B Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with B. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Be like a river in generosity and giving help. Be like a sun in tenderness and pity. Be like night when covering other's faults. Be like a dead when furious and angry. Be like earth in modesty and humbleness. Be like a sea in tolerance. Be as you are or as you look like.”
“Be like a rose; no matter how many thorns you encounter in life, bloom.”
“Be like a solid tower whose brave height remains unmoved by all the winds that blow; the man who lets his thoughts be turned aside by one thing or another, will lose sight of his true goal, his mind sapped of its strength.”
Source: The Portable Dante
“Be like a spark travelling infinitely times faster than the rays of light to reach the Supreme Power.”
Source: Enter Heaven
“Be like a sponge and desire the Lord with everything that's within you. Every case that does that, they are on the floor receiving. People pray for you, that's your time to receive. Pray on the way out, you can pray later. Don't take control, you can take control later. The whole deal is, you lose control, He takes control. He gets you out of your comfort zone, makes you feel vulnerable, right? You can analyze it later can't you?”
“Be like a sponge and learn from water. Water constitutes 70% to 90% of our bodies and enables us to move and flow without ever saying a word or lifting a finger.”
“Be like a sponge when it comes to each new experience. If you want to be able to express it well, you must first be able to absorb it well.”
“Be like a star and shine, whether people care or do not care; the clouds are temporary, but your beauty is permanent.”
Source: LOVE, HATRED AND MADNESS
“Be like a sunflower … keep your face to the sunshine”
“Be like a taffy - sweet, long-lasting, tough, flexible, and colorful. - Kailin Gow”
“Be like a train; go in the rain, go in the sun, go in the storm, go in the dark tunnels! Be like a train; concentrate on your road and go with no hesitation!”
“Be like a tree and let the dead leaves drop.”
“Be like a tree in pursuit of your cause. Stand firm, grip hard, thrust upward. Bend to the winds of heaven. And learn tranquility.”
“Be like a tree standing planted by a dead river bed, until you transform into the confidence of your own stream of consciousness flowing from the sea of your own inner depths.”
“Be like a tree. The tree gives shade even to him who cuts off its boughs.”
“Be like a very small joyous child, living gloriously in the ever present now, without a single worry or concern about even the next moment of time.”
“Be like a wave in the ocean. It is consistent, resilient, and insistent. Keep moving in the direction of opportunities that are cleansing, uplifting, and exhilarating. That is a path you should pursue gallantly.”
Source: 365 Inspiring Life Lessons to Empower Your Mind
“Be like a well, don’t give your secrets to anyone.
Don’t be like a house without a door, anyone can open it and close it.”
Source: Tales of Habib the Hoaxter: Sometimes Hoaxed, Always Good for a Laugh
“Be like an alone peak high in the sky. Why should you hanker to belong? You are not a thing! Things belong!”
“Be like children , Not childish BUT childlike.”
“Be like nature—quiet, calm, loving, and persistent. Don’t hurry. Flowers will bloom.”
“Be like seeds; do not see dirt thrown at you as your enemy, but as ground to grow.”
“Be like Sindbad. Venture forth! Embosom the waves, let your shoes be sucked from your feet and your very trousers enticed by the frothing deep. The ambiguous sea awaits, I told them, marry it!
There’s nothing out there, they said.
Wrong, I said, absolutely wrong. There are waltzes, sword canes, and sea wrack dazzling to the eyes.”
Source: Forty Stories
“Be like snow - cold, but beautiful.”
“Be like stars; instead of cursing the darkness, shine.”
“Be like stars; when darkness tries to stop you from shining, shine all the more.”
“Be like that soaring eagle. Wild, free and magnificently fearless.”
“Be like the bird who, pausing in her flight awhile on boughs too slight, feels them give way beneath her, and yet sings, knowing she hath wings.”
“Be like the bluebird who never is blue, For he knows from his upbringing what singing can do”
Source: 103 lyrics
“Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.”
Source: Marcus Aurelius and His Times
“Be like the earth, and let the flowers bloom.”
“Be like the elephant my friend - with a strong character and a gentle soul.”
Source: Build Bridges not Walls: In the name of Americana
“Be like the flower, content with its nature.”
“Be like the flower that gives its fragrance to even the hand that crushes it.”
“Be like the flower, turn your faces to the sun.”
“Be like the flowing river,
Silent in the night.
Be not afraid of the dark.
If there are stars in the sky, reflect them back.
If there are clouds in the sky,
Remember ,clouds, like the river, are water.
So, gladly reflect them too,
In your own tranquil depths”
“Be like the fountain that overflows, not like the cistern that merely contains.”
“Be like the fox
who makes more tracks than necessary,
some in the wrong direction.
Practice resurrection.”
Source: New Collected Poems
“Be like the honeybee who gathers only nectar wherever it goes. Seek the goodness that is found in everyone.”
“Be like the king, not like his kingdom.”
“Be like the ocean, stay deep, not everyone deserves to see what’s beneath your surface.”
Source: Tales of Habib the Hoaxter: Sometimes Hoaxed, Always Good for a Laugh
“Be like the rocky headland on which the waves constantly break. It stands firm, and round it the seething waters are laid to rest.”
“Be like the summer.
Be a reason for a season of growth.”
“Be like the sun and meadow, which are not in the least concerned about the coming winter.”
Source: The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more
“Be like the sun; bear with those in the dark, but keep shining your light.”
“Be like the sun for grace and mercy. Be like the night to cover others' faults. Be like running water for generosity. Be like death for rage and anger. Be like the Earth for modesty. Appear as you are. Be as you appear.”
“Be like the sun, fuel this dance with warmth. Lock your feet to the beat; step after step, so many steps, excitement spreading beneath, connecting you to a higher entity.”
Source: The Book of Dance
“Be like the sun; never let the opinions of those who hate you dull your shine.”
“Be like the sun that does not discriminate but shines on everyone independent of their worthiness.”
“Be like the sun who fell in love with the moon and shared all his light.”