Quotes, Advice & Words of Wisdom

I like to keep track of quotes, advice, etc. that have some meaning in my life at one time or another. Here are some of them:

The goal is to promote peace and love in this world. We must also live by the natural laws of this world as well. It is inappropriate to attack others, be it physically or psychologically; however, it is appropriate, and necessary, to defend ourselves when we are attacked.
--Author Unknown

Freedom from tyranny should extend to your home and children, and YOU are the only guardian of your child's mind and heart.
--Author Unknown

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
--Hebrews 11:1

They who feel no shame in doing what is obviously wrong , are the most shameful of all.
--Author Unknown


We are a product of the choices we make, not the circumstances that we face.
--Roger Crawford

"No one can make you inferior without your consent."
--Eleanor Roosevelt

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.
-- Corrie Ten Boom


He who forgiveth, and is reconciled unto his enemy, shall receive his reward from God; for he loveth not the unjust doers.
-- Koran, sura 42

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

There is no revenge so complete as forgiveness.
-- Josh Billings

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

To err is human; to forgive, divine.
-- Alexander Pope

Hatred is self-punishment.
-- Hosea Ballou

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.
-- Buddha

Hatred is the madness of the heart.
-- Lord Byron

Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
-- William Congreve

Hatreds are the cinders of affection.
-- Sir Walter Ralegh

Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated.
-- George Bernard Shaw

I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.
-- Booker T. Washington

You cannot hate other people without hating yourself.
-- Oprah Winfrey