Wisdom Quotes That Will Change Your Perspective - page 132

[A] free government . . . cannot be supported without Virtue.
[A] free government . . . cannot be supported without Virtue.
 Samuel Williams
Chastity is the most unpopular of the Christian virtues. There is no getting away from it; the old Christian rule is, "Either marriage, with completely faithfulness to your partner, or else total abstinence.
The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
Some people thrive on huge, dramatic change. Some people prefer the slow and steady route. Do what's right for you.
 Julie Morgenstern
Those who hear and do not understand are like the deaf. Of them the proverb says: "Present, they are absent.
 Heraclitus
One can acquire some virtues by feigning them for a long time.
 Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.
 Baltasar Gracián
Patience is about understanding the right moment for action and the right moment for stillness.
 Alberto Villoldo
I think one of the primary reasons young women don't identify as feminist is because they don't know any feminists and/or don't really have an accurate or comprehensive understanding of what it is - by proudly identifying as a feminist.
 Julie Zeilinger
One is not likely to achieve understanding from the explanation of another.
One is not likely to achieve understanding from the explanation of another.
 Takuan Soho
The costs savings was a big win, but now we also have a schedule of events and are clearly aware of when our contracts begin and end...we are much more strategic about how we source now.
 Jason Kennedy
Virtue that wavers is not virtue, but vice revolted from itself, and after a while returning. The actions of just and pious men do not darken in their middle course.
A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
The wisest man would be the one richest in contradictions, who has, as it were, antennae for all types of men---as well as his great moments of grand harmony---a rare accident even in us! A sort of planetary motion---
I think that when you pay tribute and are citing, not only through naming the authors but also through the acknowledgement of the form, that you are in no way plagiarizing.
 Simone Muench
Many of us squander precious natural resources -time, creative energy, emotion- comparing our talents to those of others. Today ask Spirit to call forth your authentic gifts, so that you might know them, acknowledge them, and own them.
 Sarah Ban Breathnach
In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
 Ansel Adams
An original is a creation motivated by desire.
 Man Ray
With every friend I love who has been taken into the brown bosom of the earth a part of me has been buried there; but their contribution to my being of happiness, strength and understanding remains to sustain me in an altered world.
With every friend I love who has been taken into the brown bosom of the earth a part of me has been buried there; but their contribution to my being of happiness, strength and understanding remains to sustain me in an altered world.
Acceptance comes through understanding.
 Steven Petrow