On Wisdom & Contentment
On Wisdom & Contentment
All quotes and poems posted on this site are taken from various sources.
I do not, in any way, claim them to be my own (that is, if they're not mine).
By putting them up, I hope to share the inspiration, observation and humour that I personally enjoy when I read them.
Where possible, the authors' names are cited.
In cases where the authors' names are left out, it means that the authors are unknown.
I would welcome and appreciate any mail to inform me of the origins of any of these verses.
And if any of your verses are posted here, and you object to it, please mail me immediately. I do not wish to violate your copyright.
However, if you'd like to contribute some of your own favourite verses to this site, feel free to mail me anytime.
If wisdom’s ways you wisely seek,
Five things observe with care,
To whom you speak, of whom you speak,
And how, and when, and where.
Wisdom is to know that one does not know.
- Socrates
Reasons that sound good aren’t always good reasons.
When you have nothing good to speak of, it won’t hurt you to keep quiet.
Blessed are they who have nothing to say and who cannot be persuaded to say it.
- James Russell Lowell
The tongue can be a blessing
Or the tongue can be a curse,
Say, friend, how are you using yours:
For better or for worse?
Two cannot quarrel when one will not.
Temper makes a person speak his mind
When he should be minding his speech.
As a jewel of gold in a swine’s snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion.
- Proverbs 11:22
A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.
- Proverbs 15:1
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
- Proverbs 16:18
He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
- Proverbs 25:28
Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
- Proverbs 27:1
Circumstances do not make a man, they reveal what he’s made of.
An empty man is full of himself.
Anger is never without reason, but seldom with a good one.
Fret not for want of earthly things,
They’ll never satisfy;
The secret of contentment is
To let the Lord supply.
- D.J.D.
If I am not satisfied with what I have, I will never be satisfied with what I want.
Sometimes we are so busy adding up our troubles that we forget to count our blessings.
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