Aphorisms
“Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to
keep you there.”
“Above all, don’t lie to yourself. The man who lies to
himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he
cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him,
and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And
having no respect he ceases to love.”
“Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence.”
“Accept that some days you’re the pigeon, and some days
you’re the statue.”
“Accept the past, trust your future, so the present can set
you free.”
“Acquire welfare in youth and wisdom in old age.”
“Act well your part; there all the honour lies.”
“Actions are visible, though motives are secret.”
“Actions speak louder than words. Words are actions.”
“Addiction is a monster; it lives inside, and feeds off of
you, takes from you, controls you, and destroys you. It is
a beast that tears you apart, rips out your soul, and
laughs at your weakness. It is a stone wall that stands to
keep you in and the rest out. It is a shadow that always
lurks behind you, waiting to strike. Addiction lives in
everyone’s mind, sitting, staring, and waiting.”
“Advancement in age does not guarantee wisdom when
one blocks the way with stones from the past.”
“Adversity is the best test for one’s principles. It
determines whether a person is really a ‘man of principles’
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