Words of wisdom
Know your worth! You must find the courage to leave the table if respect is no longer being served.
Tene Edwards; Spoken word artist, author, and self-love enthusiast based in the UK
“The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.”
Mahatma Gandhi (1869 – 1948) (attributed); Indian political and spiritual leader
“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery (1900 – 1944); French aristocrat, writer, poet, and pioneering aviator
“Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.”
Isaac Asimov (1920 – 1992); American author of science fiction & professor of biochemistry
“God is in the details”
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886 – 1969): German-American architect and furniture designer.
“I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends”.
Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865); 16th President of the United States
“A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
Mark Twain (1835 – 1910); American author & humourist
“It is nobler to declare oneself wrong than to insist on being right – especially when one is right.”
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 – 1900); German philosopher, poet & composer
“Speak when you are angry and you will make the finest speech you’ll ever regret.”
Laurence J. Peter (1919 – 1990); Canadian educator
“If you hold the flame of knowledge, let others light their candles with it.”
Winston Churchill (1878 – 1965); Politician, Prime Minister (twice) & wartime leader.
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.”
Harry S. Truman (1945 – 1953); 33rd President of the United States
“’Tis better to be silent and thought of a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.”
Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 1865); 16th President of the USA
“I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong.”
Bertrand Russell (1872 – 1970); English philosopher, mathematician, historian, and social critic.
“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired and success achieved.”
Helen Keller (1880 – 1968); American author, political activist, and lecturer.
“You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him”
Audrey Hepburn (1929 – 1993); British actress, humanitarian & fashion icon.
“There are three kinds of men. The one that learns by reading. The few who learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence for themselves”
Will Rogers (1879 – 1935); American cowboy, performer, actor, humourist & social commentator.
“He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder & compass & never knows where he may cast.”
Leonardo da Vinci (1451 – 1519); Italian polymath, painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer.
“God, give me grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed,
Courage to change the things which should be changed,
and the Wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.”
Reinhold Niebuhr (1892 – 1971); American theologian and commentator on politics/public affairs.