Quotes Wishes and Status Messages - Page 30

Zeal is fit only for wise men but is found mostly infools.

Bad news travels fast.

Thereis no squabbling so violent as that between peoplewho accepted an idea yesterday and those who will accept the same ideatomorrow.

Ashes fly back into the face of him who throws them.

You made your bed, now lie in it.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.

All the power that we exercise over others depends on the power we exercise over ourselves.

Makesure you never, never argue at night. You just lose a good night''s sleep, andyou can''t settle anything until morning anyway.

Fish or cut bait.

Even a dog knows the difference between being stumbledover and being kicked.

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinksyou have.

This, too, shall pass.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

Marriagemeans expectations and expectations mean conflict.

Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Loose lips sink ships.

Myinterest is in the future because I''m going to be spending the rest of mylife there.

You make a mountain of a mole-hill.

Thetorment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause,is the knowledge that the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangledmind’ leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man''s self.

It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to loseliberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man''s self.

All marriedcouples should learn the art of battle as they should learn the art of makinglove. Good battle is objective and honest never vicious or cruel. Good battleis healthy and constructive, and brings to a marriage the principle of equalpartnership.

To believein something, and not to live it, is dishonest.

Whenangry, count to ten before you speak; if very angry a hundred.

Thetruth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feelingdeeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in suchmoments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of ourruts and start searching for di

Arbitrary power is like most other things which are very hard,very liable to be broken.

Amarriage without conflicts is almost as inconceivable as a nation without crises.

It''s whenyou''re safe at home that you wish you were having an adventure. When you''rehaving an adventure you wish you were safe at home.

If you are distressed by anything external, the pain isnot due to the thing itself but to your own estimate of it; and this you havethe power to revoke at any moment.