Unit 40

Wisdom Saying

It is not the experience of Today that drives you mad -- it is the remorse or bitterness for something that happened Yesterday and the dread of what Tomorrow will bring.

A ship should not ride on a single anchor, nor life on a single hope.

In life it is not important how you fall, but how you get up.

Ideals are like the stars -- we never reach them, but like mariners, we chart our course by them.

There is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. If you wait for certain things to happen and depend on external circumstances to make you happy, you will always feel unfulfilled. Long-term happiness is based on honesty, self-esteem, productive work and contributions. Happiness is not an end; it is a process.

Love is blind, but marriage is a real eye-opener.

Well-behaved women never make history.

Courage can lighten the blow of fate.

Three who come unbidden: love, jealousy, fear.

The secret of a happy life is to accept change gracefully.

Most people spend more time and energy in going around problems than in trying to solve them.

A gentleman is one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

It's comparison that makes men happy or miserable.

Too many people spend money they haven't made, to buy things they don't want, to impress people they don't like.

The only real prison is fear, and the only freedom is freedom from fear.

Sulking abut your mistakes only lead to future ones.

There are only two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better.

The Eskimos have 52 words for snow because it is so special for them; there ought to be as many for love!?

The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.

Does God punish or reward us with love?