Random Maxims (2)

Listen to advice and accept instruction.
                         —Proverbs 19:20

Some random maxims from my random reading. (2 of 4)

In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place. —Mahatma Gandhi

Man considers the actions, but God weighs the intentions. —Thomas à Kempis

“Creation” as applied to human work seems to me a misleading term. We merely rearrange elements God has provided. —C.S. Lewis

Success is not measured by the heights one attains, but by the obstacles one overcomes in its attainment. —Booker T. Washington

You have both wins and losses along the way. Don’t take either one too seriously. —Carl Lewis

Love cures people—both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it. —Dr. Karl Menninger

When any calamity has been suffered, the first thing to be remembered is how much has been escaped. —Samuel Johnson

The contented person is never poor;
the discontented never rich.

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