SOURCE: http://enlightenmentsail.blogspot.com/2010/10/universal-quotes-and-proverbs-he-who.html
came across a quote i made while an intern at Nation Media and was featured on Young Nation... thanks for the memory enlightement sail blog
NB: the quote was originally from a Dr Dwayne Dyer book i had read on inspiration and motivation!
came across a quote i made while an intern at Nation Media and was featured on Young Nation... thanks for the memory enlightement sail blog
Here are some of comical, inspirational and motivational quotes and proverbs that I have collected from different ordinary people who have created extraordinary thoughts. You might laugh, contemplate, meditate or become wisdom-stricken by any of these writings. Have an adventurous read!!!
"He who learns, teaches" - African proverb
"The death of an elderly man is like a burning library" - Ivorian proverb
"Condemnation without investigation is the highest form of ignorance" - Albert Einstein
"To return to destiny is called the eternal. To know the eternal is called enlightenment" - Taoist philosophy
"Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe"- H. G. Wells (1866-1946)
"You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you" - Leon Trotsky "The teacher can be anything. It can be a child who takes you by the hand and asks you a question that you hadn't considered before, and your answer to the child is your answer to yourself" - Vincent Libosso
"Handle that one thing, consciousness, by which everything else is handled" - Yogi Maharishi
"The real measure of your wealth is how much you would be worth if you lost all your money" - Unknown
"The universe always conspires to create what you think about" - Manpreet Kaur
"Politics is based on deception. Virtue is based on Truth" - Unknown
"Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgement something is more important than fear" - Meg Cabot
"He who does not desire power is fit to hold it" - Plato
''O joy! We live in bliss; amongst men of hate, hating none. Let us indeed dwell among them without hatred!'' - Dhammapada
''Happiness is when I see others happy. Happiness is a shared thing'' - Desmond Tutu
''Home is where the heart belongs'' - Unknown
''If I love myself, I love you. If I love you, I love myself'' - Rumi (poet)
''Honour the sacred. Honour the Earth, our Mother. Honour the elders. Honour all with whom we share the Earth:- four-leggeds, two-leggeds, winged ones, swimmers, crawlers, plants and rock people. Walk in balance and beauty'' - Native American Elder
''A child educated only at school is an uneducated child'' - George Santayana
''Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished''-Lao Tzu
''Art is a revolt against destiny''- Malraux
''Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself''- Leo Tolstoy
''Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional!''-Chili Davis
''Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a pulsating desire, which transcends everything''-Napoleon Hill
''The mind is the temple of Virtue''-Unknown
''One of the greatest disease is being nobody to anybody'' - Mother Teresa
''Reputation is character minus what you've been caught doing'' - Michael Lapoce
''Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it''- Malcolm X
''I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world'' - Socrates
''Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones that we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek'' - President Barrack Obama
''The secret of being a bore is to tell everything'' - Franqois Voltaire, French author(1694-1778)
''A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on'' - Sir Winston Churchill
''We have art to save ourselves from the truth''- Friedrich Nietzsche
''A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems'' - Paul Erdos (1913-1996)
''Believe nothing because it is written in books. Believe in nothing because wise men say it is so. Believe nothing because it is a religious doctrine. Believe it only because you yourself know it to be true'' - Buddha
''Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective'' - Martin Luther King Jr.
''When God solves your problems, you have faith in His abilities. When He doesn't solve your problems, He has faith in your abilities''- Kariuki Samuel Jay.
''It is Doubt that makes us grow because of it forces us to look fearlessly at the many answers that exist to one question''- Paulo Coelho.
''Honesty is such a lonely word, everyone is so untrue''- Beyonce Knowles.
''All we need to flourish is an open ear, an open mind and open arms''- Kevin Abwao.
''Do not be afraid to shine. The world needs what you have to give. Open up the areas of your being. Expose them to yourself, and others. You are valuable. You are unique. You've much to give. Do not be afraid to give it''- David Karuma.
''Lasting happiness comes from steadily working to accomplish your goals advancing confidently in the direction of your life's purpose. This is the secret of kindling the inner fire that lurks within you''- Robin S. Sharma.
''Without music, life would be a mistake''- Friedrich Nietzsche.
''When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace''- Jimi Hedrix.
''Follow your passion, and success will follow you''- Jean Paul, Ghanian diplomat.
''Life isn't about finding yourself. It's about creating yourself''- Rachel Emukule.
''Love doesn't always have to make sense''- Unknown.
''To make in life, look for one thing: what you are good at and what you like best. Do it with zeal, passion, integrity and focus, plus don't hurry to go to work in other countries. Develop your own country first, and lastly work with faith like the first matyrs''- P.L.O Lumumba.
''...all streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it power. If you want to govern the people(therefore), you must place yourself below them. If you want to lead the people, you must learn how to follow them''- Tao Te Ching(a book).
"My God does not write incomplete sentences!"- Joseph Ng'ang'a.
"Knowledge without transformation is not wisdom"- Paulo Coelho.
"Kindness does not go rotten"- Swahili saying.
''The only weakness I can identify for now is that I am not a politician...ironically, am nothing to compensate that weakness''- Joseph Ng'ang'a.
''I will always stand for what I believe in. I hate corruption with a passion. I love being a mother and I love my Country''- Esther Passaris.
''Predictions of the future aren't destined to happen because they are written in books, artifacts or wise men say it is so. It is our present thoughts and actions that determine how our future will be'' - Anonymous
''Everything is changing. People are taking the comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke'' - Hiren Rathod.
''You're the gatekeeper of your mind. Let go and release all negative, limiting concepts and beliefs. Now focus on becoming what you want to be, for what you are you will attract. Every thought you plant should be a positive one filling up all the space in the mind to where there's no room...for doubt or unbelief to take root in your mental garden. Water every positive thought with Faith, Time and Action'' - Mind Power 365
''There is no age the act of kindness has ever been irrelevant'' - Unknown.
''We hate some persons because we do not know them, and will not know them because we hate them'' - Charles Caleb Colton.
"He who learns, teaches" - African proverb
"The death of an elderly man is like a burning library" - Ivorian proverb
"Condemnation without investigation is the highest form of ignorance" - Albert Einstein
"To return to destiny is called the eternal. To know the eternal is called enlightenment" - Taoist philosophy
"Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe"- H. G. Wells (1866-1946)
"You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you" - Leon Trotsky "The teacher can be anything. It can be a child who takes you by the hand and asks you a question that you hadn't considered before, and your answer to the child is your answer to yourself" - Vincent Libosso
"Handle that one thing, consciousness, by which everything else is handled" - Yogi Maharishi
"The real measure of your wealth is how much you would be worth if you lost all your money" - Unknown
"The universe always conspires to create what you think about" - Manpreet Kaur
"Politics is based on deception. Virtue is based on Truth" - Unknown
"Courage is not the absence of fear but rather the judgement something is more important than fear" - Meg Cabot
"He who does not desire power is fit to hold it" - Plato
''O joy! We live in bliss; amongst men of hate, hating none. Let us indeed dwell among them without hatred!'' - Dhammapada
''Happiness is when I see others happy. Happiness is a shared thing'' - Desmond Tutu
''Home is where the heart belongs'' - Unknown
''If I love myself, I love you. If I love you, I love myself'' - Rumi (poet)
''Honour the sacred. Honour the Earth, our Mother. Honour the elders. Honour all with whom we share the Earth:- four-leggeds, two-leggeds, winged ones, swimmers, crawlers, plants and rock people. Walk in balance and beauty'' - Native American Elder
''A child educated only at school is an uneducated child'' - George Santayana
''Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished''-Lao Tzu
''Art is a revolt against destiny''- Malraux
''Everybody thinks of changing humanity and nobody thinks of changing himself''- Leo Tolstoy
''Growing old is mandatory. Growing up is optional!''-Chili Davis
''Desire is the starting point of all achievement, not a hope, not a wish, but a pulsating desire, which transcends everything''-Napoleon Hill
''The mind is the temple of Virtue''-Unknown
''One of the greatest disease is being nobody to anybody'' - Mother Teresa
''Reputation is character minus what you've been caught doing'' - Michael Lapoce
''Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it''- Malcolm X
''I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world'' - Socrates
''Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones that we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek'' - President Barrack Obama
''The secret of being a bore is to tell everything'' - Franqois Voltaire, French author(1694-1778)
''A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on'' - Sir Winston Churchill
''We have art to save ourselves from the truth''- Friedrich Nietzsche
''A mathematician is a device for turning coffee into theorems'' - Paul Erdos (1913-1996)
''Believe nothing because it is written in books. Believe in nothing because wise men say it is so. Believe nothing because it is a religious doctrine. Believe it only because you yourself know it to be true'' - Buddha
''Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective'' - Martin Luther King Jr.
''When God solves your problems, you have faith in His abilities. When He doesn't solve your problems, He has faith in your abilities''- Kariuki Samuel Jay.
''It is Doubt that makes us grow because of it forces us to look fearlessly at the many answers that exist to one question''- Paulo Coelho.
''Honesty is such a lonely word, everyone is so untrue''- Beyonce Knowles.
''All we need to flourish is an open ear, an open mind and open arms''- Kevin Abwao.
''Do not be afraid to shine. The world needs what you have to give. Open up the areas of your being. Expose them to yourself, and others. You are valuable. You are unique. You've much to give. Do not be afraid to give it''- David Karuma.
''Lasting happiness comes from steadily working to accomplish your goals advancing confidently in the direction of your life's purpose. This is the secret of kindling the inner fire that lurks within you''- Robin S. Sharma.
''Without music, life would be a mistake''- Friedrich Nietzsche.
''When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace''- Jimi Hedrix.
''Follow your passion, and success will follow you''- Jean Paul, Ghanian diplomat.
''Life isn't about finding yourself. It's about creating yourself''- Rachel Emukule.
''Love doesn't always have to make sense''- Unknown.
''To make in life, look for one thing: what you are good at and what you like best. Do it with zeal, passion, integrity and focus, plus don't hurry to go to work in other countries. Develop your own country first, and lastly work with faith like the first matyrs''- P.L.O Lumumba.
''...all streams flow to the sea because it is lower than they are. Humility gives it power. If you want to govern the people(therefore), you must place yourself below them. If you want to lead the people, you must learn how to follow them''- Tao Te Ching(a book).
"My God does not write incomplete sentences!"- Joseph Ng'ang'a.
"Knowledge without transformation is not wisdom"- Paulo Coelho.
"Kindness does not go rotten"- Swahili saying.
''The only weakness I can identify for now is that I am not a politician...ironically, am nothing to compensate that weakness''- Joseph Ng'ang'a.
''I will always stand for what I believe in. I hate corruption with a passion. I love being a mother and I love my Country''- Esther Passaris.
''Predictions of the future aren't destined to happen because they are written in books, artifacts or wise men say it is so. It is our present thoughts and actions that determine how our future will be'' - Anonymous
''Everything is changing. People are taking the comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke'' - Hiren Rathod.
''You're the gatekeeper of your mind. Let go and release all negative, limiting concepts and beliefs. Now focus on becoming what you want to be, for what you are you will attract. Every thought you plant should be a positive one filling up all the space in the mind to where there's no room...for doubt or unbelief to take root in your mental garden. Water every positive thought with Faith, Time and Action'' - Mind Power 365
''There is no age the act of kindness has ever been irrelevant'' - Unknown.
''We hate some persons because we do not know them, and will not know them because we hate them'' - Charles Caleb Colton.
NB: the quote was originally from a Dr Dwayne Dyer book i had read on inspiration and motivation!
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