Wise Words In Quotes And Verses

By Shih Wei

A short saying can contain profound wisdom. A good quote often has a good play of words and is short and crisp. More important, it should be inspirational and rich in wisdom and one which you can draw upon as you move on in life. If you like quotes, you will also like the uplifting verses collected in thi

• Language: English
• Publisher: Pen Culture Solutions
• Release date: Aug 31, 2022
• ISBN: 9781638123446

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Wise Words In Quotes And Verses

An Unusual Collection For Quote Lovers

Copyright © 2022 by Shih Wei.

Paperback ISBN: 978-1-63812-343-9

Ebook ISBN: 978-1-63812-344-6

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Published by Pen Culture Solutions 08/22/2022

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Contents

Introduction

Quotes

Humorous and Witty Quips

Verses

Introduction

Nurture your mind with great thoughts.

~Benjamin Disraeli~

This book is dedicated to all quote lovers. Here is a collection of over 900 remarkable quotes and 150 uplifting verses.

Quote lovers are everywhere. In the office, you can find a beautiful quote or verse pinned on the cubicle of your colleague. You can also see a calendar or mug with a quote on it. On the street and in shops, you can see an eye-catching quote on T-shirts.

A short saying can contain profound wisdom. A good quote is usually one that you love at first reading. However, there are also some where the meaning unfolds after further reflection. A good quote often has a good play of words and is short and crisp. More important, it should be inspirational and rich in wisdom and one which you can draw upon as you move on in life.

I have added a section titled ‘Humorous and Witty Quips’. A humorous quote is one which is witty or carries a twist or irony. It can also give an insight or state a truism. Some, of course, are simply humorous and not to be taken seriously.

The quotes in this book have been taken from various sources - books, bookmarks, posters, calendars, stickers, the Internet, timeless sayings, etc.

If you like quotes, you will also like the uplifting verses collected in this book. Like a good quote, an appealing verse is one which makes you feel good and inspired after reading.

The verses here are also culled from various sources - books, posters, bookmarks and the Internet. The origins are also varied, from ancient philosophers to modern-day thinkers, and from various faiths and traditions. If a source is not indicated, it means that it is unknown or anonymous.

The inspirational quotes and verses have been carefully selected for their potential impact on one’s thought and life. There are several unfamiliar, but remarkable, ones.

I hope you will find this collection a useful companion that you can turn to for solace, encouragement, a change of perspective, or just for a laugh, or to pick a quote or verse to share with someone.

Quotes

It is so, it cannot be otherwise.

A flower falls, even though we love it. A weed grows, even though we do not love it. (Zen Saying)

Happy is the one who forgets that which cannot be changed. (German Proverb)

Anger is only one letter short of danger.

He who makes you angry controls you.

If you are patient in one moment of anger, you can avoid hundred days of sorrow. (Chinese Saying)

We are as big as the smallest thing that makes us angry.

Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured. (Mark Twain)

To stay out of hot water, keep a cool head.

When on the road, as well as in an argument, stop when you see red.

People in temper often say a lot of silly, terrible things they mean. (Penelope Gilliatt)

How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it. (Marcus Aurelius)

The greatest remedy for anger is delay. (Seneca)

Peace of mind is more important than giving someone a piece of your mind.

Curiosity kills the cat; impatience kills the man. (Eric Wei)

Think of what you have instead of what you want. Count your blessings not your troubles.

Contentment is the foundation of happiness, and gratefulness is the secret of contentment.

You cannot be grateful and unhappy at the same time.

Nothing is ever so bad that it can’t be worse.

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor. (Benjamin Franklin)

If you want to make a man happy, add not to his riches but take away from his desires. (Epicurus)

There is always something to be thankful for.

To be without some of the things you want is an indispensable part of happiness. (Bertrand Russell)

If you don’t have the things you want, be grateful for the things you don’t have that you don’t want.

It is not happiness that makes us grateful, but gratefulness that makes us happy. (Albert Clarke)

What a man is contributes much more to his happiness than what he has. (Arthur Schopenhauer)

A secret of happiness - give what you seek.

Happiness is good health and bad memory. (Ingrid Bergman)

Happy people are not necessarily those who have the best of everything, but are those who make the most of everything.

If you desire many things; many things will seem but a few. (Benjamin Franklin)

The only ones among you who will be truly happy are those who have sought and found how to serve. (Albert Schweitzer)

Sanity and happiness are an impossible combination. (Mark Twain)

He is a man of sense who does not grieve for what he has not, but rejoices in what he has. (Epictetus)

Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it. (William Arthur Ward)

It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness. (Charles Spurgeon)

Be happy with what you have while working for what you want.

Enjoy the simple things in life.

The way to love anything is to realise it may be lost. (G.K. Chesterton)

Life does not have to be perfect to be wonderful. (Annette Funicello)

Contentment is not the fulfilment of what you want. It is the realization of how much you already have.

Forget every wrong; remember every kindness.

Better by far you should forget and smile, than that you should remember and be sad. (Christina Rossetti)

You can clutch the past so tightly to your chest that it leaves your arms too full to embrace the present. (Jan Glidewell)

Life is fragile, handle with prayer.

God does not promise you a smooth sailing, only a safe landing.

Be still and know that I am God. (Bible)

All men’s miseries derived from not being able to sit quietly in