“Fools gain greater advantages through their weakness than intelligent men through their strength. We watch a great man struggling against fate and we do not lift a finger to help him. But we patronize a grocer who is headed for bankruptcy.” MenHelpingWatchesStruggleGreaterFateFoolWeaknessGainsAdvantageIntelligentFingersLiftsGreat MenBankruptcyIntelligent ManGrocers Author:Honore de Balzac
“Fear looks both ways but still refuses to cross; fear looks twice and still doesn't leap. ... Fear usually arrives late, inevitably leaves early, and ends up never going out of town at all. Fear is the phantom hand on the back of the neck and the sound of a door opening downstairs when no one is coming home. ... Fear grows poor because it watches others gain wealth but cannot enter the fray; fear grows sick because it eats away at heath even as it fears its diminishment; fear grows old watching others live in ways that seem to threaten-but in reality only enhance-life.” WayLooksStillsEndsHomeHandsRealitySeemsGrowsFearSoundWealthPoorWatchesDoorsLateGainsCrossesSickTownsRefuseOpeningNecksComing HomeLeapGoing OutPhantomsFray Author:Gina Barreca
“I had been in the hurrying waters too long not to appreciate an opportunity to lie on the bank and rest, watch others, and gain strength for the coming years.” YearsLongLyingOpportunityWaterEffortWatchesStrengthGainsAppreciateRelaxationHurrying Author:Ellen Swallow Richards
“My knee-jerk is that it is comedy and, if you watch them all back-to-back, you will gain something and you will lose something.” IfsLosesWatchesComedyGainsKneesJerk Author:Mitchell Hurwitz
“I'm here today to warn you: I want you to watch out for the adversary. Guard yourself from any spirit of entitlement. Restrain any and all subtle temptation to gain attention or to find ways to promote yourself.” WayWantTodaySpiritAttentionWatchesGainsTemptationSubtleI Want YouAdversariesEntitlement Author:Charles R. Swindoll
“I watch life trickle from the bullet wound of a sixteen-year-old "example" and marvel how things weak, even words, will turn vicious and merciless to gain power,despite reason or history” YearsReasonTurnsWatchesExampleGainsWeakWoundsDespiteBulletsViciousSixteenSixteen Year Olds Book:Mornings in Jenin Source: Mornings in Jenin
“Peace, or freedom from conflict, is the absolute core of happiness. It is in learning to watch our sense of peace that we avoid unhappiness. All forms of misery are heralded by a frame of mind that must become immediately recognizable if we are ever to gain mastery in happiness...Take the time to look in your heart and be clear. Walk through life being clear. Practice doing each thing in peace.” IfsMindLooksHeartHappinessFormPassionPeaceWalksWatchesPracticeClearConflictGainsAbsolutesMiseryCoreUnhappinessMasteryFrame Of Mind Author:Hugh Prather