Love quote from Vittorio Alfieri

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, it’s what you are expected to give–which is everything.

Vittorio Alfieri

Joseph Addison quote on love…

When love’s well-timed ’tis not a fault of love; The strong, the brave, the virtuous, and the wise, Sink in the soft captivity together.

Joseph Addison — English Essayist and Poet (1672-1719)

Steven Wright quote on playing poker…

Last night I stayed up late playing poker with Tarot cards. I got a full house and four people died. — Steven Wright  U.S. Comedian

Mark Twain quote on poker…

There are few things that are so unpardonably neglected in our country as poker… Why, I have known clergymen, good men, kindhearted, liberal, sincere, and all that, who did not know the meaning of a ‘flush’. It is enough to make one ashamed of one’s species. — Mark Twain U.S Author, Humorist, Satirist, Lecturer and writer

William Shakespeare quote from “The Tragedy of King Richard the Third (Buckingham at III, vii)”.

When holy and devout religious men are at their beads, ’tis much to draw them thence, so sweet is zealous contemplation.

Source: The Tragedy of King Richard the Third (Buckingham at III, vii)

William Shakespeare  English Poet and Playwright

Benjamin Mays quote on the tragedy of life

The tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.

Benjamin Mays –  American Author  and Political Activist (1894 — 1984)

Rwandan Proverb

You can outdistance that which is running after you but not what is running inside you.

Rwandan Proverb