Category: Wisdom Quotes

There are times when it is hard to believe in the future, when we are temporarily just not brave enough. When this happens, concentrate on the present. Cultivate le petit bonheur (the little happiness) until courage returns. Look forward to the beauty of the next moment, the next hour, the promise of a good meal, sleep, a book, a movie, the likelihood that tonight the stars will shine and tomorrow the sun will shine. Sink roots into the present until the strength grows to think about tomorrow.

Ardis Whitman

Do not wish to be anything but what you are,
and try to be that perfectly.
St. Francis de Sales,  

1.  記住該記住的，忘記該忘記的。改變能改變的，接受不能改變的。
2. 如果敵人讓你生氣，那說明
       你還沒有勝他的把握。
3. 如果朋友讓你生氣，那說明
      你仍然在意他的友情。
4. 有些事情本身我們無法控制，
       只好控制自己。
5. 我不知道我現在做的哪些是對的，
      那些是錯的，
      而當我終於老死的時候我才知道這些。所以我現在所能做的就是
      盡力做好每一件事，然後等待著老死。
6. .也許有些人很可惡，有些人很卑鄙。
      而當我設身爲他想像的時候，
      我才知道：他比我還可憐。
     所以請原諒所有你見過的人，
      好人或者壞人。
7. 魚對水說你看不到我的眼淚，
      因爲我在水裏。
      水說我能感覺到你的眼淚，
      因爲你在我心裏。
8. 每個人都有潛在的能量，
      只是很容易被習慣所掩蓋，
      被時間所迷離,被惰性所消磨。
9. 後悔是一種耗費精神的情緒，
      後悔是比損失更大的損失，
      比錯誤更大的錯誤，
      所以不要後悔。
10. 日出東海落西山，
         愁也一天，喜也一天；
         遇事不鑽牛角尖，
         人也舒坦，心也舒坦。

Socrates: 'Know thyself.
'Emerson: 'Trust thyself.'
In my mind, those four words come close to a complete philosophy on how to live. Add a fifth word: 'Love' and I think we might just be there

Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy.Dale Carnegie, 1888-1955

Don't wait for a smile to be nice.
Don't wait to be loved to love.
Don't wait to be lonely, to recognize the value of a friend.
Don't wait for the best job, to begin to work.
Don't wait to have a lot, to share a bit.
Don't wait for the fall, to remember the advice.
Don't wait for pain, to believe in prayer.
Don't wait to have time, to be able to serve.
Don't wait for anybody else pain, to ask for apologies
.. neither separation to make it up.
Don't wait, because you don't know how long it will take.

      行程可以不用太趕，給自己一些思考喘息的機會。
      工作可以不用太多，給自己一點調養適應的時間。
      朋友可以不用太好，給彼此一片自由獨處的天地。
      關懷可以不用太過，給對方一個成長自主的空間。
      言語可以不用太白，給聽者一次發揮想像的證悟。
      鋒芒可以不用太露，給別人一般如沐春風的溫馨。
       名氣可以不用太大，給自己保留隨意任性的自由。
       錢財可以不用太豐，給全家免於杯弓蛇影的恐懼。

Happiness doesn't depend on what we have, but it does depend on how we feel toward what we have. We can be happy with little and miserable with much.
William Dempster Hoard, 1836-1918
Wisconsin Governor

Any time you have an opportunity to make a difference in this world and you don't, then you are wasting your time on Earth.
Roberto Clemente, 1934-1972
Puerto Rican-born World Champion Baseball Player