Rules Of Life Quotes by Will Durant, Katherine Mansfield, Dalai Lama, Edmund Burke, Margo Kaufman, Thomas Carlyle and many others.
Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will laugh at us; Through them we learn a little objectivity, a little modesty, a little courtesy; We learn the rules of life and become better players of the game
Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back.
When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
When ancient opinions and rules of life are taken away, the loss cannot possibly be estimated. From that moment, we have no compass to govern us, nor can we know distinctly to what port to steer.
Silence is sometimes the best answer
It seems to be a rule of life that the less qualified you are to give counsel, the more counsel you give.
It is now almost my sole rule of life to clear myself of cants and formulas, as of poisonous Nessus shirts.
The Four Rules of Life:
1. Show Up 2. Pay Attention 3.Tell the Truth 4. Don’t be upset at the results.
1. Show Up 2. Pay Attention 3.Tell the Truth 4. Don’t be upset at the results.
‘As a man who knows how to make his education into a rule of life not a means of showing off; who can control himself and obey his own principles.’ The true mirror of our discourse is the course of our lives.
There are two great rules of life; the one general and the other particular. The first is that everyone can, in the end, get what he wants, if he only tries. That is the general rule. The particular rule is that every individual is, more or less, an exception to the rule.
If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it.
There is one plain rule of life. Try thyself unweariedly till thou findest the highest thing thou art capable of doing, faculties and outward circumstances being both duly considered, and then do it.
Religion should be the rule of life, not a casual incident in it.
Open your arms to change but don’t let go of your values.
Don’t let a little dispute injure a great relationship.
In south west Lancashire, babies don’t toddle, they side-step. Queuing women talk of ‘nipping round the blindside’. Rugby league provides our cultural adrenalin. It’s a physical manifestation of our rules of life, comradeship, honest endeavour, and a staunch, often ponderous allegiance to fair play.
Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?
