Great Quotes : Words of Wisdom : What do these words do for you?

[Jim - medXcentral]

Have you ever read a quote that just "hit home"? Maybe it was a bit of common sense that you just needed to hear again... at that very moment. Maybe it was some one's gifted words which made you say; "Huh!".... or; "Exactly!".... or; "I never looked at it that way".

I love pearls of wisdom. And, I love to hear what they make people think and feel. I'm starting this string for all of us to enjoy.

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Jim - medXcentral

[Jim - medXcentral]

"Mankind will never see an end of trouble until... lovers of wisdom come to hold political power, or the holders of power... become lovers of wisdom."

- Plato

[Mariam Ispahani]

Not only the thirsty seek the water, the water seeks the thirsty (Rumi)

-m-

[Jim - medXcentral]

I find Mariam's post comforting. It's hard working quenching one's "thirst". It's comforting to believe I'll be met half way.

[Jim - medXcentral]

Living an authentic life is not an easy choice. The poet e.e. cummings said, "To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting."

[Jim - medXcentral]

A king called all his wise men and counselors together for a meeting. He addressed them saying " I want you to go and think, read, and search. Consult the wisest and most learned men in the land. Spare no expense. I want you to find the ONE statement that will get me through all situations in life, whether I am on top of the world or in the pits-find me that statement. I want one simple statement-no long and complicated philosophies. Find it or write it. Just bring it to me." The men left and consulted for many months. Finally, they returned and handed the king a scroll. The king unrolled the scroll. On it were written 4 words-THIS TOO SHALL PASS. The wise men explained-whether you're on top of the world or in the pits_THIS TOO SHALL PASS. *No matter what your circumstances-remember- This too Shall pass. Most of the things we worry about are temporary and these 4 words will apply.

[Jim - medXcentral]

"Let all the learned say what they can, 'tis ready money makes the man."

- William Somerville

[Jim - medXcentral]

"Stories are the creative conversion of life itself into a more powerful, clearer, more meaningful experience. They are the currency of human contact."

- Robert McKee

[Jim - medXcentral]

We must cultivate our garden. - Voltaire

[Amy]

If you think you can, you CAN.

amy

[Jim - medXcentral]

So simple... yet soooo true.

[Jim - medXcentral]

"As businesspeople, it is our job to provide more and better products and services to our customers, to help them solve their problems, meet their needs, and achieve their ambitions."

- Michael Masterson

[Jim - medXcentral]

"Money often costs too much."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson