Quotes Wishes and Status Messages - Page 8

All my life, I always wanted to be somebody. Now I see that I should have been more specific. - Jane Wagner

Maturity is the capacity to endure uncertainty.

Talking comes by nature, silence by wisdom.

One should count each day a separate life.

A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. - Sir Winston Churchill

When making a decision of minor importance,I have always found it advantageous to consider all the pros and cons. In vital matters,however,such as the choice of a mate or a profession,the decision should come from the unconscious,from somewhere within ou

The spoken word belongs half to him who speaks, and half to him who listens.

Better ask ten times than go astray once.

Talking much about oneself may be a way of hiding oneself.

The torment of human frustration, whatever its immediate cause, is the knowledgethat the self is in prison, its vital force and ‘mangled mind’leaking away in lonely, wasteful self-conflict.

You spend your whole life believing that you''re on the right track, only to discover that you''re on the wrong train.

No garden is without its weeds.

Who spreads, sows; Who listens, reaps.

The deepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.

The direct use of force is such a poor solution to any problem, it is generally employed only by small children and large nations. - David Friedman

Never miss a good chance to shut up.

Imagination is the eye of your soul.

One learns by doing the thing; for though you think you know it, you have nocertainty until you try.

Thisduality has been reflected in classical as well as modern literature asreason versus passion, or mind versus intuition. The split between the ‘conscious’mind and the ‘unconscious.’ There are moments in each of ourlives when our verbal-intellect sugges

Consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

The subconscious part in us is called the subjective mind, because it does notdecide and command. It is subject rather than a ruler. Its nature is to dowhat it is told, or what really in your heart ofhearts you desire.

One must talk little and listen much.

Experience is that marvellous thing that enables you recognise a mistake when you make it again. - F. P. Jones

Many speak much who cannot speak well.

People spend a lifetime searching for happiness; looking for peace. They chase idledreams, addictions, religions, even other people, hoping to fill theemptiness that plagues them. The irony is the only place they ever needed tosearch was within.

When our knowing exceeds our sensing, we will no longer be deceived by theillusions of our senses.

If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.

He who talks incessantly, talks nonsense.

Sure God created man before woman.. but then you always make a rough draft before The Final Masterpiece.

The wise man, even when he holds his tongue, says more than the fool when hespeaks.