Quotes for the Classroom (Logic)

 

Many of these quotes – though not all – were taken from Timeless Wisdom by Gary W. Fenchuck.

 

  1. “Do not let your peace depend on the hearts of men; whatever they say about you, good or bad, you are not because of it another man – for as you are, you are.” –Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471)

 

  1. a. The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.

-Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968), Strength to Love, 1963

b. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.

-Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968), Letter from Birmingham Jail, April 16, 1963

 

  1. "A great nation is not saved by wars, it is saved by acts without external picturesqueness [ostentation]; by speaking, writing, voting reasonably; by smiting corruption swiftly; by good temper between parties; by the people knowing true men when they see them, and preferring them as leaders to rabid partisans and empty quacks." -William James (1842-1910)

 

  1. “No man is free who is not master of himself.” –Epictetus (60-110)

 

  1. “The most powerful thing you can do to change the world is to change your own beliefs about the nature of life, people and reality to something more positive … and begin to act accordingly.”       –Shakti Gawain

 

  1. “Life is a paradise for those who love many things with a passion.” –Leo Buscaglia (1924-1998)

 

  1. “All the gold in the world cannot buy a dying man one more breath – so what does that make today worth?!” –Og Mandino (1923-1996), adapted

 

  1. “The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, nor to worry about the future, but to live the present moment wisely and earnestly.” –Buddha (563-483 BCE)

 

  1. "We can either have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both." – Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis (1856-1941)

 

  1. Rest assured that, generally speaking, others are acting in exactly the same manner that you would under exactly the same circumstances. Hence, be kind, understanding, empathetic, compassionate and loving. –Gary W. Fenchuk (Author of Timeless Wisdom)

 

  1. The man of great wealth owes a peculiar obligation to the state because he derives special advantages from the mere existence of government." – Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919)

 

  1. a. Liberty cannot be preserved without a general knowledge among the people. –John Adams (1735-1826)

b.  He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression.          –Thomas Paine (1737–1809)

 

  1. It is but equity that they who feed, clothe and lodge the whole body of the people should have such a share of the produce of their own labor as to be themselves tolerably well fed, clothed and lodged. –Adam Smith (1723-1790)

 

  1. My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.  –George Washington (1732-1799)

 

  1. “Live as you will have wished to have lived when you are dying.” –Charles F. Gellert