Of Arguments

I never make the mistake of arguing with people for whose opinions I have no respect.

~ Edward Gibbon

The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.

~ Joe Moore

and, my favourite one being :

Whoever fights monsters, should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And when you look long into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you. ~ Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche

two things can be derived from this particular fav quote of mine:

1. kalau something or someone is so bad, kalau kita nak fight pun, janganlah sampai kita jadi teruk cam benda atau orang tu. so in fighting/arguing, kita kena careful.

2. kalau kita tengok/judge sesuatu atau seseorang, benda tu atau orang tu pun pandai gak menilai kita. it follows kalau diri tak sehebat mana, jangan simply nak show-off.

I found this in a book The Abyss along time ago. There's one movie with the same title. Buku tu la yang diaorang buat movie tu. I love the book and the movie. Memang accurate quote tu dengan movie tu.

Still on argument, the following is quite funny and cute, but in some ways, very smart:


After a heated argument on some trivial matter, Lady Nancy Astor shouted, If I were your wife, I would put poison in your coffee! Whereupon Sir Winston Churchill answered, And if I were your husband I would drink it.

Be Nice To People

Dia selalu kata "Be nice to people".

Yeah, I just picked up the house line. It was a call from a rather well known florist in this city. Something about the flower arrangement for the wedding.

One can always tell if a person is classy or not. And in this particular case, the person calling was indeed the daughter of the owner of that business. She was looking for my Mom. But the way she spoke, though simple, told it all. She was courteous, polite, humble yet she sound so classy.

I mean she could have been arrogant, or proud, or anything. You could call them the florist to the Crown here. They are in charge of royal functions, too.

But no, they are nice people, despite the fact that they own a well-known business.

That's what classy means. Virtuous. Some people may look classy, but the moment they speak, it's all rubbish. What a tragedy.

Virtue is the truest nobility ~ Miguel De Cervantes

Patience

Hmm.. asyik taruk quotable quotes je nih. Hehehe.. biasala nak update properly tak sempat-sempat. Blog my niece lagila banyak nak kena update. Too many overdue pictures. Tak nak la update lebih kurang... sayang. Takpe, pelan-pelan kayuh gitu..

Banyak betul benda nak kena buat. Tidur pun rasa rugi.. cam tak caya je hehehhe.

Anyway ni nak share quote on Patience. Yalah, ada orang tu dulu kata kita ni tak menyabar ..macam infant....

"Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments, but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures."– Joseph Addison

(note : photo quoted from http://chinatouching.com)

Perseverance

Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragements, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.

~ Thomas Carlyle

Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.

Thomas Edison

Hope

"Through humor, you can soften some of the worst blows that life delivers. And once you find laughter, no matter how painful your situation might be, you can survive it." ~ Bill Cosby

"Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept working." ~ unknown

"To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risk must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing." ~ unknown

Note : The photo is taken from WP Clip Art site.

INSECURITY, JEALOUSY AND ENVY

Whoever envies another confesses his superiority.
~ Samuel Johnson, The Rambler ~

The jealous bring down the curse they fear upon their own heads.
~Dorothy Dix ~

These people are so worthless it makes me want to puke blood. I would gladly open fire on them, but if given a choice I'd rather subject them to a slower form of death. They fear me because I'm intelligent and creative. I have something better to do with my time. They are insecure.

~ Matt Spinks ~

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.

~Lazurus Long ~

Only the insecure strive for security.
~Dr. Wayne Dyer ~

and this, is my personal favourite :

The truest mark of being born with great qualities is being born without envy.

~Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld

Favourite Quotes

"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy course; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat."

Theodore Roosevelt from Citizenship in a Republic (Paris Sorbonne, 1910)

Inspirational Quotes

No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to flee and fly high. No government, no legislature, has a right to limit your dreams. You should never agree to surrender your dreams.

~ Jesse Jackson ~

The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.

~ Friedrich Nietzsche ~

In the name of the best within you, do not sacrifice this world to those who are its worst. In the name of the values that keep you alive, do not let your vision of man be distorted by the ugly, the cowardly, the mindless in those who have never achieved his title. Do not lose your knowledge that man's proper estate is an upright posture, an intransigent mind and a step that travels unlimited roads. Do not let your fire go out, spark by irreplaceable spark, in the hopeless swamps of the approximate, the not-quite, the not-yet, the not-at-all. Do not let the hero in your soul perish, in lonely frustration for the life you deserved, but have never been able to reach. Check your road and the nature of your battle. The world you desired can be won, it exists, it is real, it is possible, it's yours.

~ Ayn Rand ~

Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.

~ Johann Kaspar Lavater ~

Powerful Quotes

I love Inspirational and Motivational Quotes.

I would like to share some with you.

On forgiveness,

Forgiveness is the fragrance the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. ~Mark Twain

The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong. ~Mahatma Gandhi

On fear,

You block your dream when you allow your fear to grow bigger than your faith. ~Mary Manin Morrissey

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. ~Bertrand Russell

If a man harbors any sort of fear, it percolates through all thinking, damages his personality and makes him a landlord to a ghost. ~Lloyd Douglas


On love,

Men love because they are afraid of themselves, afraid of the loneliness that lives in them, and need someone in whom they can lose themselves as smoke loses itself in the sky. ~V.F. Calverton

No one can understand love who has not experienced infatuation. And no one can understand infatuation, no matter how many times he has experienced it. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960

Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and fans the bonfire. ~François Duc de La Rochefoucauld

On beauty,

That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but that which is good is always beautiful. ~Ninon de L'Enclos

A woman who cannot be ugly is not beautiful. ~Karl Kraus

On patience,

Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. ~John Quincy Adams

One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. ~Chinese Proverb

Here's some Blessings for my beloved friends :

To Kak Noor Suraya, My Favourite and Most Admired Author,

May flowers always line your path and sunshine light your day.
May songbirds serenade you every step along the way.
May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that's always blue.
And may happiness fill your heart each day your whole life through.

~Irish Blessing

To Julian, My Best Friend and Jedi Master

May you have warm words on a cool evening,
a full moon on a dark night,
and a smooth road all the way to your door.

~Irish Toast

To My Good Self, A Padawan Learner

May those that love us, love us.
And those that don't love us,
May God turn their hearts.
And if He doesn't turn their hearts,
May He turn their ankles
So we will know them by their limping.

~Irish Blessing

To Faizal, My Jedi Knight

WHOEVER FIGHTS MONSTERS, SHOULD SEE TO IT THAT IN THE PROCESS HE DOES NOT BECOME A MONSTER... AND WHEN YOU LOOK LONG INTO AN ABYSS, THE ABYSS ALSO LOOKS INTO YOU

- Friedrich Nietzsche, 1886