Wisdom Quotes That Will Change Your Perspective - page 108

The idea of hereditary legislators is as inconsistent as that of hereditary judges, or hereditary juries; and as absurd as an hereditary mathematician, or an hereditary wise man; and as ridiculous as an hereditary poet-laureat.
The idea of hereditary legislators is as inconsistent as that of hereditary judges, or hereditary juries; and as absurd as an hereditary mathematician, or an hereditary wise man; and as ridiculous as an hereditary poet-laureat.
Freedom is knowing who you really are.
What positive things have you said to yourself today? Acknowledge your greatness.
 Chalene Johnson
It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.
Carpe diem. (Seize the day.)
I will welcome happiness for it enlarges my heart; Yet I will endure sadness for it opens my soul. I will acknowledge rewards for they are my due; Yet I will welcome obstacles for they are my challenge.
The wise man who has become accustomed to necessities knows better how to share with others than how to take from them, so great a treasure of self-sufficiency has he found.
 Epicurus
When you go to the mind reader, do you get half price?
To be an ethical leader is indeed to be different. This kind of leader acknowledges the complexity of running a responsible business, yet tries to do it anyway.
 Andrew Leigh
Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.
Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.
His mind worked fast, flying in emergency supplies of common sense, as human minds do, to construct a huge anchor in sanity and prove that what happened hadn't really happened and, if it had happened, hadn't happened much.
Talent is God-given; be humble. Fame is man-given; be thankful. Conceit is self-given; be careful.
 Harvey Mackay
Cynicism cripples our imagination and limits our ability to see faint possibilities amidst glaring problems.
 Cory Booker
Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be
The wisest man I have ever known once said to me: 'Nine out of every ten people improve on acquaintance,' and I have found his words true.
 Frank Arthur Swinnerton
I'm from Denver, and there is really nothing acting-wise to do there except for theater. I did everything I could get my hands on until I was able to make it to L.A.
 Madisen Beaty
Get mad, then get over it.
There is something essential about joining together with other believers to worship, to sing, to pray, to learn of God's will for us, and to acknowledge his goodness to us. He has commanded that this should be so.
 Dean L. Larsen
Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.
Science is simply common sense at its best, that is, rigidly accurate in observation, and merciless to fallacy in logic.
The education of circumstances is superior to that of tuition.