Quotes by Croatian Authors - Page 2

The meaning of man's existence is not to dominate over others, but to better humanity.
Eraldo Banovac
Tonight I feel like a shooting star, but I hope my shine will last much longer.
Bernard Jan
The older the friendship, the stronger the trust.
Eraldo Banovac
A friend is a person who always understands your preoccupations, even when other people do not perceive them at all.
Eraldo Banovac
An idea occurs in the mind, where it is confined and useless. An idea lives when it leaves the mind.
Eraldo Banovac
Success and failure are relative categories. Therefore, do not exult in victory and do not despair after defeat. Accept the changes in life placidly, knowing that autumn and winter come after summer.
Eraldo Banovac
An idea is like a spark in the dark – it makes everything brighter.
Eraldo Banovac
The key to successful social behaviour: be approachable and understand the needs of others.
Eraldo Banovac
Unfortunately, people who always tell the truth don't have many friends.
Eraldo Banovac
Only a person who is motivated in the inner depths of his being will help without hesitation and with no obligation for the one helped.
Eraldo Banovac
I don't know what I was looking for . . . I felt empty. I guess. Not hearing from you made it all seem surreal, like you were never there, a dream, a figment of my imagination.I went to your site that day to . . . I guess, double-check.I thought. . . maybe you wrote something, a new story . . . a message . . . anything.I did find a new story . . . It wasn't about us . . .And I ended up feeling even emptier.
Stjepan Šejić
Ask your friends for help if you need it. Asking for help can be costly if you don't have friends.
Eraldo Banovac
When an idea for solving a problem suddenly presents itself, ask yourself if all circumstances related to the problem were properly analyzed.
Eraldo Banovac
Success is mainly the result of hard work.
Eraldo Banovac
Those who have no knowledge are often willing to occupy influential positions with the aim of acquiring every possible benefit.
Eraldo Banovac
Kids, no matter how big your problems are – ask your parents for help and advice.
Eraldo Banovac
Passion in every word I wrote, passion in every single thought.
Bernard Jan
Regardless of one’s age, acquiring new knowledge has always been useful.
Eraldo Banovac
A fairy-tale life exists only in fairy tales.
Eraldo Banovac
In reality, there is no such thing as absolute freedom. The rules of social interaction determine one's freedom.
Eraldo Banovac
Tell us which ideas you promote and we will know which type of person you are.
Eraldo Banovac
The main proof that you actually do not exist is that nobody ever criticizes you.
Eraldo Banovac
We should always respect our teachers, because transforming children into knowledge-oriented young people is a precious and extremely difficult job.
Eraldo Banovac
See . . . um . . . the thing is, I met with Lisa a few days ago. She wanted to apologize for . . . Halloween, and not calling . . . Thing is, her previous story . . . um . . . She wanted me to read it. She . . . wanted to explain her issues. She was jealous . . . of you and me becoming friends and . . . kinda lost it, I guess.My point is, um . . . she used the story to put it into words . . .I think she is writing messages. . . to you.
Stjepan Šejić
The phrase "it's better to be lucky than good" must be one of the most ridiculous homilies ever uttered. In nearly any competitive endeavor, you have to be damned good before luck can be of any use to you at all.
Garry Kasparov
How to advise parents for being successful in raising children stillremains an important unsolved problem.
Eraldo Banovac
Inner peace comes from a clear conscience.
Eraldo Banovac
The wishes of an honest man do not stretch beyond what he undoubtedly deserves.
Eraldo Banovac
No matter where you live, live with dignity.
Eraldo Banovac
A good man shares his knowledge selflessly with everyone.
Eraldo Banovac
We should enjoy every minute we live today because who knows if we will have a chance to do so tomorrow.
Eraldo Banovac
Refusing dominance over others by using money is a clear sign of wisdom.
Eraldo Banovac
Is there any difference between a happy and a lucky man? A happy is someone who finds an oasis with drinking water in a desert. A lucky man will always find water.
Eraldo Banovac
Observing is the basis of wisdom.
Eraldo Banovac
To a poet, his works aren't just a reflection of life itself, but an entire life in the boundless invisible. Isn't the heavenly oasis of all human emotions - the soul - invisible? I reaped: We cannot see the wind, but we can feel it, we cannot see the warmth of the sun, but we can also feel it. This bond between nature and humans is the best proof of the Creator’s existence.
Walter William Safar
I've seen you fuck up one major relationship. I'll be damned if I let you ruin this one as well!
Stjepan Šejić
Empathize with others. You may easily get into a situation where you need the understanding of others.
Eraldo Banovac
Don't be afraid to study hard: knowledge never exhausts the mind.
Eraldo Banovac
But, is it more important to stay true to yourself, to what you believe in, or give it up for someone you care about?”Lisa gives me a warm smile and her hand finds mine on the table.“There is no right answer to that.” She squeezes my hand hard. “It depends on so many things. You are the one who has to choose, to find the balance between what you believe in and what you care about. It’s a game with high risk—you can lose someone you care about but still have your pride, or…you can lose yourself for someone you care about.” She gets up from her seat. “The real question is—is ‘care’ good enough to be lost for?
Anna B. Doe
Problems often become worse if incompetent people try to solve them.
Eraldo Banovac
It is equally important to learn from experience and from books.
Eraldo Banovac
In the morning, people have a plan for that day. Hardworking people think of what they will do during the day, and idle people on what they should do.
Eraldo Banovac
Inside the human mind, an idea is a mental spark that occurs as a response to the challenge of a train of thought.
Eraldo Banovac
I've tried to solve problems to the best of my knowledge. Many times I was successful, but sometimes I also failed. And now I finally understand – that's life.
Eraldo Banovac
Nowadays, using a computer has become a way of life.
Eraldo Banovac
The principle cannot be denied: the fiercer the struggle against the injustice you suffer, the blinder you will be to the injustice you inflict. We tend to translate the presumed wrongness of our enemies into an unfaltering conviction of our own rightness.
Miroslav Volf
A person with a big ego usually knows very little.
Eraldo Banovac
Each child is a unique person, so raise your child taking this fact intoconsideration.
Eraldo Banovac
A leader is a person who knows how to act when other people don’t.
Eraldo Banovac
Only a man of knowledge is capable of giving constructive criticism.
Eraldo Banovac
True, I was rather alone, but loneliness isn't proof of not being right.
Krleža
There is no such complicated situation which people could not make more complicated.
Eraldo Banovac
If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, compromises on principles are the street lights
Garry Kasparov
It seems quite pointless to waste health relentlessly in order to earn money that we shall spend on recovering health.
Eraldo Banovac
In general, sharing and using things decreases their value. However, knowledge increases by implementation and especially by sharing among people.
Eraldo Banovac
Knowledge can be acquired by education, reading, communicating and observing, but also simply by living.
Eraldo Banovac
For any question – regardless of its complexity – there is a clear andsimple answer.
Eraldo Banovac
Još uvijek silno vjerujem u umjetnost kao medikament!
Jasna Horvat
There is no better way to influence children than being their role model.
Eraldo Banovac
If you have an idea, you will likely have difficulties during the process ofrealization regardless of the type of idea (scientific idea, invention idea,business idea, new product idea, brand idea, advertising idea, etc.).
Eraldo Banovac