Notable Quotes

A periodic posting of some notable quotes:

1. First keep peace with yourself, then you can also bring peace to

others.

~Thomas ã    Kempis
(1379-1471, German monk, mystic, religious writer)

2. Peace is not God's gift to his creatures. It is our gift to each
other.

~Elie Wiesel
(1928-, Romanian-born American writer)

3. If the human race wishes to have a prolonged and indefinite
period of material prosperity, they have only got to behave in a peaceful
and helpful way toward one another.

~Winston Churchill
(1874-1965, British statesman, Prime Minister)

4. A man who cannot tolerate small misfortunes can never accomplish
great things.

~Chinese Proverb

5. A wise man never knows all, only fools know everything.

~African Proverb

6. If you wish to win a man over to your ideas, first make him your
friend.

~Abraham Lincoln
(1809-1865, American President (16th))

7. Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

~John Ruskin
(1819-1900, British critic, social theorist)