TIMELY WISDOM

Friday, September 16, 2011

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Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head. -Chinese Proverb




Let him that would move the world first move himself. -Socrates




The righteousness that comes from God & is by faith. -Phil 3:9



The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. -Russian Proverb



Sow much, reap much; sow little, reap little. -Chinese Proverbs



Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. -Chinese Proverbs



You won't help shoots grow by pulling them up higher. -Chinese Proverbs





A volunteer is worth twenty pressed men. -English proverbs


I can accept failure. Everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying. -Michael Jordan


Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. -Aristotle

You always have a place to run to, always. The place is GOD.

With true friends, even water drunk together is sweet enough. -Chinese Proverb

With every choice you make - you create your life


Different flowers look good to different people. -Chinese Proverbs

Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom.-Chinese Proverbs


Life is too deep for words, so don’t try to describe it, just live it. -C.S. Lewis



There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends. -Chinese Proverbs

Accept challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory. -Unknown


He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes. -Chinese Proverbs

Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. -Chinese Proverbs



With virtue you can't be entirely poor; without virtue you can't really be rich. -Chinese Proverb



He that takes medicine and neglects diet, wastes the skill of the physician. -Chinese Proverb




A fall into a ditch makes you wiser. -Chinese Proverbs

Only that which is temporary endures. -French proverb



Do not want others to know what you have done? Better not have done it anyways. -Chinese Proverb


Let him that would move the world first move himself. -Socrates


If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome. —Golda Meir


We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. -Aristotle

If a man wants you, nothing can keep him away. If he doesn't, nothing can make him stay. -Oprah


If you are not as close to God as you used to be, who moved?


If you shoot for the stars & hit the moon, it's OK. But you've got to shoot for something. A lot of people don't even shoot. -Confucius

There's none so deaf as those who will not hear. -English proverbs



Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. -Sicilian Proverb



Do not call to a dog with a whip in your hand. -Zululand Proverb

All glory comes from daring to begin. -Alexander Graham Bell

I want to say without hesitation that the purpose of our life is happiness. -14th Dalai Lama


Of all the strategems, to know when to quit is the best. -Chinese Proverbs




The heart that loves is always young. -Greek Proverb
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Once you pour the water out of the bucket it's hard to get it back in it. -Chinese Proverbs




There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends. -Chinese Proverbs



A heart in love with beauty never grows old. -Turkish Proverb


The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold. -Aristotle


A smile will gain you ten more years of life. -Chinese Proverb

Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us. -Socrates


Only the spoon knows what is stirring in the pot. -Italian Proverb


The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of one hour. -Japanese proverb


We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous,talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? -Marianne Williamson

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. -Helen Keller



Begin to weave & God will give you the thread. -German Proverb



One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade. -Chinese Proverbs



Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy.



Experience is a comb which nature gives to men when they are bald. -Chinese Proverbs



As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. -Marianne Williamson



The more man meditates upon good thoughts, the better will be his world & the world at large. -Confucius

Only that which is temporary endures. -French proverb

Winners, imagine their dreams 1st. They want it with all their heart & expect it to come true. There's no other way to live. -Joe Montana


The heart that loves is always young. -Greek Proverb


Prayer is speaking; Mediation is lessening, both are equally important when developing a relationship with God.


The great question is not whether you have failed, but whether you are content with failure. -Chinese Proverb


One step at a time is good walking. -Chinese Proverbs


To be uncertain is to be uncomfortable, but to be certain is to be ridiculous. -Chinese Proverbs


The rich would have to eat money if the poor did not provide food. -Russian Proverb

Don't open a shop unless you like to smile. -Chinese Proverbs

He who is not impatient is not in love. -Italian Proverb


The tongue can paint what the eye can't see. -Chinese Proverbs




Whatever you ask for in prayer with faith, you will receive. -Mat 21:22


I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else. -Winston Churchill


From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate. -Socrates

It is better to look ahead & prepare than to look back & regret. -Jackie Joyner-Kersee


As for me, all I know is that I know nothing. -Socrates

A goal without a plan is just a wish.


I was excited that there were scientists & inventors intent on providing me with limbs someday.




Worrying never did anyone any good. -English proverb

Success depends upon previous preparation, & without such preparation there is sure to be failure. -Confucius

A great man can bend & stretch. -Chinese Proverbs



Excellence is an art won by training & habituation. -Aristotle


The road to a friend's house is never long -Danish Proverb


Only your real friends will tell you when your face is dirty. -Sicilian Proverb


I never did anything worth doing by accident -Plato


He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature. -Socrates

One day, you'll be just a memory for some people. Do your best to be a good one.



Better a little which is well done, than a great deal imperfectly. -Plato


Worthless people live only to eat & drink; people of worth eat & drink only to live. -Socrates

A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song. -Lou Holtz


Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. It's the only thing that ever has. -Margaret Mead


Only the spoon knows what is stirring in the pot. -Italian Proverb
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Our lives a series of defining moments, strung together by passing time. –Frederick Jezegou



Don't open a shop unless you like to smile. -Chinese Proverbs


There's none so deaf as those who will not hear. -English proverbs


If we confess our sins, he is faithful & just & will forgive us ur sins & purify us from all unrighteousness. -1John 1:9
 
 


A smile will gain you ten more years of life. -Chinese Proverb


Youth is wasted on the young. -English proverbs


Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. -Chinese Proverb



The older the fiddler, the sweeter the tune. -English Proverb



Flies never visit an egg that has no crack. -Chinese Proverbs


There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience. -French proverb


It's easy to halve the potato where there's love. -Irish Proverb


Better to remain silent & be thought a fool that to speak & remove all doubt. -English proverbs

One step at a time is good walking. -Chinese Proverbs


There is little success where there is little laughter. -Andrew Carnegie


A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman to make a home. -Chinese Proverbs
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All paid jobs absorb & degrade the mind. -Aristotle

I'd rather be a failure in something that I love than a success in something that I hate. -George Burns



If a man fools me once, shame on him. If he fools me twice, shame on me. -Chinese Proverbs

 

One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. -Lucille Ball



If you stand straight, do not fear a crooked shadow. -Chinese Proverbs


Early to bed & early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy & wise. -English proverbs

If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. -Chinese Proverbs

Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself. -Plato


For as the eyes of bats are 2 th blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul 2 th things which are by nature most evident of all.-Aristotle


Our prayers should be for blessings in general, for God knows best what is good for us. -Socrates


The only way to maximize potential for performance is to be calm in the mind. -Brian Sipe

At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law & justice he is the worst. -Aristotle

There is a vision for my life that is greater then my imagination can hold. -Oprah




The future starts today, not tomorrow. -Pope John Paul II


Do not confine your children to your own learning, for they were born in another time. -Chinese Proverbs

I can't believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary. -Lou Holtz


There are no mistakes in life, just lessons.


Idleness is the mother of all vices. -Russian proverb



Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. -English proverbs


The worst form of inequality is to try to make unequal things equal. -Aristotle

The journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step. -Chinese Proverbs



God gave burdens, also shoulders. -Yiddish proverb


A great fortune depends on luck, a small one on diligence. -Chinese Proverbs


There is only one pretty child in the world & every mother has it. -Chinese Proverb


Never give up on the things that make you smile.


Don't open a shop unless you like to smile. -Chinese Proverbs


Fill your life & work with passion


Life is too deep for words, so don’t try to describe it, just live it. -C.S. Lewis


By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart. -Confucius


I never did anything worth doing by accident -Plato


The game is my wife. It demands loyalty & responsibility, & it gives me back fulfillment & peace. -Michael Jordan


As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent. -Socrates


Love is like a virus. It can happen to anybody at any time. -Maya Angelou
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If we do not change our direction, we are likely to end up where we are headed. -Chinese Proverbs

Lots of people want to ride with u in the limo, but what u want is someone who will take the bus with u when the limo breaks down. -Oprah


A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. -Chinese Proverbs



We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. -Aristotle


The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity & grace, making the best of circumstances. -Aristotle



The tongue can paint what the eye can't see. -Chinese Proverbs


An inch of time is an inch of gold but you can't buy that inch of time with an inch of gold. -Chinese Proverb


False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil. -Socrates


All Scripture is God-breathed & is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting & training in righteousness. -2Tim 3:16

When you give with an open heart, you receive the profound gift of humility.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, & the world around us. -Socrates

When planning for a year, plant corn. When planning for a decade, plant trees. When planning for life, educate people. -Chinese Proverbs


Change in all things is sweet. -Aristotle

You got to be careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might not get there. -Yogi Berra


A friend you have to buy; enemies you get for nothing. -Jewish Proverb


Hope... Sometimes that's all you have when you have nothing else. If you have it, you have everything.


You never achieve success unless you like what you are doing. -Dale Carnegie


He who fears something gives it power over him. -Moorish proverb


Be as you wish to seem. -Socrates


At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law & justice he is the worst. -Aristotle


A man grows most tired while standing still. -Chinese Proverbs


A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. -Chinese Proverbs

 

Respect yourself & others will respect you. -Confucius


If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do. -Lucille Ball


If you aren't fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm. -Vince Lombardi


The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity & grace, making the best of circumstances. -Aristotle

If you come to fame not understanding who you are, it will define who you are. -Oprah



If you shoot for the stars & hit the moon, it's OK. But you've got to shoot for something. A lot of people don't even shoot. -Confucius


I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. -Aristotle


 


Good habits formed at youth make all the difference. -Aristotle



God gave burdens, also shoulders. -Yiddish proverb

Tell me who's your friend & I'll tell you who you are. -Russian Proverb


Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes. -Chinese Proverbs



A mere friend will agree with you, but a real friend will argue. -Russian Proverb



Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it. -Confucius

Well behaved women seldom make history.


If the mountain won't come to Mohammed, then Mohammed must go to the mountain. -English proverbs


Those who wish to sing, always find a song. -Swedish proverb


It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. -Aristotle


To the world you may just be one person but to one person you may just be the world


At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law & justice he is the worst. -Aristotle


Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. -Arnold Schwarzenegger



The death of the heart is the saddest thing that can happen to you. -Chinese Proverbs


It is not living that matters, but living rightly. -Socrates




Life is too deep for words, so don’t try to describe it, just live it. -C.S. Lewis


There are two perfectly good men, one dead, & the other unborn. -Chinese Proverbs



Worrying never did anyone any good. -English proverbs


I'm working for the Lord, & even though the Lord's pay isn't very high, his retirement program is. -George Foreman



God gave burdens, also shoulders. -Yiddish proverb
 

3 methods to learn wisdom: 1 reflection, which is noblest; 2 imitation, which is easiest; & 3 experience, which is th bitterest. -Confucius


The greatest conqueror is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow. -Chinese Proverbs



By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart. -Confucius


A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. -English proverbs


Quality is not an act, it is a habit. -Aristotle


If your strength is small, don't carry heavy burdens. If your words are worthless, don't give advice. -Chinese Proverbs


Forget your weaknesses! Think courage.


The journey is the reward. -Chinese Proverbs


Our lives a series of defining moments, strung together by passing time. –Frederick Jezegou



If I keep a green bough in my heart, the singing bird will come. -Chinese Proverbs








If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words. -Chinese Proverbs



The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold. -Aristotle


Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it. -Bill Cosby

Worry often gives a small thing a great shadow. -Swedish Proverb


There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help, & what they cannot. -Plato


A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. -Chinese Proverbs

Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead. -Chinese Proverb


Do not call to a dog with a whip in your hand. -Zululand Proverb


A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books. -Chinese Proverbs
 

Everything has its beauty but not everyone sees it. -Confucius
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There are plenty of acquaintances in the world; but very few real friends. -Chinese Proverbs


Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still. -Chinese Proverbs


When we have nothing to worry about we are not doing much, & not doing much may supply us with plenty of future worries. -Chinese Proverb



Success has many fathers, while failure is an orphan. -English proverbs


I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. -Margaret Thatcher



You can out-distance that which is running after you, but not what is running inside you. -Rwandan proverb


He who is not satisfied with himself will not grow. -Chinese Proverb

The worst thing about being lied to is simply knowing you weren't worth the truth. -Unknown


Beauty is a short-lived tyranny. -Socrates




Nature does nothing in vain.- Aristotle



He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature. -Socrates


All a girl really wants is for one guy to prove to her that they are not all the same. -Marilyn Monroe


There are two perfectly good men, one dead, & the other unborn. -Chinese Proverbs



The more I practice, the luckier I get. -Jerry Barber


Lesson one, follow your feelings. If it feels right, move forward. If it doesn't feel right, don't do it. -Oprah


Love is like dew that falls on both nettles & lilies. -Swedish Proverb

3 methods to learn wisdom: 1 reflection, which is noblest; 2 imitation, which is easiest; & 3 experience, which is th bitterest. -Confucius


With virtue you can't be entirely poor; without virtue you can't really be rich. -Chinese Proverb



Once you pour the water out of the bucket it's hard to get it back in it. -Chinese Proverbs

 

All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, & God the soul. -Alexander Pope, 1734


Take the first step in faith. You don't have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step. -Martin Luther King Jr.


He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes. -Chinese Proverbs


When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it? -Eleanor Roosevelt




Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one. -Chinese proverb




Insanity is doing the same thing in the same way & expecting a different outcome. -Chinese Proverbs



The best time to invest is when there is blood in the streets. -chinese proverb


By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart. -Confucius



3 methods to learn wisdom: 1 reflection, which is noblest; 2 imitation, which is easiest;  3 experience, which is th bitterest. -Confucius



Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm & constant. -Socrates

If God is the DJ, then Life is the dance floor; Love is the rhythm, & You are the music -unknown


Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. -Aristotle

You have to believe in yourself when no one else does- that makes you a winner right there. -Venus Williams



She who does not yet know how to walk cannot climb a ladder. -Ethiopian Proverb


Be thankful for what you have; you'll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don't have, you'll never, ever have enough. -Oprah

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