Cool Quotes and Sayings

When fire is applied to a stone it cracks.

The house is on fire so let us warm ourselves.
- Italian Proverb

Fire takes no holiday.

Fire is the test of gold; adversity, of strong men.

Fire is the most tolerable third party.

A neglected spark makes a mighty fire.

Fire is never a gentle master.

Life is a flame that is always burning itself out, but it catches fire again every time a child is born.

Fire and gunpowder do not sleep together.

Wood already touched by fire is not hard to set alight.

Just as a fire is covered by smoke and a mirror is obscured by dust, just as the embryo rests deep within the womb, wisdom is hidden by selfish desire.

Don’t let your dreams go up in smoke – practice fire safety.

Playing with fire is bad for those who burn themselves. For the rest of us, it is a very great pleasure.

Fire in the heart sends smoke into the head.

The fire you kindle for your enemy often burns yourself more than them.

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

Truth is the highest thing that man may keep.

There is no god higher than truth.

You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.
- Aldous Huxley

Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains taken to bring it to light.

You can never find yourself until you face the truth.

Truth will only make you unpopular.

The greatest enemy of any one of our truths may be the rest of our truths.

Truth is rarely written in ink; it lives in nature.

Truth breeds hatred.

Truth only reveals itself when one gives up all preconceived ideas.

If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything.

Truth is within ourselves.

They frequently find the truth who do not seek it, they who do, frequently lose it.

Truth never hurts the teller.

Truth is a great flirt.

Truth doesn’t always heal a wounded soul.

Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.

The truth is incontrovertible, malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end; there it is.

All great truths begin as blasphemies.

Unthinking respect for authority is the greatest enemy of truth.

A taste for simplicity cannot last for long.

The simplest things are often the truest.

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.
- Confucius

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
- Leonardo da Vinci

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.

A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living, I think.

A vocabulary of truth and simplicity will be of service throughout your life.
- W. Churchill

Simplicity is the nature of great souls.

Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.

Simplicity is the glory of expression.

From native simplicity we arrive at more profound simplicity.

The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak.
- Hans Hofmann

Anything simple always interests me.

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.

Purity and simplicity are the two wings with which man soars above the earth and all temporary nature.

Nothing is true, but that which is simple.

Beauty of style and harmony and grace and good rhythm depend on simplicity.

Seek simplicity but distrust it.

Simplicity is indeed often the sign of truth and a criterion of beauty.

Self respect isn’t ignoring your flaws , it’s embracing them.

Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
- Abraham J. Heschel

Nobody can take away your self-respect till you are willing to do so.

The first and the best victory is to conquer self.

A man who doesn’t trust himself can never really trust anyone else.

Self-respect is the root of discipline: The sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
- Abraham Joshua

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Self-respect permeates every aspect of your life.

Self-respect is a question of recognizing that anything worth having has a price.
- Joan Didion

Self-respect can be a extension of your ego or a priceless virtue.

In order to preserve your self-respect, it is sometimes necessary to lie and cheat.
- Robert E. Byrne

Self-respect: The secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious.
- Henry Louis Mencken

Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.

There’s only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that’s your own self.

A man who doesn’t trust himself can never really trust anyone else.

Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
- Marcus

Thoughtfulness for others, generosity, modesty and self-respect are the qualities which make a real gentleman or lady.

Be silent, or speak something worth hearing.

Words can make a deeper scar than silence can heal.

Silence is a source of great strength.

Nature and silence go better together.
- Astrid Alauda

Silence is more musical than any song.

In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.

Silence is the true friend that never betrays.
- Confucius

The tree of silence bears the fruit of peace.

Silence implies consent.

Now all my teachers are dead except silence.
- W.S. Merwin

Silence is the genius of fools and one of the virtues of the wise.

Silence is a fence around wisdom.
- German Proverb

Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom.

Silence is the mother of truth.
- Benjamin

Silence is one of the hardest arguments to refute.

There were times when silence has the loudest voice.

Silence is also speech.
- Proverb

Silence is golden when you can’t think of a good answer.

Spiteful words can hurt your feelings but silence breaks your heart.