Rudeness
Rudeness is the weak person’s imitation of strength. – Eric Hoffer
Tag: imitation
Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
A gift consists not in what is done or given, but in the intention of the giver or doer. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
A great fortune is a great slavery. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
A great mind becomes a great fortune. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
A kingdom founded on injustice never lasts. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
A man who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
A man’s as miserable as he thinks he is. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
A person’s fears are lighter when the danger is at hand. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he take it ill to be railed at by a man in fever. Just so should a wise man treat all mankind, as a physician does his patient, and look upon them only as sick and extravagant. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
A punishment to some, to some a gift, and to many a favor. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
A quarrel is quickly settled when deserted by one party; there is no battle unless there be two. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer’s hand. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
A well governed appetite is the greater part of liberty. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
All art is but imitation of nature. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
All cruelty springs from weakness. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
Anger is like those ruins which smash themselves on what they fall. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
Anger: an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
12 Wisdom Quotes
“The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Wisdom outweighs any wealth.” ~ Sophocles
“A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study.” ~ Chinese Proverb
“No man was ever wise by chance.” ~ Seneca
“Wisdom is never on the menu, you have to own the restaurant.” ~ Carrie Latet
“Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.” ~ Martin H. Fischer
“Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.” ~ Sandra Carey
“A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance.” ~ Gian Carlo Menotti
“I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.” ~ Abraham Lincoln
“We seem to gain wisdom more readily through our failures than through our successes. We always think of failure as the antithesis of success, but it isn’t. Success often lies just the other side of failure.” ~ Leo F. Buscaglia
“A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion.” ~ Chinese Proverb
“By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by experience, which is the most bitter.” ~ Confucius
Decision Quotes
Every morning is a new beginning, a new chance for you to rewrite the story of your life. ~ Tina Su
Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment. ~ Jim Horning
It is better to live your own destiny imperfectly than to live an imitation of someone elses life with perfection. ~ Bhagavad Gita
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
I’d rather aim high and miss, than aim low and hit. ~ Les Brown
If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise. ~ Robert Fritz
‘If only I had more money’ is the easiest way to postpone the intense self-examination and decision-making necessary to create a life of enjoyment – now and not later. ~ Tim Ferriss
When a question is posed ceremoniously, the universe responds. ~ Chinese Proverb
The secret of getting started is breaking your complex, overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one. ~ Mark Twain
The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want. ~ Ben Stein