 | 1857 - 818 Seiten
...real, life is earnest," &c. Much more correctly, a poet not remarkable for a true philosophy says: ' We live in deeds, not years ; in thoughts, not breaths...thinks most — feels the noblest — acts the best." Life is not altogether real. We also live a life of thought, of feelin of association, which is dependent... | |
 | Margaret Cockburn Conkling - 1857 - 506 Seiten
...few lines, embodying my own sentiments, and in a form much more impressive than I can command : — "We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths;...should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinlci most, feels the noblest, acts the best." I have somewhere met with a little bagatelle, somewhat... | |
 | Philip James Bailey - 1857 - 400 Seiten
...thousand days,— Spent as is this by nations of mankind. We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, iiot breaths ; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We...thinks most — feels the noblest — acts the best Life "s but a means unto an end — that end, Beginning, mean and end to all things — God. The dead... | |
 | F. B. Meyer - 1995 - 158 Seiten
...is measured not by the number of its days but by the way in which its days have been used. We live in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. Some live for many years and at the end have little or nothing to show for them. Take out the wasted... | |
 | Mark J. Warner - 1999 - 292 Seiten
...reality is that the more promises to yourself you keep, the more you'll keep for others. Reflection Quote We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths;...not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart throbs. The person most lives who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best —Phillip James... | |
 | Jack London - 2000 - 436 Seiten
...reading Festus (1889), PJ Bailey's poetical rewriting of Ft1uxt.. Here he echoes Festus's declaration "We live in deeds not years; in thoughts not breaths;...feelings, not in figures on a dial. / We should count time in heart throbs. He most lives / Who thinks most — feels the noblest — acts the best." 215 Sky-hooting... | |
 | Chaim Stern - 2000 - 388 Seiten
...him to give him warmth. That was the act of kindness that offset your transgressions. James Philip We live in deeds, not years; - in thoughts, not breaths; in feelings, not figures on the dial; we should count time by heart throbs. Do not do to otheis what you would not have... | |
 | Susan Gregg - 2000 - 414 Seiten
...anger becomes my master. Emotions can be wonderful tools, but they make terrible masters. Sage Advice "We live in deeds not years; in thoughts, not breaths; in feelings, not figures on the dial. We should count time by heartthrobs. He most lives who feels the noblest and acts... | |
 | Randy Voorhees - 2001 - 260 Seiten
...singer and songwriter in thoughts, not figures on a dial. We should count time bv heart throbs. •/ He most lives who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best. —Philip James Bailey. English poet . as her youth fades. —Jacqueline Bisset. English actress I... | |
 | David Belson, Ruth Belson - 2002 - 194 Seiten
...to repeat the words of Philip James Bailey: "We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breath; In feelings, not in figures on a dial, We should count...who thinks most, feels the noblest, acts the best." By those standards, no Me was fuller than Henry Hart's. The Lord in His love hath given, the Lord in... | |
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We live in deeds, not years; in thoughts, not breaths; In feelings, not in figures on a dial. We should count time by heart-throbs. He most lives Who thinks most — feels the noblest — acts the best. 
