Short quotations about, ourselves - Page 5

Albert Pine

What we do for ourselves dies with …

15 Feb , 2011  

What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal. Great short quote and quotation by: Albert Pine ,

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Whatever games are played with us, …

15 Feb , 2011  

Whatever games are played with us, we must play no games with ourselves. Great short quote and quotation by: Ralph Waldo Emerson , US essayist & poet (1803 – 1882)

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When we are unable to find tranquil…

15 Feb , 2011  

When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere. Great short quote and quotation by: Francois de La Rochefoucauld , French author & moralist (1613 – 1680)

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld, quoted in O Magazine, October 2002

When we are unable to find tranquil…

15 Feb , 2011  

When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere. Great short quote and quotation by: Francois de La Rochefoucauld, quoted in O Magazine, October 2002 , French author & moralist (1613 – 1680)

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Francois de La Rochefoucauld

When we are unable to find tranquil…

15 Feb , 2011  

When we are unable to find tranquillity within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere. Great short quote and quotation by: Francois De La Rochefoucauld , French author & moralist (1613 – 1680)

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Henri Nouwen, Out of Solitude

When we honestly ask ourselves whic…

15 Feb , 2011  

When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us […]

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When we see men of worth, we should…

15 Feb , 2011  

When we see men of worth, we should think of equaling them; when we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves. Great short quote and quotation by: Confucius, The Confucian Analects , Chinese philosopher & reformer (551 BC – 479 BC)

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When we see men of a contrary chara…

15 Feb , 2011  

When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves. Great short quote and quotation by: Confucius , Chinese philosopher & reformer (551 BC – 479 BC)

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Leigh Hunt

Whenever evil befalls us, we ought …

15 Feb , 2011  

Whenever evil befalls us, we ought to ask ourselves, after the first suffering, how we can turn it into good. So shall we take occasion, from one bitter root, to raise perhaps many flowers. Great short quote and quotation by: Leigh Hunt , English author & editor (1784 – 1859)

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While we ourselves are the living g…

15 Feb , 2011  

While we ourselves are the living graves of murdered beasts, how can we expect any ideal conditions on this earth? Great short quote and quotation by: George Bernard Shaw , Irish dramatist & socialist (1856 – 1950)

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Abraham Lincoln

With malice toward none, with chari…

15 Feb , 2011  

With malice toward none, with charity for all, …let us strive on to finish the work we are in, …to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations. Great short quote and quotation by: Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address, Mar. 4, 1865 , 16th president […]

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