Sayings, words of wisdom, etc
Posted: Wed Jul 05, 2006 11:51 am
I decided to post this here so I could see if you guys have any I could add to my list. I've been collecting various sayings for a while now. For some reason, I love this philosophical open ended stuff. If any sayings come to mind as you're glancing through this, do share! And if there are any sayings listed here that you particularly like, tell us.
Here's my list, so far:
As he thinks, so he is; as he continues to think, so he remains.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail, but a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn... That was fun!"
Happiness is not having what you want. It's wanting what you have.
Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out of it alive.
Sometimes the best way to convince someone they are wrong is letting them have their way.
People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.
Every man is my superior in some way, and in that I can learn from him.
To succeed you must believe in something with such passion that it becomes reality.
Remember forever good deeds receieved - forget immediately good deeds given.
Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
Better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.
If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right.
Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.
Whatever is at the center of our life will be the source of our security, guidance, wisdom, and power.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
Don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs, but by how high he bounces when he hits the bottom.
A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyone else.
Everybody is a salesperson, just some are better at it.
Everything can be taken from a man but the last of the human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.
Measure twice, cut once; but only measure when you have to.
Opportunity knocking.
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
You miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take.
Know what it takes to get out as well as what it takes to get in.
The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision.
Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.
In all thy getting, get understanding.
Every man dies, but not every man really lives.
Whenever we think the problem is "out there," that thought is the problem.
The only exercise some people get is crticizing.
The dumbest people I know are those who know it all.
If you visualize the wrong thing, you'll produce the wrong thing.
Do, or do not. There is no try.
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
There's more to life than happiness, but don't ask me what.
Don't worry, be happy.
Even a grouch doesn't like to do business with a grouch.
Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. He who looks outside, dreams. He who looks inside, awakens.
Be all you can be.
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.
Give us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for, because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.
If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulder of giants.
Lead, follow, or get the hell out of the way.
In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.
Two wrongs don't make a right (but three lefts do).
You never get a second chance at a first impression.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than Fear.
Sleep on it.
Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.
No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.
Management is doing things right, leadership is doing the right things.
You get a good relationship when the power of love overcomes the love of power.
Good instincts usually tell you what to do long before your head has figured it out.
The commitment of the decision maker is more important than the quality of the decision.
He who gains a victory over other men is strong, but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful.
To accept ourselves as we are means to value our imperfections as much as our perfections.
Getting up after being knocked down is success. Staying down is failure.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
Beauty is always in the eyes of the beholder.
Men of genius are admired; men of wealth are envied; men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.
Stop, look, and listen. Good advice even at a railroad crossing.
Once started, half done.
All that ends well is well.
Two heads are better than one.
It is on our failures that we base a new and different and better success.
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
Everybody likes to hear their name.
Knowledge not shared is being selfish.
Always make your boss look good.
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
All things at first appear difficult.
Forgiveness means letting go of the past.
Happiness is a byproduct of an effort to make someone else happy.
It is at those times when we feel needy that we will benefit most from giving.
There is no such thing as a free lunch.
Pay attention to what a man is, not what he has been.
It's better to spit at the moon and miss than spit at a post and hit it.
Success is no more than overcoming failures.
Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
What matters is not who you are or what you are, but simply that you are.
You can't strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You can't help the poor by destroying the rich.
You can't build sound security on borrowed money.
You can't build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independance.
You can't help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.
Actions speak louder than words--and speak fewer lies.
It is easier to do the job right than to explain why you didn't.
Mistakes are learning tools if held at the right end.
Knowledge is of the past, wisdom is of the future.
Go the extra mile.
A true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success.
A wise man learns from his experiences, but a wiser man learns from others' experiences.
Man's biggest mistake is to believe that he's working for someone else.
Those who can--do. Those who can't--criticize.
Everything counts! Everything you do helps or hurts, adds up or takes away.
It is better to be boldly decisive and risk being wrong than to agonize at length and be right too late.
My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my desires.
Always put off until tomorrow what you shouldn't do at all.
The smallest good deed is better than the grandest intention.
Wise men always know more than they tell, but fools tell more than they know.
Talent is never enough. With a few exceptions, the best players are the hardest workers.
You don't love a woman because she is beautiful, but she is beautiful because you love her.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
The way to happiness: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry, live simply, expect little, give much.
Attitude: It is our best friend or our worst enemy.
Forgiveness is letting go of resentment that does not serve your better interest, ridding yourself of negative thoughts. All they do is make you miserable. You can fret and fume all you want, but whoever it was that wronged you is not suffering from anguish whatsoever.
Here's my list, so far:
As he thinks, so he is; as he continues to think, so he remains.
The only way to have a friend is to be one.
A good friend will come and bail you out of jail, but a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn... That was fun!"
Happiness is not having what you want. It's wanting what you have.
Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out of it alive.
Sometimes the best way to convince someone they are wrong is letting them have their way.
People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.
Every man is my superior in some way, and in that I can learn from him.
To succeed you must believe in something with such passion that it becomes reality.
Remember forever good deeds receieved - forget immediately good deeds given.
Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
Better to understand little than to misunderstand a lot.
If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right.
Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.
Whatever is at the center of our life will be the source of our security, guidance, wisdom, and power.
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.
Don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs, but by how high he bounces when he hits the bottom.
A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyone else.
Everybody is a salesperson, just some are better at it.
Everything can be taken from a man but the last of the human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.
Never look down on anybody unless you're helping him up.
Measure twice, cut once; but only measure when you have to.
Opportunity knocking.
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.
You miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take.
Know what it takes to get out as well as what it takes to get in.
The most pathetic person in the world is someone who has sight, but has no vision.
Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
It is not so much our friends' help that helps us as the confident knowledge that they will help us.
In all thy getting, get understanding.
Every man dies, but not every man really lives.
Whenever we think the problem is "out there," that thought is the problem.
The only exercise some people get is crticizing.
The dumbest people I know are those who know it all.
If you visualize the wrong thing, you'll produce the wrong thing.
Do, or do not. There is no try.
Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
There's more to life than happiness, but don't ask me what.
Don't worry, be happy.
Even a grouch doesn't like to do business with a grouch.
Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. He who looks outside, dreams. He who looks inside, awakens.
Be all you can be.
Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.
You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one.
Give us clear vision that we may know where to stand and what to stand for, because unless we stand for something, we shall fall for anything.
If I have seen farther than others, it is because I was standing on the shoulder of giants.
Lead, follow, or get the hell out of the way.
In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.
Two wrongs don't make a right (but three lefts do).
You never get a second chance at a first impression.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than Fear.
Sleep on it.
Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.
No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.
Management is doing things right, leadership is doing the right things.
You get a good relationship when the power of love overcomes the love of power.
Good instincts usually tell you what to do long before your head has figured it out.
The commitment of the decision maker is more important than the quality of the decision.
He who gains a victory over other men is strong, but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful.
To accept ourselves as we are means to value our imperfections as much as our perfections.
Getting up after being knocked down is success. Staying down is failure.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
The price of greatness is responsibility.
Beauty is always in the eyes of the beholder.
Men of genius are admired; men of wealth are envied; men of power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.
Stop, look, and listen. Good advice even at a railroad crossing.
Once started, half done.
All that ends well is well.
Two heads are better than one.
It is on our failures that we base a new and different and better success.
If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
Everybody likes to hear their name.
Knowledge not shared is being selfish.
Always make your boss look good.
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
All things at first appear difficult.
Forgiveness means letting go of the past.
Happiness is a byproduct of an effort to make someone else happy.
It is at those times when we feel needy that we will benefit most from giving.
There is no such thing as a free lunch.
Pay attention to what a man is, not what he has been.
It's better to spit at the moon and miss than spit at a post and hit it.
Success is no more than overcoming failures.
Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
What matters is not who you are or what you are, but simply that you are.
You can't strengthen the weak by weakening the strong.
You can't help the poor by destroying the rich.
You can't build sound security on borrowed money.
You can't build character and courage by taking away a man's initiative and independance.
You can't help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.
Actions speak louder than words--and speak fewer lies.
It is easier to do the job right than to explain why you didn't.
Mistakes are learning tools if held at the right end.
Knowledge is of the past, wisdom is of the future.
Go the extra mile.
A true measure of your worth includes all the benefits others have gained from your success.
A wise man learns from his experiences, but a wiser man learns from others' experiences.
Man's biggest mistake is to believe that he's working for someone else.
Those who can--do. Those who can't--criticize.
Everything counts! Everything you do helps or hurts, adds up or takes away.
It is better to be boldly decisive and risk being wrong than to agonize at length and be right too late.
My riches consist not in the extent of my possessions, but in the fewness of my desires.
Always put off until tomorrow what you shouldn't do at all.
The smallest good deed is better than the grandest intention.
Wise men always know more than they tell, but fools tell more than they know.
Talent is never enough. With a few exceptions, the best players are the hardest workers.
You don't love a woman because she is beautiful, but she is beautiful because you love her.
What we see depends mainly on what we look for.
When I do good, I feel good; when I do bad, I feel bad. That's my religion.
The way to happiness: Keep your heart free from hate, your mind from worry, live simply, expect little, give much.
Attitude: It is our best friend or our worst enemy.
Forgiveness is letting go of resentment that does not serve your better interest, ridding yourself of negative thoughts. All they do is make you miserable. You can fret and fume all you want, but whoever it was that wronged you is not suffering from anguish whatsoever.
