Wisdom Quotes Wishes and Status Messages - Page 19

Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.

If you don''t like the road you''re walking, pave another one.

When the tide of life turns against you,
and the current upsets your boat.
Don''t waste time on what might have been,
just lie on your back and float.

And however dark the skies may appear,
And however souls may blunder,
I tell you it all will work out clear,
For good lies over and under.”

Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides. -Margaret Thatcher

One half of life is luck; the other half is discipline - and that''s the important half, for without discipline you wouldn''t know what to do with your luck. -Carl Zuckmayer

Aye, but isn''t the man who chooses the bad in some way better than the man who has the good forced upon him?

Maxime peccantes, quia nihil peccare conantur.
(He who doesn''t sin, is the greatest sinner of all)

Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches to conceive how others can be in want.

An ounce of emotion is equal to a ton of facts.

Don''t think you''re on the right road, just because it''s a well-beaten path.

A little kingdom I possess,
Where thoughts and feelings dwell;
And very hard the task I find
Of governing it well.

Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Who watches the watchers?

If you have it and you know you have it, then you have it.
If you have it and don''t know you have it, you don''t have it.
If you don''t have it but you think you have it, then you have it.

The mind unlearns with difficulty what it has long learned.

Love that we cannot have is the one that
Lasts the longest,
Hurts the deepest,
And feels the strongest.

Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open. -Elmer G. Letterman

If your lips would keep from slips,
Five things observe with care:
Of whom you speak, to whom you speak,
And how and when and where.

The more you know, the less you need to show.

I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability. -Bruce Jenner

These days people seek knowledge, not wisdom. Knowledge is of the past, wisdom is of the future. -Vernon Cooper

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

I don''t wish to be everything to everyone, but I would like to be something to someone. -Javan

I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is that I can''t find anybody who can tell me what they want. -Mark Twain

If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.

It is the path of least resistance that makes rivers and men crooked.

Don''t cry because it''s over, smile because it happened.

If in the last few years you haven''t discarded a major opinion or acquired a new one, check your pulse. You may be dead. -Gelett Burgess

It''s easier to see the mistakes on someone else''s paper.

Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.