Selected quotes - page 10
Some people do not hear what you say, while others hear what you think...
Associate with people who are likely to improve you.
Seneca
Being with no one is better than being with the wrong one. Sometimes those who fly solo have the strongest wings.
When a wise person gets angry, he sits down and remains silent to calm his heart, so that anger does not take over him-allowing him to remain the master of himself.
Nectarios of Aegina
He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened.
Laozi
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.
Mark Twain
Compassion is sorrow for someone else's misfortune; envy is sorrow for someone else's happiness.
Plutarch
And once the storm is over, you won't remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won't even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won't be the same person who walked in. That's what this storm's all about.
Haruki Murakami
The only wealth which you will keep forever is the wealth you have given away.
Marcus Aurelius
Protect the human within you.
Anton Chekhov
Choice, not chance, determines your destiny.
Aristotle
God doesn't send you the people you want. He sends you the people you need. They may hurt you, love you, teach you, or wound you-to make you into the person you are meant to be.
Two things define a person: His patience when he has nothing, and his behavior when he has everything.
No one heals himself by wounding another.
Ambrose
Good people do not need law to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
Plato
The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.
Confucius
I've failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.
Michael Jordan
The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.
Socrates
The most important thing in life is to always do good. If you can't do great deeds for people, at least try to do something small.
Luke (Voyno-Yasenetsky)
As long as you believe in God, there will always be a path for you.
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.
Theodore Roosevelt
Archery teaches us how to seek the truth. When the shooter misses, he does not blame others, but looks for the fault in himself.
Confucius
No one loves his country for its size or eminence, but because it's his own.
Seneca
He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.
Marcus Aurelius
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