Words of Wisdom

Published by Mistic under Personal, Spirituality, Stregheria, Wicca on February 2, 2007

Over the years I’ve collected an extensive handwritten diary just putting in it Words of Wisdom that I felt a particular connection to. If I have a bad day, or a troublesome problem I go to that book its near me on my desk. It almost always helps me to re-focus my attitude. Just sharing as much as I could type up today before I have to get back to work LOL. All of these came from some source, some of which I no longer recall. Some sources are cited. The photo above I took with my crappy cell phone so the quality isn’t so good. It was from one of my vacations this past summer.

We must constantly seek to improve ourselves, because we create our own realities. We must out “expectations” on ourselves instead of other people.

Listen twice as much as you speak. You have two ears but only one mouth.

Allow yourself to be as you are. Allow other to be who they are.

We aren’t born with knowledge, we have to attain it. But it is the only thing we can take with us when we die.

All of our ancestors practiced religion without prophets or holy books.

Guilt is destructive instead of useful.

Spirituality is what you are, not what you do.

No one has ever promised you that you’ll get a “tomorrow” so we must accept each day as a gift.

If you persist at doing something, it will become easier.

Feel no need to defend your point of view.

When a person shows you who they really ARE, believe them the first time.

Repeating the same behavior will bring the same result.

You can’t bring home a dog and expect it to purr. We cannot change anyone else.

When you truly decide on anything, on any choice, then everything will fall into place.

If you aim at nothing then you will get it every time.

Either you control your own attitude, or it will control you.

What has happened to you in the past does not matter; only what you have done about it that counts.

It takes years to build trust, and only a few seconds to destroy it.

Sometimes we do not have to change friends, if we understand that friends just change.

Work SMARTER not HARDER.

A friend to all is a friend to none

Not every question deserves an answer.

The road to hell is paved with good intentions.

Never explain: Your friends don’t need it and your enemies won’t believe it. - Victor Grayson

Without involvement, there is no commitment. Mark it down, asterisk it, circle it, underline it. No involvement, no commitment. –Stephen R. Covey

I am for freedom of religion, & against all maneuvers to bring about a legal ascendancy of one sect over another.” –Thomas Jefferson 1799

Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know. - Jim Rohn

The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them. - Robert Frost

It takes humility to seek feedback. It takes wisdom to understand it, analyze it, and appropriately act on it. — Stephen R. Covey

If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way; if you don’t, then you’ll find an excuse. - Anonymous

People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don’t know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to. - George Allen

The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing. - Walt Disney

I like thinking big. If you’re going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big. - Donald Trump

I have made the tough decisions, always with an eye toward the bottom line. Perhaps it’s time America was run like a business. - Donald Trump

Talk of nothing but business, and dispatch that business quickly. - Aldus Manutius

I mean, there’s no arguing. There is no anything. There is no beating around the bush. “You’re fired” is a very strong term.- Donald Trump

Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out. - Stephen R. Covey

People spend money when and where they feel good. - Walt Disney

Most people struggle with life balance simply because they haven’t paid the price to decide what is really important to them. - Stephen R. Covey

One worthwhile task carried to a successful conclusion is worth half-a-hundred half-finished tasks.- Malcom S. Forbes

We simply assume that the way we see things is the way they really are or the way they should be. And our attitudes and behaviors grow out of these assumptions. - Stephen R.

Marketing is not an event, but a process . . . It has a beginning, a middle, but never an end, for it is a process. You improve it, perfect it, change it, even pause it. But you never stop it completely. - Jay Conrad Levinson Covey

Don’t argue for other people’s weaknesses. Don’t argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it–immediately. - Stephen R. Covey

All things are created twice. There’s a mental or first creation, and a physical or second creation of all things. You have to make sure that the blueprint, the first creation, is really what you want, that you’ve thought everything through. Then you put it into bricks and mortar. Each day you go to the construction shed and pull out the blueprint to get marching orders for the day. You begin with the end in mind. - Stephen R. Covey

Effective people are not problem-minded; they’re opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems. - Stephen R. Covey

Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing. - Abraham Lincoln

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt. - Abraham Lincoln

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. - Abraham Lincoln

No man is good enough to govern another man without that other’s consent. - Abraham Lincoln

You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. - Abraham Lincoln

Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil. - Plato

Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. - Plato

Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much. - Oscar Wilde

Illusion is the first of all pleasures. - Oscar Wilde

Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes. - Oscar Wilde

One is tempted to define man as a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason. - Oscar WIlde

The basis of optimism is sheer terror. - Oscar Wilde