Hand quotes and words of wisdom

"A man?s best friends are his ten fingers."
Proverb


"All the perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little hand."
William Shakespeare


"All those who believe in telekinesis, raise my hand."
Steven Wright


"Always remember: If you need a helping hand, the best place to look is at the end of your sleeve."
H. F. Banks


"I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough."
Diogenes the Cynic


"Keep your hands open, and all the sands of the desert can pass through them. Close them, and all you can feel is a bit of grit."
Taisen Deshimaru Roshi


"Often the hands will solve a mystery that the intellect has struggled with in vain."
Carl Gustav Jung


"Our eye-beams twisted, and did thread Our eyes, upon one double string; So to entergraft our hands, as yet Was all the means to make us one, And pictures in our eyes to get Was all our propagation."
John Donne


"REACH, n. The radius of action of the human hand. The area within which it is possible (and customary) to gratify directly the propensity to provide."
Ambrose Gwinett Bierce


"Take a look at those two open hands of yours. They are tools with which to serve, make friends, and reach out for the best in life. Open hands open the way to achievement. Put them to work today."
Wilfred A. Peterson


"The best helping hand that you will ever receive is the one at the end of your own arm."
Fred Dehner


"The best place to find a helping hand is at the end of your own arm."
Unknown


"The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp."
John Berry


"The fragrance always stays in the hand that gives the rose."
Hada Bejar


"Thomas Jefferson?s Decalogue of Canons IX. Take things always by their smooth handle."
Thomas Jefferson


"To me, it"s a good idea to always carry two sacks of something when you walk around. That way, if anybody says, "Hey, can you give me a hand?" you can say, "Sorry, got these sacks.""
Jack Handey


"When a man takes an oath, Meg, he"s holding his own self in his own hands. Like water. And if he opens his fingers then?he needn"t hope to find himself again."
Robert Bolt


Interesting Quotes

Delusions of grandeur make me feel a lot better about myself.Jane Wagner

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.Ernest Hemingway - US author & journalist (1899 - 1961)