Encouraging Quote by Arthur Koestler Download Open image “In any language it is a struggle to make a sentence say exactly what you mean.” — Arthur Koestler ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Encouraging Expression Inspirational Language Mean Sentences Struggle Words of encouragement
Always try to use the language so as to make quite clear what you mean and make sure your sentence couldn't mean anything else. — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
All translation is a compromise - the effort to be literal and the effort to be idiomatic. — Benjamin Jowett Copy Share Image
In English, you can more easily say what you want. It's so open and natural. I really appreciate that. — Kei Nishikori Copy Share Image
I guess the toughest things in translations are word play, which can never be reproduced exactly. — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
A major difficulty in translation is that a word in one language seldom has a precise equivalent in another one. — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
In speaking, it is best to be clear and say just enough to convey the meaning. — Confucius Copy Share Image
The inner defenses are unconscious. They consist of a kind of magic aura which the mind builds around cherished belief. Arguments which penetrate into… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
The temptations of God were always more dangerous for mankind than those of Satan. — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
The greatest temptation for the like of us is: to renounce violence, to repent, to make peace with oneself. Most revolutionaries fell before this… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
The revolutions of thought which shape the basic outlook of an age are not disseminated through text-books- they spread like epidemics, through contamination by… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
The moment of truth, the sudden emergence of a new insight, is an act of intuition. Such intuitions give the appearance of miraculous flushes,… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
Coincidence may be described as the chance encounter of two unrelated causal chains which - miraculously, it seems - merge into a significant event. — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards. — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
“Revolutionary theory had frozen to a dogmatic cult, with a simplified, easily graspable catechism, and with No. 1 as the high priest celebrating the Mass.” — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
Coincidence may be described as the chance encounter of two unrelated causal chains which — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
The more backwoodish a social group, juvenile or adult, the stricter its conception of the normal, and the readier it will ridicule any departure… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
As modern physics started with the Newtonian revolution, so modern philosophy starts with what one might call the Cartesian Catastrophe. The catastrophe consisted in… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
If one looks with a cold eye at the mess man has made of history, it is difficult to avoid the conclusion that he… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
Change your attitude and gain some altitude. Believe me, you'll love it up here. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
“It is not so much about fighting against the ego; it is more about harmonizing with it.” — Grace Sara Copy Share Image
Always remember, there is more strength in you than you ever realized or even imagined. Certainly nothing can keep you down if you are… — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
I am encouraged President Obama now says he will fulfill his constitutional obligation to seek authorization for any potential military action in Syria. This… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
“Today if anything is trying to hold you back, give no attention to it. Get your hopes up, get your faith up, look up,… — Germany Kent Copy Share Image
Anytime I get the chance to sing or work with Michael John, it is such an incredibly fertile and incredibly creative and safe and… — Audra McDonald Copy Share Image
Don't be afraid of failure, be afraid of not trying in the first place. — Marie Forleo Copy Share Image
“Stop focusing on your past mistakes. Don’t be ashamed of the things that you’ve done. We ALL have made mistakes. Don’t you see? All… — Stephanie Lahart Copy Share Image
“Sigh like the wind--open your arms, your chest, your heart--and all creatures will hum to you.” — Penelope Smith Copy Share Image
Don't you know that day dawns after night, showers displace drought, and spring and summer follow winter? Then, have hope! Hope forever, for God… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
It's awfully important to win with humility. It's also important to lose. I hate to lose worse than anyone, but if you never lose… — Bear Bryant Copy Share Image