Quotes for English Learners
List of developmental quotes
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This is a list of developmental quotes
A man
A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.
Malcolm X
A noble person
AcceptableWe cannot think of being acceptable to others until we have first proven acceptable to ourselves.
Malcolm X
Action is often better than no actionAny action is often better than no action, especially if you have been stuck in an unhappy situation for a long time. If it is a mistake, at least you learn something, in which case it's no longer a mistake. If you remain stuck, you learn nothing.
Eckhart Tolle
AngerWhen anger rises, think of the consequences.
Confucius
Be peacefulBe peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
Malcolm X
Being someone elseWanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are.
Marilyn Monroe
Character Character is like a tree and reputation like a shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.
Abraham Lincoln
CourageIt is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.
Mark Twain
Do you wish to be great?Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.
Saint Augustine
EatThou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat.
Socrates
Enjoy a good futureLet him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present.
Roger Babson
FaultsUnless I accept my faults, I will most certainly doubt my virtues.
Hugh Prather
Fooling peopleYou can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
Abraham Lincoln
GivingThe fragrance always remains in the hand that gives the rose.
Heda Bejar
I would rather be poorI would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.
Lord Macaulay
ImprovementIf you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
Epictetus
It is not out thereWhat I am looking for is not out there, it is in me.
Helen Keller
PainKnowing that there is worse pain doesn't make present pain hurt any less.
Real Live Preacher
Self defenseI don't even call it violence when it's in self defense; I call it intelligence.
Malcolm X
Self esteem
SilenceBetter to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.
Abraham Lincoln
Success and failureIt is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.
Roger Babson
The chanceThe successful man is the one who had the chance and took it.
Roger Babson
The most excellent Jihad
The nudity of truthThere are few nudities so objectionable as the naked truth.
Author unknown
Trust yourself
Understand
VirtueThe highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it.
Lord Macaulay
Well timed speechMuch speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another.
Sophocles
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