Famous Quotes & Sayings

Georg C. Lichtenberg

I forget the greater part of what I read, but all the same it nourishes my mind.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

It is a dangerous thing for the perfecting of our minds to gain applause by works that do not call forth the whole of our energies; for in that case one generally comes to a standstill.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

I forget most of what I read, just as I do most of what I have eaten, but I know that both contribute no less to the conservation of my mind and my body on that account.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

Honest unaffected distrust of human abilities under all circumstances is the surest sign of strength of mind.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

One might call habit a moral friction: something that prevents the mind from gliding over things but connects it with them and makes it hard for it to free itself from them.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

The highest level than can be reached by a mediocre but experienced mind is a talent for uncovering the weaknesses of those greater than itself.

Georg C. Lichtenberg

The sure conviction that we could if we wanted to is the reason so many good minds are idle.

Friedrich Nietzsche

When we have to change our mind about a person, we hold the inconvenience he causes us very much against him.

Jerry Bridges

We must not allow our emotions to hold sway over our minds. Rather, we must seek to let the truth of God rule our minds. Our emotions must become subservient to the truth.

Jerry Bridges

Faith enables us to obey when obedience is costly or seems unreasonable to the natural mind.

Jennifer Aniston

I will always speak my mind.

Jeane Kirkpatrick

Neither nature, experience, nor probability informs these lists of 'entitlements', which are subject to no constraints except those of the mind and appetite of their authors.

Jeanne Moreau

We have so many words for states of mind, and so few words for the states of the body.

Gertrude Stein

A very important thing is not to make up your mind that you are any one thing.

Jim Davis

I have a fear of letting my mind wander. I'm afraid it might not come back.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

[on the secret to a happy, content life] Do you want to know what my secret is? I don’t mind what happens.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

You can look only when the mind is completely quiet.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

I don't mind what happens.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Control exists only when there is action of will, positively or negatively. Will is resistance. When the mind is learning, there is no resistance.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Learning implies a mind that doesn't know.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Can the mind resolve a psychological problem immediately?

Jiddu Krishnamurti

To die every day to every problem, every pleasure, and not carry over any problem at all; so the mind remains tremendously attentive, active, clear.

Jiddu Krishnamurti

Follow the wandering, the distraction, find out why the mind has wandered; pursue it, go into it fully. When the distraction is completely understood, then that particular distraction is gone. When another comes, pursue it also.

Jesse Eisenberg

When you take on a role you try to do as much as possible beforehand to get your mind into it. Just to prepare because it's a daunting prospect to go six months or whatever.

I don't mind when they burp and spit around me, ... It tells me they think of me as their teammate.

I don't mind. We have lot of things to work on.

Sami Salo

I don't mind these rule changes. It's been pretty good.

I don't mind talking right now. It'll probably keep us here longer, but that's OK.

I don't mind road trips. I need at least 50 at-bats to start the season so my timing is right.

David Jones

I don't mind paying my taxes, I just wish it were on something worthwhile.

Cate Blanchett

I don't mind not looking conventionally - you know, attractive if that's what the part requires.

I don't mind it. I can score, but I like setting my teammates up.

Margaret Thatcher

I don't mind how much my ministers talk - as long as they do what I say.