is dedicated to a book.”
Dejte mi pokoj, kde je každý kout věnován knize.

Robert Southey (1774–1843) British poet
Emily Dickinson foto

“I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine.”
Vím, že nic na světě nemá tak velkou sílu jako slovo. Někdy jedno napíšu a dívám se na něj, dokud nezačne zářit.

Emily Dickinson (1830–1886) American poet
Stephen R. Covey foto

“Each of us guard a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside.”
Každý z nás si hlída bránu změny, kterou lze otevřít pouze zevnitř.

Stephen R. Covey kniha 7 návyků skutečně efektivních lidí

Zdroj: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change

Bob Dylan foto

“Don't criticize what you can't understand.”
Nekritizujte, čemu nerozumíte.

Bob Dylan (1941) American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and artist
Confucius foto

“You cannot open a book without learning something.”
Knihu nemůžete otevřít bez toho, abyste se něco naučili.

Confucius (-551–-479 BC) Chinese teacher, editor, politician, and philosopher

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