Quotes Wishes and Status Messages - Page 30

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.

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

Bad news travels fast.

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

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

You made your bed, now lie in it.

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.

Fish or cut bait.

Power tires only those who do not have it.

Marriagemeans expectations and expectations mean conflict.

Thespirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

Loose lips sink ships.

Whenevertwo good people argue over principles, they are both right.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

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

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

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

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.

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.