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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

*** Adventure ***

Nothing venture nothing have.
Adventure is the parent of misfortunes.
Adventure is the salt of life.
It is always the adventurers who accomplish great things.
Adventure is life.

*** Admiration ***

A fool always finds a greater fool to admire him.
No nobler feeling than this of admiration for one higher than himself dwells in the heart of man.(Carlyle)
For a fool there's nothing under the moon to admire.
We are interested in others when they are interested in us.(P.Syrus)

*** Action ***

Heaven never helps those who will not act.(Sophocles)
He that is overcautious will accomplish little.(Schiller)
Actions speak louder than words.
Great actions speak great minds.(John Fletcher)
Action is eloquence.(Shakespeare)
Action is the proper fruit of knowledge.(Thomas Fuller)

*** Accident ***

What is life,but a chapter of accidents.
Nothing under the sun is accidental.

### Absence ###

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
Absence sharpens love;presence strengthens it.
Absence is to love what wind is to a fire; it puts out the little,it kindles the great.
Heart soon forgets what the eye cannot see.

Ability

Ability is poor man's wealth.
Ability is of no account without opportunity.(Napoleon)
Behind an able man there are always other able men.(A chinese proverb)
No one knows what he can do till he tries.(Publilius Syrus)
Great abilities go with great souls.(Taylor)
Natural abilities are like natural plants that need pruning by study.(F.Bacon)