May Quotes - Page 33

• Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture I love) I shan't have lied. It's evident the art of losing's not too hard to master though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster.

  Elizabeth Bishop

  Breakup, Art, Writing

  Elizabeth Bishop (2015). “Poems”, p.198, Macmillan

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• In all fighting, the direct method may be used for joining battle, but indirect methods will be needed in order to secure victory. In battle, there are not more than two methods of attack.. the direct and the indirect; yet these two in combination give rise to an endless series of maneuvers.

  Sun Tzu

  Art, War, Fighting

  Sun Tzu, Julius Caesar, Einhard, Niccolò Machiavelli, Carl von Clausewitz (2016). “Strategy Six Pack”, p.14, Lulu.com

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• So act that anything you do may become universal law.

  Immanuel Kant

  Carpe Diem, Law, Universal

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• It is a pity to make a mystery out of what should most easily be understood. There is nothing occult about the thought that all things maybe made well or made ill. A work of art is a well-made thing - that is all. It may be a well-made statue of a well-made chair or a well-made book. Art is not a special sauce applied to ordinary cooking; it is the cooking itself that is good. Most simply and generally, Art may be thought of as "The Well Doing of What Needs Doing."

  Oscar Wilde

  Art, Book, Carpe Diem

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• Humility does not disturb or disquiet or agitate, however great it may be; it comes with peace, delight, and calm. . . . The pain of genuine humility doesn't agitate or afflict the soul; rather, this humility expands it and enables it to serve God more.

  Teresa of Avila

  Pain, Humility, Soul

  Teresa of Avila (2011). “The Collected Works of St. Teresa of Avila, vol 2”, p.89, ICS Publications

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• I make bold to say that it is profitable for the proud to fall, in order that they may be humbled in that for which they have exalted themselves.

  Saint Augustine

  Fall, Humility, Order

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• Learn to recognize the false dawn from the true; distinguish the color of the wine from the color of the cup. Then it may be that patience and time may produce, out of the spectrum-viewing sight, true vision, and you will behold colors other than these mortal hues, you will see pearls instead of stones. Pearls, did I say? Nay more, you will become a sea, you will become a sun traveling the sky.

  Rumi

  Wine, Thoughtful, Sight

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• To be meek and humble means to have a service attitude towards God, the Vaisnavas, and all living beings. Unless we have that, our chanting will have minimal effect and many births may pass before we finally come to the conclusion.

  Radhanath Swami

  Attitude, Mean, Humility

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• Skepticism is forever whispering in your ears. You're very new at this. You may be mistaken. You've been wrong before.

  D. J. Grothe

  Humility, Forever, Whispering

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• Give what you have. To some one, it may be better than you dare to think.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Inspirational, Life, Kindness

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1854). “The Works of Henry W. Longfellow”

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• To the humble, the Lord has given this promise: "If men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me."

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Strong, Humility, Humble

  "Come unto Christ".

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• Among the more irritating consequences of our flagrantly religious society is the special dispensation that mainstream religions receive. We all may talk about religion as a powerful social force, but unlike other similarly powerful institutions, religion is not to be questioned, criticized or mocked.

  Natalie Angier

  Religious, Atheist, Powerful

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• I believe what really happens in history is this: the old man is always wrong; and the young people are always wrong about what is wrong with him. The practical form it takes is this: that, while the old man may stand by some stupid custom, the young man always attacks it with some theory that turns out to be equally stupid.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Stupid, Believe, Men

  "The Illustrated London News" Magazine, June 3, 1922.

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• There have been household gods and household saints and household fairies. I am not sure that there have yet been any factory gods or factory saints or factory fairies. I may be wrong, as I am no commericial expert, but I have not heard of them as yet.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Saint, Culture, Experts

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• What life and death may be to a turkey is not my business; but the soul of Scrooge and the body of Cratchit are my business.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Christmas, Business, Turkeys

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• No sceptical philosopher can ask any questions that may not equally be asked by a tired child on a hot afternoon.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Children, Tired, Hot

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• So surely as you find yourself in the mental attitude of haste, just so surely may you know that you are out of the mental attitude of greatness. Hurry and fear will instantly cut your connect with the universal mind.

  Wallace D. Wattles

  Attitude, Fear, Cutting

  Wallace D. Wattles (2015). “The Science of Being Great: Personal Self-Help Book of Wallace D. Wattles (Unabridged): From one of The New Thought pioneers, author of The Science of Getting Rich, The Science of Being Well, How to Get What You Want, Hellfire Harrison, How to Promote Yourself and A New Christ”, p.39, e-artnow

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• To this military attitude of the soul we give the name of Heroism... It is a self-trust which slights the restraints of prudence, in the plenitude of its energy and power to repair the harms it may suffer. The hero is a mind of such balance that no disturbances can shake his will.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Attitude, Military, Hero

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2012). “The Selected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson”, p.80, Graphic Arts Books

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• By bravely enduring our trials, we learn humility, compassion for others, and a great reliance on God. We also learn that our happiness and progress depend much less upon what challenges life may bring and infinitely more on how we face and overcome those challenges.

  Lloyd D. Newell

  Attitude, Humility, Compassion

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• I may not be able to change the world I see around me, but I can change the way I see the world within me.

  John C. Maxwell

  Attitude, World, Able

  John C. Maxwell (2010). “Maxwell 2in1 (Developing the Leader w/in You/Developing Leaders Around You)”, p.110, Harper Collins

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• Every man's path is for himself; let him accomplish his own desires that he may thus be able to rise above them to the eternal goal.

  Hazrat Inayat Khan

  Positive Thinking, Men, Goal

  Hazrat Inayat Khan (1996). “Bowl of Saki”, p.102, Motilal Banarsidass Publishe

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• During our mortal schooling in submissiveness, we will see the visible crosses that some carry, but other crosses will go unseen. A few individuals may appear to have no trials at all, which, if it were so, would be a trial in itself. Indeed, if, as do trees, our souls had rings to measure the years of greatest personal growth, the wide rings would likely reflect the years of greatest moisture-but from tears, not rainfall.

  Neal A. Maxwell

  Adversity, Years, Tree

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• Adversity itself may lead toward and not away from God and spiritual enlightenment; and privation may prove a source of strength if we can but keep a sweetness of mind and spirit.

  David O. McKay

  Spiritual, Adversity, Mind

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• No one wants adversity. Trials, disappointments, sadness, and heartache come to us from two basically different sources. Those who transgress the laws of God will always have those challenges. The other reason for adversity is to accomplish the Lord's own purposes in our life that we may receive the refinement that comes from testing. It is vitally important for each of us to identify from which of these two sources come our trials and challenges, for the corrective action is very different.

  Richard G. Scott

  Disappointment, Sadness, Adversity

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• There is much that is difficult and challenging in the world today, my brothers and sisters, but there is also much that is good and uplifting. As we declare in our thirteenth article of faith, 'If there is anything virtuous, lovely, or of good report or praiseworthy, we seek after these things.' May we ever continue to do so.

  Thomas S. Monson

  Uplifting, Brother, Adversity

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