Aphorisms, Axioms, Maxims...

The beauty of axioms and maxims, is that they are simple and easy to understand and yet, they hold so much truth in them. Some of them, you will notice, are simply, factual statements. And yet, if you could speak them at the right moment, it shows the wisdom in you.

One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar. - Helen Keller

Oil all the wheels on your wagon, not just the squeaky one. - Gladiola Montana

The only certainty is that nothing is certain. - Unknown

Be true to your work, your word, and your friend. - Henry David Thoreau

Enemies’ promises were made to be broken. - Aesop

Be that which you hope to find in others. - Unknown

No one loves the man whom he fears. - Aristotle

The secret to being boring is to say everything. - Voltaire

He who would leap high must take a long run. - Unknown

The speed of the leader determines the rate of the pack. - Unknown

Hope anticipates, faith believes, and patience quietly waits. - Unknown

The smaller the mind the greater the conceit. - Aesop