You know, I wanted to post in here when I first saw this, but I never got the chance. However, I was reminded of one of my favorite quotes recently, so here I am.
Commonly attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson, who wrote:To laugh often and much; To win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; To earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; To appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; To leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.
Commonly attributed to Sir Edmund Burke, who wrote:The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.
Commonly attributed to Mahatma Gandhi, who wrote:Be the change that you wish to see in the world.
Now, of course, I never post anyting written by somebody who is not me without a touch of research, and both
the Emerson quote, and
the Burke quote are probably misattributed (those people didn't say those things). And, though Ghandi did not use those exact words, (
and some people belive that the misattribution and word twisting ruins the quote), I have used these as advice in my own life to great success, and can only believe that they have evolved, as language tends to do, into what we have needed as a culture, and their power is verified plenty enough.
And, I almost forgot one, that conveniently enough is NOT contested:
1 Corinthians 13:4-7 (amalgam from NIV and NASB) - Paul wrote:Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, it does not boast, it is not arrogant. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
Posted: October 18th, 2013, 11:59 am
