Logo
Quote by André Maurois
If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open m

If men could regard the events of their own lives with more open minds, they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the things they failed to obtain. РAndr̩ Maurois

Other quotes by André Maurois

A man cannot free himself from the past more easily than he can from his own body. РAndr̩ Maurois

Category:
Past
Author
André Maurois
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Self
category

Your soul is all that you possess. Take it in hand and make something of it! – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

Category:
Self

Your heart knows your song, but you have to be willing to listen to the words. – Sue Rock, http://sue215.blogspot.com

Category:
Self

Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book shown to him by heart, and his friends can only read the title. – Virginia Woolf

Category:
Self

I was right not to be afraid of any thief but myself, who will end by leaving me nothing. – Katherine Anne Porter

Category:
Self

Random Quotes

From faith, hope, and love, the virtues of religion referring to God, there arises a double act which bears on the spiritual communion exercised between God and us the hearing of the word and prayer. – William Ames

Category:
Faith

I do not wish women to have power over men but over themselves. – Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

Category:
Men

Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist: it reduces him to his fighting weight. – Josh Billings

Category:
Adversity

The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes. – Tony Blair

Category:
Art