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Philosophical Views—Thoughtful Sayings |
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Updated October 18, 2008
To begin with God. we must come to the end of ourselves.
When we avoid living to avoid death, we are living death.
When a person runs on a picket fence, the injury is on purpose.
The present delayed is the future denied.
Rush the present to ruin the future.
Love that is stupid is not love. Love that is mean is not love. Love that is thoughtless is not love. Love that hurts others is not love.
Never hitch a wagon going east to a wagon going west.
Romance is the sugar and spice, so make sure you have the flour.
If you find yourself swept off your feet, only make important decisions once you are standing.
I hear what you are saying but your dancing tells the truth.
You may deceive with your words, but your dancing never will.
When helping, also help character by helping at the end instead of the beginning.
A good brain without good sense is stupidity.
It is hard to move forward quickly while looking backwards.
Lifetime marriage success requires investing as a partner rather than riding as a passenger
The “in spite of” attitude succeeds and the “because of” attitude fails.
Smart people listen to smarter people.
If you punish dissenting voices, you will silence them.
Listen carefully to all but act wisely in spite of it.
Being vary good and vary nice is not being very good and very nice.
Your attitude could sour sweet cream
Ignorance can be bliss as many unseen things might bother you but not hurt you.
Twice as hard, twice as long, twice as strong – solid good character.
Solid character never becomes loose like a chastity belt can.
I can’t make your life different, but I can help you make your life different.
We will look to your history for an explanation how you got here, but we will look to you for an explanation why you stayed.
Living by principles reduces your options but increases your success and happiness.
Life is about where we are going now, not where we have been.
Success is to value fool’s gold correctly.
A fool is distracted from the wisdom of a statement by the exceptions.
A rich man with a sour wife is a poor man indeed.
Stupidly right is the trait of a fool.
Good people do not turn bad when you are mad.
Repressed equals depressed.
The discontent have a need to be mad.
It is a brave or foolish man that opens his mouth to speak.
A victim of one’s life choices is no victim at all.
Those who find no voice shout it with their actions.
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