CONCEIT

For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled;
And he who humbles himself will be exalted. ……Luke 18:14

Do nothing out of Selfish Ambition or Vain Conceit,
But in humility consider others better than yourself. ….Philippians 2:3

Conceit, more rich in matter than in words, brags of his substance;
They are but beggars who count their worth. …..William Shakespeare

Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress. …..Ellen Terry

He who boasts of his accomplishments will heap ridicule. ….Philippine Proverb

Pride and Conceit were the original sins of man. …..Alain Rene Lesage

The would tolerates Conceit from those who are successful;
But not from anyone else. ….John Blake

When nature leaves a hole in a person’s mind,
She generally plasters it over with a thick coat of Self-Conceit.
……Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Let us not become Conceited, provoking and envying each other. …… Galatians 5:26

Conceit in weakest bodies, strongest works. ……. William Shakespeare

Every man has a right to be Conceited, until he is successful. ……..Benjamin Disraeli

To attempt to advise Conceited people is like whistling against the wind. ……Thomas Hood

A Conceited person never gets anywhere,
Because he thinks he is already there. ……Author Unknown

The overweening self-respect of Conceited men
relieves others from the duty of respecting them at all. …….Henry Ward Beecher

I never have any pity for Conceited people,
Because I think they carry their comfort about with them. …….George Eliot.

Conceit causes more conversation than wit. …… Duc de La Rochefoucauld

ARROGANCE

It is harder to be poor without murmuring;
Than to be rich without Arrogance. …….Confucius

Arrogance is the obstruction of wisdom. ….Bion of Smyrna

Arrogance invites ruin; Humility receives benefits. …..Author Unknown

When power leads man to Arrogance,
Poetry reminds him of his limitations. ……John F. Kennedy

The arrogance of age must submit to be taught by youth. …..Edmund Burke

The truest character of ignorance is Arrogance. …..Samuel Butler

Arrogance and rudeness are training wheels on the bike of life,
For weak people who can not keep their balance without them. ….Laura Teresa Marquez

Nothing in the world is more Arrogant;
Than a man of moderate capacity when once raised to power. …..Baron Wessenberg.

The demand to be loved is the greatest of all Arrogant presumptions. …..Friedrich Nnietzche

Timing and Arrogance are decisive factors in the successful use of talent. ……Marya Mannes

The insufferable Arrogance of human beings is to think
that Nature was made solely for their benefit. ……Cyrano de Bergerac

When men are most sure and arrogant, they are commonly the most mistaken. …..David Hume

An extraordinary amount of Arrogance is present in any claim
of having been the first in inventing something. ……..Benoit Mandelbrot

It is not a sign of Arrogance for the king to rule.
That is what he is there for. …….. William F. Buckley, Jr

All too often Arrogance accompanies strength,
and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong ……Theodore Bikel

A person unlearns Arrogance when he knows he is always among worthy human beings
………. Friedrich Neitzsche

ANXIETY

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything,
By prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your request to God.
…..Philippians 4:6

Cast all you anxiety on Him, because he cares for you. 1 Peter 5:7

The act of birth is the first experience of Anxiety;
-And thus, the source and prototype of the effect of anxiety. …..Sigmund Freud


Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great Anxiety. ……Plato

Our Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow;
-but only empties today of its strength. …..Charles H. Spurgeon

Anxiety is fear of one’s self. ……Wilhelm Stekel

The components of Anxiety, stress, fear and anger;
do not exist independently of you in the world. ……Wayne Dyer

Neither comprehension nor learning can take place
in an atmosphere of Anxiety. ……Rose F. Kennedy

The best test of your memory is to try to recall
what you were Anxious about one year ago, today. ….E. Joseph Cossman

All too frequently, Anxiety crushes, not only your spirit and your potential,
But your ability to take care of your mind and body,
……Jonathan Davidson, MD and Henry Dreher
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Anxiety is like a thin stream trickling through the mind.
If encouraged, it will cut a channel into which all other thoughts will drain.
…….Arthur Somers Roche

Nothing diminishes Anxiety faster than action. ……Walter Anderson

Anxiety occurs when we live in the future;
Just as Depression appears, when we live in the past. …..Author Unknown

You can’t wring your hands and roll up your sleeves at the same time.
……Pat Schroeder.

Every evening I turn my anxieties over to God.
He is going to be up all night anyway. …..Mary C. Crowley

ANXIETY

Do not be Anxious about anything, but in everything,
By prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your request to God.
…..Philippians 4:6

Cast all you Anxiety on Him, because he cares for you. ……1 Peter 5:7

The act of birth is the first experience of Anxiety;
-And thus, the source and prototype of the effect of anxiety. …..Sigmund Freud


Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great Anxiety. ……Plato

Our Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow;
-but only empties today of its strength. …..Charles H. Spurgeon

Anxiety is fear of one’s self. ……Wilhelm Stekel

The components of Anxiety, stress, fear and anger;
do not exist independently of you in the world. ……Wayne Dyer

Neither comprehension nor learning can take place
in an atmosphere of Anxiety. ……Rose F. Kennedy

The best test of your memory is to try to recall
what you were Anxious about one year ago, today. ….E. Joseph Cossman

All too frequently, Anxiety crushes, not only your spirit and your potential,
But your ability to take care of your mind and body,
……Jonathan Davidson, MD and Henry Dreher
-
Anxiety is like a thin stream trickling through the mind.
If encouraged, it will cut a channel into which all other thoughts will drain.
…….Arthur Somers Roche

Nothing diminishes Anxiety faster than action. ……Walter Anderson

Anxiety occurs when we live in the future;
Just as Depression appears, when we live in the past. …..Author Unknown

You can’t wring your hands and roll up your sleeves at the same time.
……Pat Schroeder.

Every evening I turn my Anxieties over to God.
He is going to be up all night anyway. …..Mary C. Crowley

SILENCE

Silence is the true friend that never betrays. ……Confucius

Absolute Silence leads to sadness.
It is the image of death. …..Jean Jacques Rousseau

He, who does not know how to be Silent, will not know how to speak. ….Ausonius

Better to remain Silent and be thought a fool;
Than to speak out and remove all doubt. …..Abraham Lincoln

Learn to get in touch with the Silence within you. …..Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

In the attitude of Silence the soul finds the path to a clearer light,
And what is elusive and deceptive, resolves itseif into crystal clearness. …..Mohandas Gandhi

In the end, we will remember, not the words of our enemies,
But the Silence of our Friends. …..Martin Luther King Jr.

Silence is golden, when you can’t think of a good answer. ….Muhammad Ali

Yet I am not Silenced by the darkness;
By the thick darkness that covers my face. …….Job 23:17

I have often regretted my speech, never my Silence. …..Publilius Syrus

In Silence man can most readily preserve his integrity. …..Meister Eckhart

Silence is a source of great strength. …..Lao Tzu

You can hear the footsteps of God;
When Silence reigns in the mind. …..Sri Sathya Sai Baba

We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness;
….We need Silence to be to touch souls. …..Mother Teresa

Silence is the hardest argument to refute. …..Josh Billing

Silence makes the real conversations between friends;
It is not the saying, but the never needing to say, is what counts. …..Margaret Lee Runback

SADNESS

Sad, are only those who understand. ….Arab Proverb

There can be no rainbow without a cloud and a storm. ….John H. Vincent

Sadness flies away on the wings of time. …..Jean de la Fontaine

The walls we build around us to keep Sadness out,
also keep out joy. …..Jim Rohn

Sadness is but a wall between two gardens. …..Khalil Gibran

Good humor is the health of the soul;
Sadness is its poison. …..Lord Chesterfield

Sadness is also a kind of defense. …..Ivo Andric

The word happiness would lose its meaning;
If it were not balanced by Sadness. …..Carl Jung

REGRET

If you are patient in one moment of anger;
You will escape a hundred days of Regret. …..Chinese Proverb

Let us not burden our remembrance with a heaviness that’s gone. ….William Shakespeare

A man is not old, until Regrets take the place of dreams. …..John Barrymore

Maybe all you can hope is to end up with the right Regrets. ….Arthur Miller

Regret for the things we did can be tempered by time;
It’s the Regret for the things we did not do; that is inconsolable. …..Sidney J. Harris

You seldom experience Regret for anything you’ve done;
It is what you haven’t done that will torment you. ……Wayne Dyer

Regret is an appalling waste of energy;
You can’t build on it; It’s only good to wallow in. …..Katherine Mansfield

It is better to look ahead and prepare;
Than to look back and Regret. …..Jackie Joyner-Kersee

I have often Regretted my speech; never my silence. ………Publilius Syrus

Never regret;
If it's good, it's wonderful.
If it's bad, it's experience. ……Victoria Holt

Regrets are idle; yet history is one long regret.
Everything might have turned out so differently. ……Charles Dudley Warner

Make the most of your Regrets; never smother your sorrow,
but tend and cherish it till it comes to have a separate and integral interest.
To Regret deeply, is to live afresh. ……Henry David Thoreau

Accept life, and you must accept Regret. ……Henry F. Amiel

Regrets and recriminations only hurt the soul. ……Armand Hammer

Never look back with Regret;
Rather look back and smile at what you have learned. …..Michelle C. Ustaszeski

People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then Regret. …….Bob Dylan

PERFECTION

Aim at Perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. ….Lord Chesterfield

The true Perfection of man lies not in what man has, but in what man is. …..Oscar Wilde

Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add;
But when there is nothing left to take away. ……Antoine de St. Exupery

Perfection consists not in doing extraordinary things;
-But in doing ordinary things, extraordinarily well. …..Angelique Arnaud

The very Perfection of man is to find out his own imperfections. …..St. Augustine

Perfectionism is the enemy of creation. …..John Updike

Perfection is a road, not a destination. …..Burk Hudson

Perfection is obtained by slow degrees;
It requires the hand of time. …..Francois Voltaire

LETTING GO

Let Go. And let God! …..Author Unknown

By Letting Go, it all gets done.
The world is won by those who let it go. ……Lao Tzu

Letting Go does not mean giving up;
But rather accepting that there are things that cannot be. ……Author Unknown

Some think that holding on makes you strong;
Sometimes it is by Letting Go! …..Sylvia Robinson

The hardest part of anything is the beginning;
-And the second hardest part is Letting Go, even when it is the end. …..E. Fritz

Creativity can be described as Letting Go of certainties. …..Ranier Maria Rilke

One does not discover new lands,
Without Letting Go of the sight of the old shores. ….Andre Guide

Wisdom is Letting Go of something every day. …..Zen Proverb

When I Let Go of what I am, I become what I might be. …..Lao Tzu

To truly love is to have the courage to Let Go;
And let the one who wishes to be free, to leave
…No matter how much it hurts. ….Author Unknown

Sometimes getting a grip on your problems;
Means knowing when to Let Go. …..Ziggy(Cartoon Character)

Freedom comes from when you learn to Let Go. …..Madonna

Letting Go is not a one time thing;
It is something you have to do over and over again. …..Oprah Winfrey

When you become good at the art of Letting sufferings go,
then you'll come to realize what you were dragging around with you.
And for that, no one else other than you was responsible.
…….Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

To hold, you must first open your hand. Let go. …..,.Lao Tzu

Just let go of the need to know. ……John Eaton

I don't let go of concepts;
I meet them with understanding.
Then they let go of me. …….Byron Katie

He may only keep that which he is willing to Let go. ……Sheldon B. Kopp

All the art of living lies in a fine mingling
of Letting go and holding on. …….Havelock Ellis

Courage is the power to Let go of the familiar. ……..Raymond Lindquist

We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned,
so as to accept the life that is waiting for us. …….Joseph Campbell

Some of us think holding on makes us strong;
But sometimes it is Letting Go. ……Herman Hesse

WAR

History teaches that War begins when governments believe
the price of aggression is cheap. …….Ronald Reagan

War does not determine who is right;
- only who is left. ....…Bertrand Russell

You cannot prevent and prepare for War at the same time. …..Albert Einstein

War is a cowardly escape from the problems of Peace. ......Thomas Mann

The real and lasting victories are those of Peace, and not of War…… Ralph Waldo Emerson

If it’s natural to kill, how come men have to go into training to learn how? ….Joan Baez

Older men declare War. But it is the youth that must fight and die. ….Herbert Hoover

PROMISES

It is not the Promise that makes us believe the man,
But the man; the oath. ….Aeschylus

Promises are like babies;
-Easy to make, but hard to deliver. Author Unknown

Promises are but words; and words, but wind. ……Samuel Butler

Promises are like the full moon;
If they are not kept at once, they diminish day by day. ….German Proverb

A Promise is a cloud; Fulfillment is the rain. …..Arabian Proverb

Promise little, and do much. …Hebrew Proverb

If you wish to be a success in the world;
Promise everything, deliver nothing. …..Napoleon Bonaparte

Never Promise a poor person, and never owe a rich one. ……Brazilian Proverb

Our God has written the Promise of the resurrection,
Not in books alone, but in every leaf in springtime. ……Martin Luther

Never Promise more than you can perform. ….Publilius Syrus

Breach of Promise is a base surrender of truth. ……Mohandas Gandhi

Those that are most slow in making a Promise,
Are the most faithful in the performance of it. ……Jean Jacques Rousseau

God has never made a promise that was too good to be true. …..Dwight L. Moody

We Promise according to our hopes,
And perform according to our fears. …..Francois de la Rochefoucauld

He loses his thanks, who Promises and delays. ……Proverb

In the midst of joy, do not Promise anyone anything. …..Chinese Proverb

BLESSINGS

BIBLICAL SOURCES

Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called children of God. Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. …..Matthew 5:3-10

It is more blessed to give, than to receive. …… Acts 20:35

Blessed shall be thy basket, and thy store. ……Deuteronomy 28:5

Blessings are upon the head of the just:
but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. Proverbs 10:6

The Blessings of the Lord;
It maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow withit. Proverb 10:22

NON-BIBLICAL SOURCES

May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be ever on your back May the sun shine warm upon your face, and the rain fall softly on your fields, And until we meet again, may God hold you in the hollow of his hands. …..Irish Blessing

Prayers go up, and Blessings come down. …..Yiddish Proverb

May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be ever on your back May the sun shine warm upon your face, and the rain fall softly on your fields, And until we meet again, may God hold you in the hollow of his hands. …..Irish Blessing


Every burden is a Blessing. ……Walt Kelly

When I started counting my Blessings,
My whole life turned around. …..Willie Nelson

What seems to us as bitter trials, are often Blessings in disguise. ….Oscar Wilde

There is no disaster that can’t become a Blessing;
And no Blessing that can’t become a disaster. ……Richard Bach

Men are slower to recognize Blessings than evils. …..Titus Livy

We should certainly count our Blessings;
But we should also make our Blessings count. …..Neil A. Maxwell

SOCIETY

A Society’s Culture resides in the hearts and in the soul of its people. ……Mohandas Gandhi

A Society that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. ……Dwight D. Eisenhower,

Our modern Society is engaged in polishing and decorating the cage in which man is kept imprisoned. ……..Swami Nirmalananda

The Sanity of Society is a balance of a thousand insanities. …….. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Any Society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little Security, will deserve neither and lose both …..Benjamin Franklin

Society has always seemed to demand a little more from human beings
than it will get in practice. ……George Orwell

Society is always engaged in a vast conspiracy to preserve itself. ….John Haynes Holmes

We are an Entertainment Society.
We want to be entertained more than we want to think. It’s a serious problem. ………David Halberstram

NATION

It is impossible to rightly govern a Nation without God and the Bible. …..George Washington

A Nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense,
than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death. …..Martin Luther King, Jr.

A Nation is ultimately judged by how it treats
it’s weakest and most vulnerable members. …..Mohandas Gandhi

A Nation never falls but by Suicide. ……Ralph Waldo Emerson

No Nation is fit to sit in judgment upon any other nation. ……Woodrow Wilson

The strength of a Nation derives from the integrity of the home. …..Confucius

A Nation that is afraid to let it’s people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market;
Is a nation that is afraid of it’s people. ……John F. Kennedy

The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of it’s prosperity. …..Benjamin Disraeli

When a Nation is filled with strife, then do patriots flourish. ….Lao Tzu

HUMOR

Many a true word is spoken in jest. ……English Proverb

Humor is like a rubber sword;
It allows you to make a point, without drawing blood. ……Mary Hirsh

Humor is mankind’s greatest blessing. ……Mark Twain

Good Humor is one of the preservatives of our peace and tranquility. ….Thomas Jefferson

Humor is simply a funny way of being serious. …Peter Ustinov

A well-developed sense of Humor adds balance to your steps;
As you walk the tightrope of live. …..William A. Ward

Humor is an affirmation of dignity;
A declaration of man’s superiority to all that befalls him. ……Roman Gary.

Humor is the unmasking of the hypocritical. ……Mike Vance

Humor is mankind’s greatest blessing. ……Mark Twain

LEADER

Blessed is the leader who seeks the best for those he serves. …….Author Unknown

Do not go where the path may lead;
Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. …….Ralph Waldo Emerson

The final test of a leader is that he leaves behind him in
other men, the conviction and the will to carry on. …..Walter Lippmann

You do not Lead by hitting people over the head. …….Dwight D. Eisenhower

Leadership is the only safe ship in a storm. ………Faye Wattleton

Good Leaders must first become good servants. ……..Robert Greenleaf

The very essence of Leadership is that you have a vision. ……Theodore Hessburgh

A Good Leader inspires others with confidence in him;
a Great Leader inspires them with confidence in themselves. ……Author Unknown