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Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge,
but he who hates correction is stupid.
- Anonymous
Related topics: Wisdom
A coach is someone who can give correction
without causing resentment.
- John Wooden
If the children are untaught,
their ignorance and vices will in future life
cost us much dearer in their consequences
than it would have done in their
correction by a good education.
- Thomas Jefferson
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement.
But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
- Niels Bohr
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It is noted that a stopped clock is correct twice each day.
In a similar manner, a person who is unchanging appears wise occasionally.
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If evil be spoken of you
and it be true, correct yourself,
if it be a lie, laugh at it.
- Epictetus
Anger and intolerance are the enemies of correct understanding.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
It's essential to tell the truth at all times.
This will reduce life's pain.
Lying distorts reality.
All forms of distorted thinking must be corrected.
- John Bradshaw
Correcting bad habits cannot be done
by forbidding or punishment.
- Robert Baden-Powell (the founder of scouting)
Inner peace can be reached
only when we practice forgiveness ...
letting go of the past,
and correcting our misperceptions.
- Gerald Jampolsky
The supreme happiness of life
is the conviction of being loved for yourself,
or, more correctly, being loved in spite of yourself.
- Victor Hugo
Of all that is good, sublimity is supreme.
Succeeding is the coming together of all that is beautiful.
Furtherance is the agreement of all that is just.
Perseverance is the foundation of all actions.
- Lao Tzu
The supreme art of war is
to subdue the enemy without fighting.
- Sun Tzu
I do not believe in the God of the theologians;
but that there is a Supreme Intelligence I do not doubt.
- Thomas Edison
The supreme quality for leadership is unquestionably integrity.
Without it, no real success is possible,
no matter whether it is on a section gang,
a football field, in an army, or in an office.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy
in creative expression and knowledge.
- Albert Einstein
A good traveler has no fixed plans,
and is not intent on arriving.
- Lao Tzu
I believe that everything happens for a reason.
People change so that you can learn to let go,
things go wrong so that you appreciate them when they're right,
you believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself,
and sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.
- Marilyn Monroe
Write your Sad times in Sand,
Write your Good times in Stone.
- George Bernard Shaw
Treat those who are good with goodness,
and also treat those who are not good with goodness.
Thus goodness is attained.
Be honest to those who are honest,
and be also honest to those who are not honest.
Thus honesty is attained.
- Lao Tzu
Joy is what happens to us when we allow ourselves
to recognize how good things really are.
- Marianne Williamson
He who can no longer pause to wonder
and stand rapt in awe,
is as good as dead;
his eyes are closed.
- Albert Einstein
A true friend is someone who
thinks that you are a good egg
even though he knows that
you are slightly cracked.
- Bernard Meltzer
You have enemies? Good.
That means you've stood up for something,
sometime in your life.
- Winston Churchill
The only thing necessary for evil to triumph
is for enough good men to do nothing.
- Edmund Burke
The River of Life has no meaning,
no good, no bad, no better, no worse,
no love, no hate, no fear, no anger, no joy.
The River of Life has no judgment, no expectation.
The River of Life just IS.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
No good comes from hurrying.
- Yiddish Proverb
Regrets are the tears of good deeds left undone
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A bad peace is better than a good war.
- Yiddish Proverb
Make sure you never, never argue at night.
You just lose a good night's sleep,
and you can't settle anything until morning anyway.
- Rose Kennedy
Good for who? Good for what?
There is no absolute "good."
"Good" is simply one person's preference.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Every good relationship, especially marriage, is based on respect.
If it's not based on respect,
nothing that appears to be good will last very long.
- Amy Grant
Be careful not to do your good deeds
when there's no one watching you.
- Tom Lehrer
The man who can't dance thinks the band is no good.
- Polish Proverb
Play to win, but be a good loser.
Have a plan for your life,
but accept whatever comes your way
with grace and gratitude.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Relax. Take a day off.
Go for a long silent walk in the woods.
The world will still be there tomorrow -
as good and as bad as ever.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Good judgement comes from experience.
Experience comes from bad judgement.
- Jim Horning
Regret is an appalling waste of energy,
you can't build on it - it's only good for wallowing in.
- Katherine Mansfield
Good manners sometimes means simply
putting up with other people's bad manners.
- H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
In the arena of human life,
the honors and rewards fall to those
who show their good qualities in action.
- Aristotle
I find that he is happiest
of whom the world says least, good or bad.
- Thomas Jefferson
There is nothing either good or bad,
but thinking makes it so.
- William Shakespeare
There is more value in a very good painting
that is completed and on display,
than in an excellent painting
that is still in the artist's studio,
or perhaps still in his mind.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The best bridge between despair and hope is a good night's sleep.
- E. Joseph Cossman
However many holy words you read, however many you speak,
what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?
- The Buddha
I look only to the good qualities of men.
Not being faultless myself,
I won't presume to probe into the faults of others.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
A dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker.
A man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.
- The Buddha
I used to believe in forever, but forever's too good to be true.
- A. A. Milne (Winnie-The-Pooh)
The world moves, and ideas that were
once good are not always good.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Better learn balance. Balance is key.
Balance good, karate good. Everything good.
Balance bad, better pack up, go home. Understand?
- Miyagi: character in the movie Karate Kid
There is some good in the worst of us
and some evil in the best of us.
When we discover this,
we are less prone to hate our enemies.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Good morning!" he said at last.
"We don't want any adventures here, thank you!
You might try over The Hill or across The Water."
- J. R. R. Tolkien
It is neither good nor bad, but thinking makes it so.
- William Shakespeare
Good Endings precede Good Beginnings.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Important ideas can come from unexpected places.
We tend to label people - Genius, Idiot,
Socialist, Regressive, Wingnut, Revolutionary, Terrorist.
But it is helpful to remind ourselves to be open
to good ideas - whatever their source.
It is equally important to avoid accepting any idea
merely because we respect that person's
other ideas or accomplishments.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
To kill an error is as good a service as,
and sometimes even better than,
the establishing of a new truth or fact.
- Charles Darwin
Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news.
The good news is that you don't know how great you can be!
How much you can love!
What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!
- Anne Frank
In spite of everything, I still believe
that people are really good at heart.
I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation
consisting of confusion, misery and death.
- Anne Frank
This time, like all times, is a very good one,
if we but know what to do with it.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Good humor is the health of the soul,
sadness is its poison.
- Lord Chesterfield
Good things come in small packages.
- old proverb
An ounce of conscious choice is worth a pound of good fortune.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Experience life in all possible ways -
good-bad, bitter-sweet, dark-light, summer-winter.
Experience all the dualities.
Don't be afraid of experience,
because the more experience you have,
the more mature you become.
- Osho
A good example is the best sermon.
- Benjamin Franklin
Sometimes good things fall apart
so better things can fall together.
- Marilyn Monroe
When I do good, I feel good.
When I do bad, I feel bad.
That's my religion.
- Abraham Lincoln
If I am not for myself,
who will be for me?
Yet if I am for myself alone,
of what good am I?
- Hillel
Many a man fails as an original thinker
simply because his memory is too good.
- Nietzsche
A good question is never answered.
It is not a bolt to be tightened into place
but a seed to be planted and to bear more seed
toward the hope of greening the landscape of idea.
- John Ciardi
Guilt says I've done something wrong;
... shame says there is something wrong with me.
Guilt says I've made a mistake;
... shame says I am a mistake.
Guilt says what did was not good;
... shame says I am no good.
- John Bradshaw
If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry,
that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware
of having no good reason for thinking as you do.
- Bertrand Russell
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