Thursday 22 August 2024

Nuggets of Gold

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 of them at the right moment, it shows the wisdom in you.

Bear a few of these words of wisdom in mind, you never know when a few simple words from you might boost someone's confidence, inspire and motivate, or change someone's life around.

A thousand words will not leave so deep an impression as one deed. - Henrik Ibsen

Heal the past. Live the present. Dream the future. - Unknown

Leap and the net will appear. - John Burroughs

If better is possible, good is not enough. - Unknown

Kind words conquer. - Asian Indian Proverb

A stumble may prevent a fall. - Proverb

Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work. - Aristotle

Weigh words, don't count 'em. - Ken Alstad

Clever as the Devil and twice as pretty. - Holly Black

To be everywhere is to be nowhere. - Seneca

Shared joy is double joy and shared sorrow is half-sorrow. - Unknown

We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified. - Aesop

A closed mouth gathers no foot. - Bob Cooke

Threats don’t work with the person who’s got nothing to lose. - Maduro Ash

Time and the hour run through the roughest day. - William Shakespeare

Serenity comes when you trade expectations for acceptance. - Unknown

Better an enemy than a false friend. - Unknown

Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race. - William E. Gladstone

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