Doe Quotes - Page 21

I have known lots of millionaires who were not happy men; they had not got all they wanted and therefore had failed to find success in life. A Singalese proverb says: "He who is happy is rich, but it does not follow that he who is rich is happy." The really rich man is the man who has fewest wants.

Knowledge, if it does not determine action, is dead to us.

Imagination does not become great until human beings, given the courage and the strength, use it to create.

Nature does not create works of art. It is we, and the faculty of interpretation peculiar to the human mind, that see art.

A man's true wealth is the good he does in the world.

A man who has no conscience, no goodness, does not suffer.

God doesn't care nearly as much about where you have been as He does about where you are and, with His help, where you are willing to go.

I have never believed that man's freedom consisted in doing what he wants, but rather in never doing what he does not want to do.

A gentleman is someone who does not what he wants to do, but what he should do.

The most important single thing that any Latter-day Saint ever does in this world is to marry the right person, in the right place, by the right authority.

Although the sinner does not believe in Hell, he shall nevertheless go there if he has the misfortune to die in mortal sin.

Life does not forgive weakness.

If a religion does not teach love, respect, and regard for others, it cannot be the religion of humanity.

If you have one teapot And can brew your tea in it That will do quite well. How much does he lack himself Who must have a lot of things?

Understanding why something happened does not help to reduce the problem.

Today is plenty; right now is enough. Tomorrow will come in good time. Until it does, live the depth of now.

So as far as Serbia is concerned, it does not have the right to influence the privatization or to claim any property, because Kosovo is a former member of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

The beauty of You delights me. The sight of You amazes me. For the Pearl does this... and the Ocean does that.

The most miserable man or woman is the one who knows what is right and does not do it.

Stupidity has a certain charm - ignorance does not.

To the moralist prostitution does not consist so much in the fact that the woman sells her body, but rather that she sells it out of wedlock.

What if I don't want a leader? Where does that vote go? I do good on my own. I don't want to be led.

So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self- satisfied; in fact, he can easily become dangerous, as it does not take much to make him aggressive. A fool must therefore be treated more cautiously than a scoundrel.

You, me...we own this country. Politicians are employees of ours....And when somebody does not do the job, we got to let them go.

Nothing can steal happiness, peace, away from you: if anyone does make you angry, you are the loser; if someone can allow you to lose peace, you are the loser.