Some Interesting Quotes...

I came across some interesting quotes that...well...frankly...support many of the assertions I have made in several of my blogs...and these things I believe to be true...at least I can say they ring with truth to me...enjoy.

Children are educated by what the grown-up is and not by his talk.
Carl Jung

Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.
Buddha <--This one is Mindfulness

A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.
Abraham Maslow

Respond intelligently even to unintelligent treatment.
Lao Tzu

As for me, all I know is that I know nothing.
Socrates

The quality, not the longevity, of one's life is what is important.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
Mohandas Gandhi

Good actions give strength to ourselves and inspire good actions in others.
Plato

You shape your own destiny.
Chet Atkins

All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.
Lao Tzu

Conflict cannot survive without your participation.
Wayne Dyer

A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.
Buddha

Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.
Carl Jung

We all have a social mask, right? We put it on, we go out, put our best foot forward, our best image. But behind that social mask is a personal truth, what we really, really believe about who we are and what we're capable of.
Phil McGraw

It's okay to make mistakes. Mistakes are our teachers - they help us to learn.
John Bradshaw

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
Carl Jung

The unexamined life is not worth living.
Socrates

Everything you are against weakens you. Everything you are for empowers you.
Wayne Dyer

He who conquers others is strong; He who conquers himself is mighty.
Lao Tzu

All things appear and disappear because of the concurrence of causes and conditions. Nothing ever exists entirely alone; everything is in relation to everything else.
Buddha <--This one is Systems Theory

I eventually gave up being an analyst. You had to be too passive and not speak up.
Albert Ellis

How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.
Wayne Dyer

Character may almost be called the most effective means of persuasion.
Aristotle

Years from now, after I'm gone, someone will listen to what I've done and know I was here. They may not know or care who I was, but they'll hear my guitars speaking for me.
Chet Atkins

Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Action expresses priorities.
Mohandas Gandhi

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
Socrates

He who knows others is clever; He who knows himself has discernment.
Lao Tzu

Education is the best provision for old age.
Aristotle

Fill your bowl to the brim and it will spill. Keep sharpening your knife and it will blunt.
Lao Tzu

Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
Plato

It is better to travel well than to arrive.
Buddha

Man's heart away from nature becomes hard.
Standing Bear

All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become.
Buddha

Be the change that you want to see in the world.
Mohandas Gandhi

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
Lao Tzu

Everybody today seems to be in such a terrible rush, anxious for greater developments and greater riches and so on, so that children have very little time for their parents. Parents have very little time for each other, and in the home begins the disruption of peace of the world.
Mother Teresa

If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading.
Lao Tzu

Be careful for what you are shooting for...because you are likely to hit it.
Doc Mompean <--OK OK...I couldn't resist throwing one of my own quotes in LOL

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Change in all things is sweet.
Aristotle

If you realize that all things change, there is nothing you will try to hold on to. If you are not afraid of dying, there is nothing you cannot achieve.
Lao Tzu

We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is a habit.
Socrates

In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Wisdom begins in wonder.
Socrates

At the center of your being you have the answer; you know who you are and you know what you want.
Lao Tzu

What do you think?