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wise words-of-wisdom godmother
This reminds me, Godmother, to ask you a serious question. You are as wise as wise can be (having been brought up by the fairies), and you can tell me this: Is it better to have had a good thing and lost it, or never to have had it? Charles Dickens
wise men may
A wise man may be duped as well as a fool; but the fool publishes the triumph of the deceiver. Charles Caleb Colton
wise money thinking
It is a common observation that any fool can get money; but they are not wise that think so. Charles Caleb Colton
wise light fire
If martyrdom is now on the decline, it is not because martyrs are less zealous, but because martyr-mongers are more wise. The light of intellect has put out the fire of persecution, as other fires are observed to smoulder before the light of the same. Charles Caleb Colton
wise art moments
The art of declamation has been sinking in value from the moment that speakers were foolish enough to publish, and hearers wise enough to read. Charles Caleb Colton
wise heart wine
Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power. Charles Caleb Colton
wise foolish gravity
Levity is often less foolish and gravity less wise than each of them appears. Charles Caleb Colton
wise men thinking
He that thinks he is the happiest man, really is so. But he that thinks he is the wisest, is generally the greatest fool. Charles Caleb Colton
wise men littles
We must be careful how we flatter fools too little, or wise men too much, for the flatterer must act the very reverse of the physician, and administer the strongest dose only to the weakest patient. Charles Caleb Colton
fear inspire paradox
There is this paradox in fear: he is most likely to inspire it in others who has none himself! Charles Caleb Colton
fear fields abundance
The interests of society often render it expedient not to utter the whole truth, the interests of science never: for in this field we have much more to fear from the deficiency of truth than from its abundance. Charles Caleb Colton
fear despise
We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear. Charles Caleb Colton
fear-god
He who fears God has nothing else to fear. Charles Spurgeon
fear belief power-of-love
It is my belief that the only power which can resist the power of fear is the power of love. Alan Paton
fearless church needs
A scared world needs a fearless church. Aiden Wilson Tozer
fear practice people
We have a fear of facing ourselves. That is the obstacle. Experiencing the innermost core of our existence is very embarrassing to a lot of people. A lot of people turn to something that they hope will liberate them without their having to face themselves. That is impossible. We can't do that. We have to be honest with ourselves. We have to see our gut, our excrement, our most undesirable parts. We have to see them. That is the foundation of warriorship, basically speaking. Whatever is there, we have to face it, we have to look at it, study it, work with it and practice meditation with it. Chogyam Trungpa
fear frightened bodhisattva
Even fear itself is frightened by the bodhisattva's fearlessness. Chogyam Trungpa
fear spite
In spite of your fear, do what you have to do. Chin-Ning Chu
bores-you heaven worship
If worship bores you, you are not ready for heaven. Aiden Wilson Tozer
bores-you actors scene
If the scene bores you when you read it, rest assured it WILL bore the actors, and will then bore the audience, and we're all going to be back in the breadline. David Mamet
bores-you boredom thrill
You need to let the little things that would ordinarily bore you suddenly thrill you. Andy Warhol
bores-you annoyed literature
The want of logic annoys. Too much logic bores. Life eludes logic, and everything that logic alone constructs remains artificial and forced. Andre Gide
bores-you effective-listening listening-to-others
Bore, n. A person who talks when you wish him to listen. Ambrose Bierce
bores-you boredom laziness
Only those who want everything done for them are bored. Billy Graham
bores-you amusement ease
If God bores you, tell Him that He bores you, that you prefer the vilest amusements to His presence, that you only feel at your ease when you are far from Him. Francois Fenelon
bores-you stories bills
A story with a moral appended is like the bill of a mosquito. It bores you, and then injects a stinging drop to irritate your conscience. O. Henry
bores-you boredom controlled
To do the same thing over and over again is not only boredom: it is to be controlled by rather than to control what you do. Heraclitus