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If you would convince others,
by Lord Chesterfield
If you would convince others,
seem open to conviction yourself.
- Lord Chesterfield
Related topics: Life Human-Nature Psychology
Quotes by Lord Chesterfield
People will, in a great degree,
and not without reason,
form their opinion of you upon
that which they have of your friends;
and there is a Spanish proverb
which says very justly,
"Tell me whom you live with,
and I will tell you who you are.
- Lord Chesterfield
Good humor is the health of the soul,
sadness is its poison.
- Lord Chesterfield
Most people enjoy the inferiority of their best friends.
- Lord Chesterfield
Advice is seldom welcome,
and those who need it the most, like it the least.
- Lord Chesterfield
You Quotes and Sayings
Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
- John Lennon
You are Never Too Old to Give or Get Gold Stars.
Show Your Honest Appreciation - Today.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
It ain't what you don't know that gets you into trouble.
It's what you know for sure that just ain't so.
- Mark Twain (attributed)
If (s)he's an apple and you're an orange,
celebrate your differences -
make a great fruit salad.
Love isn't about being the same -
it's about being sweet with each other.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You can't cross the sea merely by
standing and staring at the water.
- Rabindranath Tagore
If you don't know where you're going,
any road will take you there.
- Lewis Carroll
(Alice in Wonderland)
Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done.
- Amelia Earhart
I love you just the way you are.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
If you do what you've always done,
you'll get what you always got.
- Mark Twain
Stand Tall, Stand Proud.
Know that you are unique and magnificent.
You do not need the approval of others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The art of acceptance is the art of making someone
who has just done you a small favor
wish that he might have done you a greater one.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Getting old is a fascination thing.
The older you get, the older you want to get.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
You can't stop the music, nobody can stop the music.
- Village People
If your only tool is a hammer,
you tend to see every problem as a nail.
- Abraham Maslow
When dealing with people, remember you are
not dealing with creatures of logic,
but creatures of emotion.
- Dale Carnegie
Life is pretty simple:
You do some stuff.
Most fails. Some works.
You do more of what works.
- Leonardo da Vinci
It's a funny thing about life;
if you refuse to accept anything but the best,
you very often get it.
- W. Somerset Maugham
Before moving on, you have to clear away your cherished beliefs.
- Dick Raymond
Logic will get you from A to B.
Imagination will take you everywhere.
- Albert Einstein
My Mama always said you've got to put the past behind you
before you can move on.
- the movie Forrest Gump
The only reason you suffer is because you choose to suffer.
The only reason you are happy is because you choose to be happy.
Happiness is a choice, and so is suffering.
- don Miguel Ruiz
Don't Take Anything Personally.
Nothing others do is because of you.
- Miguel Angel Ruiz (don Miguel Ruiz)
Regret is an appalling waste of energy,
you can't build on it - it's only good for wallowing in.
- Katherine Mansfield
The pursuit of happiness is a most ridiculous phrase:
if you pursue happiness you'll never find it.
- C. P. Snow
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If you fear making anyone mad,
then you ultimately probe for
the lowest common denominator of human achievement.
- Jimmy Carter
A divorce is like an amputation:
you survive it, but there's less of you.
- Margaret Atwood
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you,
then they fight you, then you win.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
People don't care how much you know
until they know how much they care.
- John C. Maxwell
You have enemies? Good.
That means you've stood up for something,
sometime in your life.
- Winston Churchill
Do you feel stuck?
Whether in a project, a job, a relationship,
or some other situation,
there is a time for perseverance,
and a time for letting go and moving on.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Doing an injury puts you below your enemy;
revenging one make you but even with him;
forgiving it sets you above him.
- Benjamin Franklin [attributed]
The true meaning of life is to plant trees,
under whose shade you do not expect to sit.
- Nelson Henderson
Between believing a thing and thinking you KNOW
is only a small step and quickly taken.
- Mark Twain
Everything you say and do,
is a reflection of the inner you.
- Anonymous
Do you ever question why our educational system
teaches competition rather than cooperation?
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I am merely a bit player in your stories,
as you are merely a bit player in mine.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Feeling sorry for yourself, and your present condition,
is not only a waste of energy
but the worst habit you could possibly have.
- Dale Carnegie
Give a boy address and accomplishments
and you give him the mastery
of palaces and fortunes where he goes.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself.
You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
- Paramahansa Yogananda
When you lose touch with yourself,
you lose yourself in the world.
- Eckhart Tolle
The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple:
you should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities
but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.
- Quentin Crisp
Truth is absolute, but only to one person.
My truth is absolute to me, and your truth is absolute to you.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Youth, large, lusty, loving -
Youth, full of grace, force, fascination.
Do you know that Old Age may come after you
with equal grace, force, fascination?
- Walt Whitman
Imagine for yourself a character,
a model personality whose example you determine to follow,
in private as well as in public.
- Epictetus
The WORK
1.Is it true?
2.Can you absolutely know that it's true?
3.How do you react when you think that thought?
4.Who would you be without the thought?
- Byron Katie
Unexpected events can set you back or set you up.
It's all a matter of - perspective.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
When you dance, your purpose is not to get
to a certain place on the floor.
It's to enjoy each step along the way.
- Wayne Dyer
Okay, so it's a matter of life and death - now are you happy?
Urgency is never a path to joy.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
It is the friends you can call up at 4 A.M. that matter.
- Marlene Dietrich
Keep busy - with tasks that inspire you,
motivate you, or please you.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Life is a nurturing mother,
when you just remember to say "thank you."
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Life's a game, all you have to do is know how to play it.
- Anonymous
Nothing other people do is because of you.
It is because of themselves
- don Miguel Ruiz
Be prepared for life -
to live happily and without regret,
knowing that you have done your best.
- the Boy Scout Handbook
Only that in you which is me can hear what I'm saying.
- Ram Dass
Change what you see,
by changing how you see.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Life is ten percent what happens to you
and ninety percent how you respond to it.
- Lou Holtz
It was high counsel that I once heard given to a young person,
"Always do what you are afraid to do."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Man is least himself when he talks in his own person.
Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.
- Oscar Wilde
Life is like riding a bicycle.
To keep your balance you must keep moving.
- Albert Einstein
Speak when you are angry -
and you will make the best speech you'll ever regret.
- Laurence J. Peter
Don't part with your illusions.
When they are gone you may still exist,
but you have ceased to live.
- Mark Twain
Make the most of yourself,
for that is all there is of you.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
When you feel worried and depressed,
consciously form a smile on your face and act upbeat
until the happy feeling becomes genuine.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
If the only tool you have is a hammer,
you tend to see every problem as a nail.
- Abraham Maslow
Life is like an onion:
you peel it off one layer at a time,
and sometimes you weep.
- Carl Sandburg
You can't change the past,
but you can ruin the present
by worrying about the future.
- Anonymous
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