Thing Quotes (page 650)
![Winston Churchill quote: "You can always count on the Americans to do the right thing,..."](/pic/298939/600x316/quotation-winston-churchill-you-can-always-count-on-the-americans-to-do.jpg)
![Pablo Casals quote: "In music, in the sea, in a flower, in a leaf, in an act of..."](/pic/298917/600x316/quotation-pablo-casals-in-music-in-the-sea-in-a-flower-in-a-leaf-in.jpg)
![Mary Oliver quote: "When will you have a little pity for every soft thing that..."](/pic/298895/600x316/quotation-mary-oliver-when-will-you-have-a-little-pity-for-every-soft.jpg)
![Friedrich Nietzsche quote: "Valuing is creating: hear it, you creators! Valuing itself is..."](/pic/298836/600x316/quotation-friedrich-nietzsche-valuing-is-creating-hear-it-you-creators.jpg)
No sooner had one season slipped out the door than the next came in by another door. A person might scramble to the closing door and call out, Hey, wait a minute, there’s one last thing I forgot to tell you. But nobody would be there any more. The door shuts tight. Already another season is in the room, sitting in a chair, striking a match to light a cigarette. Anything you forgot to mention, the stranger says, you might as well go ahead and tell me, and if it works out, I’ll get the message...
Haruki Murakami
The seed of a bamboo tree is planted, fertilized and watered. Nothing happens for the first year. Theres no sign of growth. Not even a hint. The same thing happens - or doesnt happen - the second year. And then the third year. The tree is carefully watered and fertilized each year, but nothing shows. No growth. No anything. For eight years it can continue. Eight years! Then - after the eight years of fertilizing and watering have passed, with nothing to show for it - the bamboo tree suddently...
Zig Ziglar
Recognize things when they are at their best, in their season, and know how to enjoy them then. The works of nature all amount to a peak of perfection; up to it they wax, beyond it they wane. Only in matters of art have a few gone to the point where they might not be improved. It is the mark of cultivated taste to enjoy everything at its best. But all may not do this, and not all who may, know how. Even the fruits of the spirit have their moment of ripeness, and it is well to recognize this,...
Baltasar Gracian