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Opposite Quotes

Vaishali Satwase
Life is a contradiction at times - as are we! Here are some opposite quotes that will make you think about life in another way.
Life and death are the 'Two sides of the same coin'. Life is a controversy at various points of time. Sometimes, what you think is not what happens in real life! Isn't this worrisome? Have a look at a collection of quotes that will make you laugh and may show you a totally different point of view on life:

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Success

Success is counted sweetest
By those who ne'er succeed. - Emily Dickinson
Success is never final. Failure is never fatal. Courage is what counts. - Sir Winston Churchill

Beauty

Let us worry about beauty first, and truth will take care of itself. - Philosophy about Chinese Calligraphy
For every beauty there is an eye somewhere to see it.
For every truth there is an ear somewhere to hear it.
For every love there is a heart somewhere to receive it. - Ivan Panin

Identity

What's in a name? That which we call a rose,
By any other name would smell as sweet. - Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 1-2) by William Shakespeare
A name pronounced is the recognition of the individual to whom it belongs. He who can pronounce my name aright, he can call me, and is entitled to my love and service. - Henry David Thoreau

Employee

A new broom sweeps clean,
but the old broom knows the corners - Irish Proverb

Womanhood

Frailty, thy name is woman! - William Shakespeare
The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world! - Old saying

Childhood

Child is the father of the man. - William Wordsworth
A father lives after death in his son. - Sanskrit

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Attitude

There is nothing either good or bad,
but thinking makes it so. - Hamlet by William Shakespeare
To be or not to be, that is the question. - Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Definition of Love

Love is energy of life. - Robert Browning
Love is blind, marriage is the eye-opener. - Pauline Thomson

Truth

Beauty is truth, truth beauty, - that is all. - Ode On A Grecian Urn by John Keats.
The truth isn't always beauty, but the hunger for it is. - Nadine Gordimer

Relationship

The night has a thousand eyes,
And the day but one;
Yet the light of the bright world dies
With the dying sun.
The mind has a thousand eyes,
And the heart but one:
Yet the light of a whole life dies
When love is done. - The Night Has A Thousand Eyes by Francis William Bourdillon
Kiss me, love me, my love for you never dies,
Like a candle that never goes out,
My love for you burns on and on.
Please say yes as I ask you this,
Sweet angel of God, pure precious dove,
Will you marry me my love? - Will You Marry Me? by Melanie

Desire

Our wills are ours, we know not how. - In Memoriam by Lord Tennyson
Desire is the key to motivation, but it's determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal - a commitment to excellence - that will enable you to attain the success you seek. - Mario Andretti

Perfume

All perfume of Arabia cannot sweeten this little hand! - William Shakespeare
Perfume puts the finishing touch to elegance - a detail that subtly underscores the look, an invisible extra that completes a woman's personality. Without it there is something missing. - Gianni Versace

Love

Immature love says,
"I love you because I need you."
Mature love says,
"I need you because I love you." - Erich Fromm

Cowardice

Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once. - Julius Caesar
Any coward can fight a battle when he's sure of winning; but give me the man who has the pluck to fight when he's sure of losing. - George Eliot

Kiss

I kissed thee ere I killed thee. - Othello by William Shakespeare
A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous. - Ingrid Bergman

Life

Life is a tale told by an idiot - full of sound and fury, signifying nothing. - William Shakespeare
Life is a succession of moments. To live each one is to succeed. - Corita Kent

Patience

He that can have Patience, can have what he will. - Benjamin Franklin
Patience means self-suffering. - Mahatma Gandhi

Indifference

The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference.
The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference.
The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference.
And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference. - Elie Wiesel