Poems List

Benjamin Disraeli

It is easier to be

It is easier to be critical than correct.

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Chiam Potok

Honest differences of opinion should

Honest differences of opinion should never be permitted to destroy a friendship.

25

The Dhammapada

There is no fire like

There is no fire like passion; there is no shark like hatred; there is no snare like folly; there is no torrent like greed.

58

Steve Maraboli

You are a reflection of

You are a reflection of nature. You should always be upgrading, refining, and improving."

14

Maria Edgeworth

The human heart, at whatever

The human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return.

33

Henry Ford

The highest use of capital

The highest use of capital is not to make more money, but to make money do more for the betterment of life.

206

The Dhammapada

The faults of others are

The faults of others are easily perceived, but those of oneself are difficult to perceive; a man winnows his neighbour?s faults like chaff, but his own fault he hides as a cheat hides the false dice from the gamester.

72

Steve Maraboli

As for your ignorance -

As for your ignorance - do not fear it. Instead be humbled by it and tend to it."

20

William Shakespeare

This above all: to thine

This above all: to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man.

164

Thomas Edison

I have never seen the

I have never seen the slightest scientific proof of the religious idea of heaven and hell, of future life for individuals, or of a personal God.

97

The Dhammapada

It is good to tame

It is good to tame the mind, which is difficult to hold in, and flighty, rushing wheresoever it listeth: a tamed mind brings blessings.

68

Steve Maraboli

The more I study, the

The more I study, the more I learn and absorb, the more I realize how truly little I know."

11

Henry Kissinger

The task of the leader

The task of the leader is to get his people from where they are to where they have not been.

57

J. R. R. Tolkien

We are never late. We

We are never late. We arrive precisely when we mean to.

53

The Dhammapada

By rousing himself, by earnestness,

By rousing himself, by earnestness, by restraint and control the wise man may make for himself an island which no flood can overwhelm.

46

Steve Maraboli

Your fear of the truth

Your fear of the truth does not hide or dilute it."

13

Stephen Covey

We immediately become more effective

We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.

30

John D. Rockefeller Jr.

I believe that every right

I believe that every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity an obligation; every possession a duty.

44

The Dhammapada

If a man conquer in

If a man conquer in battle a thousand times a thousand men, and if another conquer himself, he is the greater of conquerors.*

81

Steve Maraboli

Stop allowing your day-to-day life

Stop allowing your day-to-day life to be clouded by busy nothingness."

25

Ralph Waldo Emerson

All men are in some

All men are in some degree impressed by the face of the world; some men even to delight. This love of beauty is taste. Others have the same love in such success that, not content with admiring, they seek to embody it in new forms. The creation of beauty is art.

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Heinrich Heine

He only profits from praise

He only profits from praise who values criticism.

94

The Dhammapada

Like a beautiful flower, full

Like a beautiful flower, full of colour but without scent, are the fine but fruitless words of him who does not act accordingly.

30

Steve Maraboli

The innate power you possess

The innate power you possess to achieve your dreams is immeasurable."

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