To offend a strong man, tell him a lie. To offend a weak man, tell him the truth.
Waste no time debating what a good man should be. Be one.
- Topic: Character, Time
- Location: Hawaii, Maui
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There is nothing happens to any person but what was in his power to go through with.
What doesn’t transmit light creates its own darkness.
Think not disdainfully of death, but look on it with favor; for even dearth is one of the things that Nature wills.
A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty.
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Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them.
We still have a choice today: nonviolent coexistence or violent coannihilation. This may well be mankind's last chance between chaos and community.
To educate in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.
If it is any use to know it, I always try to write on the principle of the iceberg. There is seven-eighths of it under water for every part that shows.
The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.
The present moment is the only time over which we have dominion.
Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed nothing else can be managed.
Life admits not of delays; when pleasure can be had, it is fit to catch it. Every hour takes away part of the things that please us, and perhaps part of our disposition to be pleased.
There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world; and that is an idea whose time has come.
Have regular hours for work & play; make each day both useful & pleasant and prove you understand the worth of time by employing it well.
One who is serious all day will never have a good time, while one who is frivolous all day will never establish a household.
Cast me not off in the time of old age; forsake me not when my strength faileth.
There is only one time that is important—now! It is the most important time because it is the only time when we have any power.
Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.
Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you won't do anything with it.