Majjhima Nikaya Chinese Quotes & Sayings

An intrepid person does not fear failure; they boldly flirt with disaster. — Kilroy J. Oldster

To touch a sore is to renew one's grief. — Terence

Democrats hate America being a world power because world power gives power to the nation instead of to Democrats. — P. J. O'Rourke

He humbled himself and became obedient unto death. - Phil. 2:8 Humility is the path to death, because in death it gives the highest proof of its perfection. Humility is the blossom, of which death to self is the perfect fruit. Jesus humbled himself unto death, and opened the path in which we too must walk. As there was no way for him to prove his surrender to God to the very uttermost, or to give up and rise out of our human nature to the glory of the Father, but through death, so with us too. Humility must lead us to die to self: so we prove how wholly we have given ourselves up to it and to God; so alone we are freed from fallen nature, and find the path that leads to life in God, to that full birth of the new nature, of which humility is the breath and the joy. — Andrew Murray

There are pros and cons of experience. A con is that you can't look at the business with a fresh pair of eyes and as objectively as if you were a new CEO. Fire yourself on a Friday night and come in on Monday morning as if a search firm put you there as a turn-around leader. Can you be objective and make the bold change? — Andrea Jung

We are all in charge of our own happiness. Life does not happen to us, it happens for us! — Rachel Brathen

I learned early on, having known the most handsome, successful, Gary Cooper, Clark Gable, Robert Taylor, don't ever spend too much time looking in the mirror. — Robert Stack

Interest, ambition, fortune, time, temper, love, all kill friendship. — Philibert Joseph Roux