English quotes

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“A man without ambition is like a bird without wings”

“Applause is a receipt, not a bill.”

“A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.”

“Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.”

“It is fatal to enter any war without the will to win it.”

“We aim above the mark to hit the mark.”

“To lead people walk behind them.”

“When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.”

“We must reach out our hand in friendship and dignity both to those who would befriend us and those who would be our enemy.”

“The only thing to do with good advice is to pass it on. It is never of any use to oneself.”

“Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction.”

“He who talks more is sooner exhausted.”

“Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.”

“Not all those who wander are lost.”

“He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, and will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today.”

“Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. It is easy, we think, to be loyal to a family and clan, whose blood is in your own veins.”

“Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.”

“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.”

“When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.”

“He who hath many friends hath none.”

“Love demands infinitely less than friendship.”

“I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.”

“When the world is so complicated, the simple gift of friendship is within all of our hands.”

“Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too.”

“In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time.”

“Friendship is the marriage of the soul, and this marriage is liable to divorce.”

“The key to growth is the introduction of higher dimensions of consciousness into our awareness.”

“Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise.”

“Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.”

“The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is reason.”

“Forgiveness is choosing to love. It is the first skill of self-giving love.”

“Positive thinking will let you do everything better than negative thinking will.”

“Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.”

“Keep yourself to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadow.”

“One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.”

“Whenever something negative happens to you, there is a deep lesson concealed within it.”

“One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.”

“Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something.”

“You cannot find yourself by going into the past. You can find yourself by coming into the present.”

“Learning is the beginning of wealth. Learning is the beginning of health. Learning is the beginning of spirituality. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins.”

“Everything in the universe goes by indirection. There are no straight lines.”

“The person born with a talent they are meant to use will find their greatest happiness in using it.”

“Remember that failure is an event, not a person.”

“Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.”

“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.”

“Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.”

“The happiness that is genuinely satisfying is accompanied by the fullest exercise of our faculties and the fullest realization of the world in which we live.”

“Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.”

“Never reach out your hand unless you're willing to extend an arm.”

“A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.”

“Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.”

“I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.”

“The power of intuitive understanding will protect you from harm until the end of your days.”

“We know what we are, but know not what we may be.”

“Don't be afraid to go out on a limb. That's where the fruit is.”

“Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the great ocean, and the highest peak, empty of all thoughts. Always keep your body filled with light and heat. Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment.”

“Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.”

“Decision is a risk rooted in the courage of being free.”

“One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility.”

“We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.”

“When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it's bottomless.”

“It is better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.”

“Friendship is essentially a partnership.”

“Nothing is softer or more flexible than water, yet nothing can resist it.”

“By accepting yourself and being fully what you are, your presence can make others happy.”

“True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation.”

“Anticipate the difficult by managing the easy.”

“Time stays long enough for anyone who will use it.”

“We love life, not because we are used to living but because we are used to loving.”

“The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.”

“Rejoicing in our joy, not suffering over our suffering, makes someone a friend.”

“Appreciation is the highest form of prayer, for it acknowledges the presence of good wherever you shine the light of your thankful thoughts.”

“To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.”

“He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.”

“Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.”

“There are no strangers here; Only friends you haven't yet met.”

“Cunning... is but the low mimic of wisdom.”

“In complete darkness we are all the same, it is only our knowledge and wisdom that separates us, don't let your eyes deceive you.”

“Value your friendship. Value your relationships.”

“Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm.”

“To get the full value of joy you must have someone to divide it with.”

“All the world is a stage, And all the men and women merely players.They have their exits and entrances; Each man in his time plays many parts.”

“Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?”

“At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.”

“All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter.”

“There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing.”

“We must learn our limits. We are all something, but none of us are everything.”

“An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox”

“If you correct your mind, the rest of your life will fall into place.”

“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”

“All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.”

“To see things in the seed, that is genius.”

“To enjoy life, we must touch much of it lightly.”

“There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.”

“Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh.”

“Be the chief but never the lord.”

“Great acts are made up of small deeds.”

“An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while the pessimist sees only the red spotlight... The truly wise person is colour-blind.”

“Of all the things which wisdom provides to make us entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship.”