Ramsar Convention Quotes

#1. Did men but know that there was a fixed limit to their woes, they would be able, in some measure, to defy the religious fictions and menaces of the poets; but now, since we must fear eternal punishment at death, there is no mode, no means, of resisting them.

Lucretius

#2. Joy sometimes has a strange effect: it can oppress us almost as much as sorrow.

Alexandre Dumas

#3. Nevertheless, I sought counsel from my leaders and obeyed, even when I knew their advice would make my life more complicated. I decided it was not for me to question and that if some advice caused temporary pain for me, it must be something I should experience.

Gordon B. Hinckley

#4. the natural animosity between those who slept and those who were stirring in the sleeping city.

Stefan Zweig

#5. Stars veil their beauty soon / Beside the glorious moon, / When her full silver light / Doth make the whole earth bright.

Sappho

#6. If you want to encourage someone to do something, make it easy.

Richard Thaler

#7. When you're building a company, you need to continually strengthen every component - finance, strategic partnerships, executive team, and relationships with every last constituency.

Michael J. Saylor