More Quotes

In early December i wrote a blog showcasing some of my favorite quotes that I'd collected over the years. Well, I've found some more and thought should share them.



"We were given: Two hands to hold. To legs to walk. Two eyes to see. Two ears to listen. But why only one heart? Because the other was given to someone else. For us to find."

- Anonymous

It's one of those soppy love quotes stated in an eloquent fashion in my opinion



"If you love something, let it go. If it comes back to you, its yours forever. If it dosent, then it was never meant to be."

-Anonymous

Speaks the truth

"Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds!"

-Bob Marley

It took Bob Marley for me to realize that anger and all emotion surrounding it is 20% human nature and 80% self control



"Things turn out best for those who make the best of the way things turn out."

-Jack Buck

It goes back to the above quote - not mind over matter. What we need to realize is that we control our emotions. We all hold in us the potential of anger or sorrow to the point of destruction. We are angry and hold grudges only if we allow ourselves to. We are stressed and frustrated only if we keep reminding ourselves that we're in a certain situation.

"Words may very well exceed their weight in gold."

-Greg Evans

Words are powerful



" Sigmund Freud once said, What do women want? The only thing I have learned in fifty-two years is that women want men to stop asking dumb questions like that."

-Bill Cosby

It's true, just do



"But I always had the ability to say no. That's how I called my own shots."

-Sidney Poitier


"If you would lift me up you must be on higher ground."

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

On the surface i figured it meant that person A would praise person B for his talents given that person A was of a higher status "on paper" . I then realized that person A could be of a greater mindset than person B and thus praise him just the same.

"If you fail to accept the reality of life, you've succeeded in accepting the fatality of death"

- Me :)

Unless a person can realize that life will have its ups AND downs, unforutnately, he will end up either taking his own life by suicide or by recluse and tears, or by bringing others down by homicide (and the like).

"The only difference between your abilities and others is the ability to put yourself in their shoes and actually try"

- Leonardo Ruiz, Student

Self-explanatory; speaks the truth

Consider the Following...Think

Selfishness...

If we were to hang a mirror eternally in front of ourselves, such a word would maintain an unaltered definition. In terms of the degree or level of presence, we're all born with an invariable level of selfishness in us - and the same applies for all "virtue" and "evil." But we each have our own customized gauge. And whereas he might seem the epitome of all that is unethical, she is perceived as the most righteous.

I find it amazing, the irony, in this "selfishness" and just as, if not more amazing, the cunning wit that nature has bestowed upon us. That we can neither see our own faces, nor control others' perception of us - the two most important images of ourselves (prioritized in whatever order). Yes, we are a selfish race through and through. There's no denying it. in fact, if we were to deny it, denial is selfish within itself is it not? To protect our own image, the way others perceive us.

We often give because we are selfish. Knowing that another might be distraught, we feel guilt. And this guilt tears at our conscience, an uneasiness that in turn can only be quelled by giving.


It might be a bit off topic, but one of my most recent essay question asked something along the lines of "Does being ethical hinder a person's chance of success?"

I immediately thought "yes." I like to think realistically, I'll start off with that one. I used both Martin Luther King Jr. and Adolf Hitler as support - two completely different leaders, I know.

But let's veer off from the explanation for now. Consider these questions first:
What is considered ethical?

What measures a person's success?

Ethics, as is common knowledge, is the ability to distinguish between right and wrong. The basic premise of my response to this essay question was: is it right or wrong to put down/devalue a person or group in the pursuit of strenghthening yourself or your cause? Of course it is wrong.

Now, in order to persuade the white community to believe in his cause, Dr. King in some way needed to expose them to the err of their ways. In the same way, in order to show those blacks who sought out violence to earn an end to prejudice, Dr. King needed to expose them to the err of their ways. Although it is minutely unethical, it is unethical. And Dr. King was successful.

I need not explain Hitler's atrocities. But again, Hitler put down and vitiated entire races in order to pursue his cause. And Hitler was successful.

Of course, now we need to consider what exactly denotes a succession. A person's success is defined by his or her own measurement. A person's word might say he is satisfied by his success, but by mindset he covets the "richer" man. A man, whether or not he was born rich, is perceived by society as successful, yet he might yearn to live the life of a simpler man. And a simple man, might have all he needs to live and provide for his family, but wishes he could have had more.

We are an insatiable race. We are a selfish race.

Maintenance or Impression

Tender-aged, we are conditioned to act as ourselves, yet in ripening, we are to restrict certain emotions to maintain positive status in the public eye. Smile here, refrain from angering there, and never show remorse or weakness.

In essence, if you're weak from the start, you're going to bump heads with reality at some point. You should probably change who you are, but always be yourself!

In terms of he who "changes himself" to impress others, is he truly not being himself still? Perhaps "changing himself," or altering his personality based on his surroundings, is who he is.

Even so, which mantra are we to follow - "be yourself, maintain pride" or "change yourself, impress society?"