Selected quotes - page 10

Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen. (Socrates)
Happy is the one who has learned to admire, not to envy. View quote
What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other? View quote
George Eliot
Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future. View quote
Oscar Wilde
Look forward - with hope, back - with gratitude, up - with prayer, down - with repentance, inward - with attention. And around - with love. View quote
A truly rich man is one whose children will run into his arms when his hands are empty. View quote
When a wise person gets angry, he sits down and remains silent to calm his heart, so that anger does not take over him-allowing him to remain the master of himself. View quote
Nectarios of Aegina
If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants. View quote
Isaac Newton
Nature has given to men one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak. View quote
Epictetus
Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another. View quote
Sophocles
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. (Alvin Toffler)
Associate with people who are likely to improve you. View quote
Seneca
Remember happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely on what you think. View quote
Dale Carnegie
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. View quote
Carl Jung
Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need. View quote
Voltaire
No one loves his country for its size or eminence, but because it's his own. View quote
Seneca
If people could realize that we are merely passing through this Earth... That we are guests here... That every meeting with an acquaintance or a friend could be the last, they would be more humble and less cruel. View quote
Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. View quote
Theodore Roosevelt
In a well-governed country, speak boldly and act boldly. In a country where lawlessness prevails, let your actions be bold but your speech tactful. View quote
Confucius
God doesn't send you the people you want. He sends you the people you need. They may hurt you, love you, teach you, or wound you-to make you into the person you are meant to be. View quote
The most expensive gifts in the world are free: kindness, attention, concern, sympathy, support, love... (INZ EN)
Kindness has never brought shame to anyone. Kindness is the most beautiful thing in the world. View quote
Leo Tolstoy
It is quality rather than quantity that matters. View quote
Seneca
Unfortunately... Often, when we are kind, we are not remembered, but when we are bad, we are never forgotten... View quote
He who knows others is wise. He who knows himself is enlightened. View quote
Laozi