Quotes & Sayings About Choosing Battles Wisely

Lady, I didn't get up this morning wanting to be a jackass ... but you just pushed my jackass button. — Bill Engvall

It is our American habit if we find the foundations of our educational structure unsatisfactory to add another story or wing. — Albert Einstein

I've still got a few things I want to do, like shove my foot so far up the assassin's ass that he tastes leather for eternity. — Sherrilyn Kenyon

Travel, trouble, music, art, a kiss, a frock, a rhyme
I never said they feed my heart, but still they pass my time. — Dorothy Parker

[God says] Discipleship is not limited to what you can comprehend - it must transcend all comprehension. Plunge into the deep waters beyond your own comprehension, and I will help you to comprehend even as I do. Bewilderment is the true comprehension. Not to know where you are going is the true knowledge. My comprehension transcends yours. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Well, in one sense, I can't know what it is that I don't know. That's philosophically self-evident. — Julian Barnes

There is no diplomacy like candor. — E. V. Lucas

What the situation will be like in the world before the Lord returns, namely, Christ will be despised, and the preachers of the Gospel will be regarded as fools. — Martin Luther

It's much more fun to share and laugh at the bad times and the frustrations. I find you get a much deeper connection with the audience that way. — Aziz Ansari

When force of circumstance upsets your equanimity, lose no time in recovering your self-control, and do not remain out of tune longer than you can help. Habitual recurrence to the harmony will increase your mastery of it. — Marcus Aurelius

Success takes us to the top and away from those we love. — Wynonna Judd

We in the Jewish community are comparatively lucky. All of traditions have anti-gay pieces but the Jewish tradition doesn't have as many anti-sexuality and anti-body teachings. It's a lot easier to fit affirmation of sexuality and gender. — Jay Michaelson