2006-07-30 02:42:39 · 22 answers · asked by poetic_lala 5 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
"Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine as children do. It's not just in some of us; it is in everyone. And as we let our own lights shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
2006-07-30 07:12:33 · answer #1 · answered by minerva 2 · 5⤊ 2⤋
"Hier schlagen wir nicht." (We don't fight here.)
This quote is from a general in the 19th century. He'd surveyed the enemy array, noting their dispositions, their numbers and conditions. He could attack and drive them from their position, with his own army--but he reckoned the battle a bad bargain, and took his army away, and later fought a much easier battle against the same force.
What makes the quote remarkable--and memorable--was that that general had the nerve to refuse a glorious victory now for a merely workmanlike victory later. That kind of general deserves the ribbons he wears.
2006-07-30 13:36:50 · answer #2 · answered by skumpfsklub 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Couldn't come up w/just one:
If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion--------the Dalai Lama
Very little is needed to make a happy life; it is all within yourself, in your way of thinking----Emperor Marcus Aurelius (167 AD)
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise man grows it under his feet....James Openheim
Words are words, explanations are explanations, promises are promises...but only performance is reality---unknown author
2006-07-30 10:16:02 · answer #3 · answered by 60s Chick 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Favorite quote......
You are and will become that what you think about most of the time.......
2006-07-30 09:47:31 · answer #4 · answered by dgoldenboy67 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The crowd which follows me with admiration, would run with the same eagerness were i marching to the guillitine.
Napoleon Bonaparte
2006-07-30 11:57:34 · answer #5 · answered by NapBon 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.-Unknown
2006-07-30 13:18:47 · answer #6 · answered by usa_grl15 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
President Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address". Yes it is a speech,but if you recite it,it takes you about three minutes to do it!
2006-07-30 09:47:29 · answer #7 · answered by John34 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Woody Allen--"Sex without love is an empty experience, but as far as empty experiences go it's one of the best."
2006-07-30 10:53:13 · answer #8 · answered by oldguy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They sicken of the calm, who knew the storm.
-Dorothy Parker,'Fair Weather,' Sunset Gun, 1928
2006-07-30 13:08:19 · answer #9 · answered by m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
2006-07-30 10:06:39 · answer #10 · answered by KO 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋