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"It is a wise thing to be polite; consequently, it is a stupid thing to be rude. To make enemies by unnecessary and willful incivility, is just as insane a proceeding as to set your house on fire. For politeness is like a counter--an avowedly false coin, with which it is foolish to be stingy."
— Arthur Schopenhauer (The Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims)

tags: manners, politeness, rudeness
8 people liked it

"Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake."
— Napoleon Bonaparte

tags: enemies, mistakes, strategy
477 people liked it

"In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior."
— Sir Francis Bacon

12 people liked it

"I don't know who the good guys are anymore. But I do know what the enemy is. It's the compromise of principles. You lose the war when you lose your principles. And the first principle is to look out for your comrades."
— Karen Traviss

5 people liked it

"Never explain--your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway."
— Elbert Hubbard

32 people liked it

"Fas est ab hoste doceri.
One should learn even from one's enemies.
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— Publius Ovidius Naso (Metamorphoses)

tags: ancient, latin, philosophy
31 people liked it

"I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: Oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it."
— Voltaire

204 people liked it

"Reason can be fought with reason. How are you going to fight the unreasonable? The trouble with you, my dear, and with most people, is that you don’t have sufficient respect for the senseless. The senseless is the major factor in our lives. You have no chance if it is your enemy."
— Ayn Rand

7 people liked it

"In prosperity our friends know us; in adversity we know our friends."
— John Churton Collins

tags: friendship
102 people liked it

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."
— Abraham Lincoln

tags: adversity, character, power
345 people liked it

"There is in every true woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity; but which kindles up, and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity."
— Washington Irving

21 people liked it

"It is under the greatest adversity that there exists the greatest potential for doing good, both for oneself and others."
— Dalai Lama XIV

tags: selflessness
15 people liked it

"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation. "
— George Washington

44 people liked it

"Character is not measured by moments of success, it is measured by the grace in which you move through adversity."
— Stefan Nelek

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"When you face adversity, you need to remind yourself that whatever is trying to defeat you could very well be what God will use to promote you."
— Joel Osteen (Your Best Life Now: 7 Steps to Living at Your Full Potential)

4 people liked it

"There is nothing more dreadful than the habit of doubt. Doubt separates people. It is a poison that disintegrates friendships and breaks up pleasant relations. It is a thorn that irritates and hurts; it is a sword that kills."
— Siddhārtha Gautama

tags: inspirational
227 people liked it

"Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly."
— Robert F. Kennedy

tags: achievement, challenge, failure, success, trying
65 people liked it

"Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names."
— John F. Kennedy

112 people liked it

"we must find time to stop and thank the people who make a difference in our lives"
— John F. Kennedy

25 people liked it

"If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito."
— Dalai Lama XIV

tags: inspirational
375 people liked it

"My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness."
— Dalai Lama XIV

tags: buddism, kindness, religion
190 people liked it

"Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other."
— Dalai Lama XIV

tags: love
109 people liked it

"Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them."
— Dalai Lama XIV

tags: selflessness
38 people liked it

"Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it."
— Dalai Lama XIV

tags: success
27 people liked it

"When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it."
— Dalai Lama XIV

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"When we meet real tragedy in life, we can react in two ways--either by losing hope and falling into self-destructive habits, or by using the challenge to find our inner strength."
— Dalai Lama XIV

16 people liked it

"It is not what they take away from you that counts. It's what you do with what you have left."
— Hubert Humphrey

tags: character, hope, inspirational
14 people liked it

"A strong flame will never go out, no matter how small it may be."
— Murrue Ramius

tags: character, fictional
3 people liked it

"Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny."
— Frank Outlaw

tags: character
3 people liked it

"No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth."
— Robert Southey

3 people liked it

"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
— Eleanor Roosevelt

tags: confidence
1,231 people liked it

"If you take a shot at someone, you keep firing until they can no longer return fire. Wound them, and you have an angry enemy who knows your position."
— Karen Traviss

9 people liked it

"Attack is the proof that your enemy anticipates your success."
— Mike Murdock

3 people liked it

"Sitting back and not getting involved while people get killed in an endless cycle of wars doesn't count as not having blood on your hands."
— Karen Traviss

5 people liked it

"Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it."
— Mark Twain

tags: truth
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"The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should be treated with caution."
— J.K. Rowling

tags: truth
791 people liked it

"Truth never damages a cause that is just."
— Mahatma Gandhi

tags: honesty, justice, truth
160 people liked it

"Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it can."
— Nicholas Sparks (At First Sight)

tags: life, love
625 people liked it

"You're going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at all the right times. But in the end, it's always their actions you should judge them by. It's actions, not words, that matter."
— Nicholas Sparks

tags: friends, judgement
426 people liked it

"I finally understood what true love meant...love meant that you care for another person's happiness more than your own, no matter how painful the choices you face might be."
— Nicholas Sparks (Dear John)

tags: dear, john, nicholas, sparks
230 people liked it

"...love, I've come to understand is more than three words mumbled before bedtime."
— Nicholas Sparks

157 people liked it

"You can't live your life for other people. You've got to do what's right for you, even if it hurts some people you love."
— Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook)

210 people liked it

"Nothing that’s worthwhile is ever easy. Remember that."
— Nicholas Sparks (Message in a Bottle)

157 people liked it

"The greater the love, the greater the tragedy when it's over."
— Nicholas Sparks (Nights in Rodanthe)

tags: love
116 people liked it

"I don't know that love changes. People change. Circumstances change."
— Nicholas Sparks

98 people liked it

"the reason it hurts so much to seperate is because our souls are connected"
— Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook)

tags: hurt, sad, seperate, soul
111 people liked it

"It has to get ugly before it gets pretty!"
— Nicholas Sparks

59 people liked it

"There are moments when mental overload can render words impossible."
— Nicholas Sparks (The Choice)

38 people liked it

"You always have a choice. It's just that some people make the wrong one."
— Nicholas Sparks (The Guardian)

41 people liked it

"Our story has three parts: a beginning, a middle, and an end. And although this is the way all stories unfold, I still can't believe that ours didn't go on forever."
— Nicholas Sparks (Dear John)

53 people liked it

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