Proverbs and Bits of Wisdom
As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world - that is the myth of the atomic age, as in being able to remake ourselves. --Mahatma Gandhi
He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty, And he who rules his spirit, than he who captures a city. --King Solomon
Water is fluid, soft, and yielding. But water will wear away rock, which is rigid and cannot yield. As a rule, whatever is fluid, soft, and yielding will overcome whatever is rigid and hard. This is another paradox: what is soft is strong. --Lao-Tzu
The Art of Peace is the principle of nonresistance. Because it is nonresistant, it is victorious from the beginning. Those with evil intentions or contentious thoughts are instantly vanquished. The Art of Peace is invincible because it contends with nothing. --Morihei Ueshiba
Humility is royalty without a crown. --Spencer W. Kimball
Just as despair can come to one only from other human beings, hope, too, can be given to one only by other human beings. -- Elie Weisel
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. -- Samuel Johnson
I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him. -- Booker T. Washington
Character isn't inherited. One builds it daily by the way one thinks and acts, thought by thought, action by action. If one lets fear or hate or anger take possession of the mind, they become self-forged chains. -- Helen Douglas
People are like stained glass windows: they sparkle and shine when the sun is out, but when the darkness sets in their true beauty is revealed only if there is a light within. -- Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
Be courageous. If you are not courageous, pretend. People can't tell the difference.
When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free. --Catherine Ponder
When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is anything you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it. -- Edgar Watson Howe
We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility. -- Rabindranath Tagore
If you judge people, you have no time to love them. -- Mother Teresa
Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a leader among men. -- Lao Tzu
Many attempts to communicate are nullified by saying too much. -- Robert Greenleaf
You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time. -- M. Scott Peck
True love does not come by finding the perfect person, but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly. -- Jason Jordan
To fall in love is easy, even to remain in it is not difficult; our human loneliness is cause enough. But is a hard quest worth making to find a comrade through whose steady presence one becomes steadily the person one desires to be. -- Anna Strong
Men marry women with the hope they will never change. Women marry men with the hope they will change. Invariably they are both disappointed. --Albert Einstein
Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. --Calvin Coolidge
Never, never, never, never give up. Winston Churchill
Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves. --Edwin Way Teale
Very little is needed to make a happy life. It's all within yourself, in your way of thinking. --Marcus Aurelius
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials. --Lin Yutang
Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it. --David Starr Jordan
Do, or do not. There is no 'try'. - Yoda
The more faithfully you listen to the voice within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside. --Dag Hammarkjold