Reflections – Collections of My Short Sayings!
- I don't need to know so much about you. I know enough: you are human!
- I don't need to know so much about you. I know enough: you are a human
being!
- Everyone makes mistakes. If you don't appreciate this fact, you're
making a mistake.
- I cannot presume to know exactly what difficulties you are going
through but I know enough: life is tough. So, take heart people!
- The noisy neighbour is not the one with the most problems; rather he is
just the one who can't keep his problems in-house.
- If it has happened once before, then by all means, it can happen again.
There is nothing as potent as 'it has never ever happened before.'
- Fear is like steam from a boiling kettle. If you keep the kettle
boiling long enough, the steam will get exhausted; in its
place an eerie fearless calm!
- What makes a man wise is not so much as in knowing what to do but
knowing when best to do it. In most cases, many know the right thing to do, but
what makes some wise is doing the right thing at the best
time.
- It's the height of hypocrisy to ask others to make a sacrifice that
you're not willing to share in. True leaders take the lead charge.
- If you look at me long and hard enough, you'll surely recognize me from
somewhere because, eh, I’m a human being like 7 billion others.
- There are songs you won't appreciate except you listen to them over and
over again. In the same light, there are people whose worth you won't
appreciate except you observe their actions again and again. Never be in a hurry to dismiss people we relate with.
- People who go out of their way and use their own hands to dig trouble
for others might end up digging their own grave in the process.
- You should not bully people into doing what you think is right, because
you might just succeed in intimidating them to do the very opposite.
- The language of success flows seamlessly from the mouth of a successful
man. But he, who is unsuccessful, stutters in his words. If you're struggling
to find the right words anytime you want to
offer counsel of success, don't waste your energy. Go and be successful in your
way, and you'll gain the right oratory!
- I often wonder why fraudsters use the same tactics and tricks over and
over and over again. Then I thought, 'because it still works'. Even when conmen change tactics, there is one human element
that will not change: Greed.
- If you don't want to get lost in a crowded
market place, walk in a straight path.
- When you keep telling others lies about yourself, after a while you'll begin to believe the lies yourself and your life becomes a lie, a
mirage so to speak. The worst kind of deception is self-deceit.
- When crossing a busy road, it's not how fast your feet can run, but how
fast your brain can think.
- If you spend your whole life doing what other people tell you to do,
you would have lived another person's life and completely miss out on your own
life. If your decisions in life are solely based on what other people want or
desire from you, rather than your own personal
convictions, you'll be mistaken and regretful.
- All I ask for is respect, not acceptance. I ask for understanding, not
agreement. I ask for maturity, not seniority. I ask for common reasoning, not
intelligence. I ask for love, not pity. I ask for
friends, not competitors. I ask for me, not the ‘you’ in me.
- The extreme of wickedness is abject foolishness. Horrendously wicked
acts bear the handiwork of a foolish man.
- It's never too early to prepare for an exam, test or trial, but it can be too late to do so.
- Our happiness is
not determined by the (material) worth of the things we own; rather our
happiness is derived from the value we place on the things we own.
- It is wise to speak
less of what you know because, amongst other reasons, by so doing you humbly
and quietly acknowledge the fact that there is much more than what you know and
that there’s a lot more you need to know.
- For every truth,
there is a lie once told (or said) about it.
- Looking good is
good practice but doing just as well or even better in other areas of your life
is good living!
- You cannot tell the
worth of some individuals until there is an urgent problem that needs to be
solved. Great men are not only known for great speeches but are also known for
doing great things in spite of great odds.
- Sometimes, our
nightmares are hard reminders of our worst struggles. In a way, they speak to
us: Remember how far you’ve come and whence you came.
- If you understand
the ‘why,’ you will not forget the ‘how.’ The trick to remembering the ‘how’
and the ‘what’ is grasping the meaning of the ‘why.’ When learning a new
subject, one of the most crucial questions is: ‘Why?’
- While no one has it
all, some certainly have it more. Nonetheless, what is more important is how
well you make use of what you have. More often than not we focus on what we
don’t have rather than on what we do have. Instead of asking, ‘How can I get
what I don’t have?’ why not ask, ‘What can I do with what I have? How can I
make better use of what I have now?’?
- If love is not real
and true love does not exist, then why do heartbreaks hurt so much?
- Sometimes we all
make foolish mistakes. That does not make you a fool. It only makes you human.
The way we respond to such mistakes is what counts the most. Our reaction
matters more because at this point wisdom and foolishness part ways.
- We don’t see the wind but we
can feel its presence. We don’t see God but we can feel His essence.
©Dr Eugene’s Column (http://dreugeneojirigho.blogspot.com/)
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