As a cure for worrying, work is better than whisky.
Perseverance Quotes
Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
Know from the rivers in clefts and in crevices: those in small channels flow noisily, the great flow silent. Whatever's not full makes noise. Whatever is full is quiet.
Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one's own acts, done and undone.
History is written by the victors.
You can't blame gravity for falling in love.
You must welcome change as the rule but not as your ruler.
Happiness resides not in possessions, and not in gold, happiness dwells in the soul.
Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.
When an opponent comes forward, move in and greet him; if he wants to pull back, send him on his way.
That's the risk you take if you change: that people you've been involved with won't like the new you. But other people who do will come along.
With the realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.
Our distrust is very expensive.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but simply moving on with dignity despite that fear.
Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing.
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.
Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.
— Napoleon
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
Sustaining true friendship is a lot more challenging than we give it credit for.
The problem with Google is you have 360 degrees of omnidirectional information on a linear basis, but the algorithms for irony and ambiguity are not there. And those are the algorithms of wisdom.
A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.
A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.
That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.
I think that we have a great opportunity to impart our wisdom and our knowledge and our experience to this younger generation. It may be different times, but experience transcends time, and wisdom transcends time.
To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.
Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.
If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.
No man was ever wise by chance.
Accept challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.
Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.
I, too, do not envision a doctrine of self the clinging to which there would not arise sorrow, lamentation, pain, grief, and despair.
People are so constituted that everybody would rather undertake what they see others do, whether they have an aptitude for it or not.
All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope.
You need chaos in your soul to give birth to a dancing star.
If you're walking down the right path and you're willing to keep walking, eventually you'll make progress.
Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom.
— Plato
Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.
The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.
They can conquer who believe they can.
— Virgil
Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
Dreams pass into the reality of action. From the actions stems the dream again; and this interdependence produces the highest form of living.
Build a better mousetrap and the world will beat a path to your door.
Be not angry that you cannot make others as you wish them to be, since you cannot make yourself as you wish to be.
The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.
— Laozi
Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.
A thing long expected takes the form of the unexpected when at last it comes.
All phenomena are preceded by the mind, created by the mind, and have the mind as their master.
Stay away from what might have been and look at what will be.
Criticism is something you can easily avoid by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.
Error is discipline through which we advance.
The minute you settle for less than you deserve, you get even less than you settled for.
There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.
Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.
Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err.
It has never been my object to record my dreams, just to realize them.
— Man Ray
The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp.
Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.
Do the one thing you think you cannot do. Fail at it. Try again. Do better the second time. The only people who never tumble are those who never mount the high wire. This is your moment. Own it.
Flow with whatever is happening and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.
Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure.
Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.
One loyal friend is worth ten thousand relatives.
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice.
What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?
False friendship, like the ivy, decays and ruins the walls it embraces; but true friendship gives new life and animation to the object it supports.
Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.
A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.
— Len Wein
To give oneself earnestly to the duties due to men, and, while respecting spiritual beings, to keep aloof from them, may be called wisdom.
Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it.
Friendship is one mind in two bodies.
— Mencius
It is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for truth.
Wisdom often times consists of knowing what to do next.
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.
Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.
There is nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.
In every walk with nature, one receives far more than he seeks.
There are basically two types of people. People who accomplish things, and people who claim to have accomplished things. The first group is less crowded.
I am not the first Buddha who came upon Earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time, another Buddha will arise in the world - a Holy One, a supremely enlightened One, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a master of angels and mortals.
A man may fulfil the object of his existence by asking a question he cannot answer and attempting a task he cannot achieve.
It is very easy to forgive others their mistakes; it takes more grit to forgive them for having witnessed your own.
The extreme limit of wisdom, that's what the public calls madness.
He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.
— Laozi
Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.
Do what you can. Want what you have. Be who you are.
Silence is a source of great strength.
— Laozi
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking.
Your talent is God's gift to you. What you do with it is your gift back to God.
Sadness flies away on the wings of time.
Look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Try to make sense of what you see, and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious.
When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.
Fear not for the future, weep not for the past.
All the great performers I have worked with are fueled by a personal dream.
This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible value to him.