2 . The source of FREEDOM is education. Nelson Mandela Cf. Citações: Nelson Mandela Cf. Falsos Cognatos: EDUCATION Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (born July 18, 1918) was the first President of South Africa to be elected in fully-representative democratic elections. Before his presidency, Mandela was a …+ ...
43 Jack Scholes You can make this day whatever you want it to be. The very moment you wake up in the morning you can decide what sort of day it is going to be for you. It can be the most wonderful imaginable, but it is up to you. You are free to make the choice. ...
0 Jack Scholes Sometimes the only sense you can make out of life is a sense of humour. To make sense of something To understand something that is complicated or difficult. I can’t make sense of these calculations. Sense The ability to understand or judge something. Some very common expressions are – A sense of humour (= the ability to find things funny or ...
0 Jack Scholes When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace. Jimi Hendrix To overcome To defeat or succeed in dealing with or controlling a problem. Words often used with overcome Nouns To overcome – difficulties, fear, problems, limitations, obstacles. Adverbs To overcome something – easily, finally, effortlessly, with great effort. Cf. Gramática: Advérbios Cf. Mais Frases Célebres Referência: “Gems of Wisdom ...
0 Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes. Mahatma Gandhi Cf. Frases: Abraham Lincoln Cf. Citações: Indira Gandhi Cf. Mais Frases Célebres Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869 – 1948) was the pre-eminent political and spiritual leader of India during the Indian independence movement …+ ...
0 Jack Scholes Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. John Lennon To happen To take place, to occur especially without being planned. Serious accidents like this always happen at the weekend. You do not say that a planned event ‘happens.’ You say that it ‘takes place’. The meeting between the two presidents took place in February. You can also ...
0 “The supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved.” Victor Hugo Cf. Citações: Victor Hugo (2) Cf. Citações: Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo (26 February 1802 — 22 May 1885) was a French poet, novelist, playwright, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights campaigner, and perhaps the most influential exponent of the Romantic movement in France. In France ...
0 “If you can dream it, you can do it.” Walt Disney Walter Elias “Walt” Disney (1901 – 1966) was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon and philanthropist. Disney is famous for …+ ...
0 Jack Scholes If the only prayer you say in your whole life is ‘thank you’, that would suffice. Meister Eckhart Some other ways of saying ‘thank you’ are - Informally Thanks Thanks a lot Thanks very much Thanks a million Thanks a bunch Many thanks Much obliged Cheers (UK) Formally I’d like to thank …. (often used in a formal speech). I’d like to thank everybody who has worked with ...
0 Jack Scholes People usually consider walking on water or in thin air a miracle. But I think the real miracle is not to walk on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth. Nhat Hanh DIFFERENT WAYS OF WALKING To stride To walk quickly with long steps. He strode across the room and lovingly embraced her. To march To walk with regular, forceful steps ...
0 “Never, never, never give up.” Winston S. Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. A noted statesman, orator and strategist, Churchill was also a soldier in the British Army. ...
0 Jack Scholes If you can walk, you can dance. If you can talk, you can sing. If you can walk, you can dance. If you can talk, you can sing. Zimbabwe proverb If If is often used in conditional sentences to talk about uncertain events and unreal or imagined situations. The if-clause often refers to something which ...
0 “The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one’s real and one’s declared aims, one turns as it were instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink.” George Orwell Cf. Vocabulário: Palavras Curtas Cf. “BIG BROTHER” significa o quê? Cf. Mais Citações Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 ...
0 Minds are like parachutes: they only function when they’re open. Thomas Dewar Sir Thomas Robert Dewar (1864 – 1930) was a Scottish whisky distiller who, along with his brother John Dewar, built their family label, Dewar’s, into an international success. They blended …+ ...
0 Jack Scholes If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it. W.C. Fields If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. This is a popular saying. To quit To quit is used informally meaning ‘to leave a job’. If I don’t get that promotion I’m going to quit. He’s quitting as coach ...