Compulsions Quotes

Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves;

and under the rule of a just God,

cannot long retain it.

Be happy with being you.

Love yourself first,

and everything else falls into line.

Tell me who your heroes are and

I’ll tell you how you’ll turn out.

Water, taken in moderation,

cannot hurt anybody.

We are born believing.

A man bears beliefs as a tree bears apples.

You only learn who has been swimming naked

when the tide goes out.

An investor should act as though

he had a lifetime decision card with just twenty punches on it.

Maintain a firm grasp of the obvious at all times.

A doctor can bury his mistakes,

but an architect can only advise his clients to plant vines.

Money is worth nothing if it can't buy you the opportunity to love more.

I find my greatest pleasure,

and so my reward,

in the work that precedes what the world calls success.

The road to success is paved with mistakes,

failures, and broken strings.

My observation is that

whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty...

it is worse executed by two persons,

and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.

Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better,

you have to take things into your own hands.

We all get depressed,

but we can’t let it control us.

I wanted to know the name of every stone

and flower and insect and bird and beast,

I wanted to know where it got its color, where it got its life

but there was no one to tell me.

Wine is sunlight,

held together by water.

Radiate boundless love towards the entire world

As iron sharpens iron, so

a friend sharpens a friend

Curiosity is lying in wait for every secret.