Never promise more than you can perform.
Publilius SyrusRead
You can accomplish by kindness what you cannot by force.
Interpretation
Kindness can achieve more than aggression or force ever could.
This quote suggests that when we approach challenges and others with kindness, we can achieve our goals more effectively than if we were to use force or aggression. It highlights the power of empathy and understanding in influencing people and situations positively, reinforcing the idea that compassion often leads to better outcomes than coercion.
In practice
In a motivational speech, emphasizing the importance of kindness in leadership.
Never promise more than you can perform.
Pain forces even the innocent to lie.
In a heated argument we are apt to lose sight of the truth.
Admonish your friends privately, but praise them openly.
What a tragedy is help where it harms what it supports!
The miser is as much in want of what he has as of what he has not.
I've overcome the blow, I've learned to take it well. I only wish my words could just convince myself that it just wasn't real. But that's not the way it feels.
Modest doubt is called the beacon of the wise.
Look for the blessing in all situations.
I've always found a cure for the blues is wandering into something unknown, and resting there, before coming back to whatever weight you were carrying.
The wiser a man is, the less talkative will he be.
Look for Christ and you will find Him, and with Him everything else thrown in
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