Last year the BBC Learning English website asked people from around the world to nominate their favourite quotations – from speeches, books, poetry and plays … whatever they liked. The winner was, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step” from Lao Tzu. The runners up were as follows:
- “An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind” Mahatma Ghandi
- If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.” Nelson Mandela.
- “Better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all” Saint Augustine.
- “You can’t shake hands with a clenched fist.” Dalai Lama
- “And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.” Gospel of Luke, 6.31
I loved the ideas and I am going to run the same competition until the end of October. Post a comment with your favourite quote on the blog. Either vote for a favourite quote that someone has suggested or add your own quote. Prizes will be given out but you will have to wait and see for what!
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