Knowing quotes
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"The most important relationship we can all have is the one you have with yourself, the most important journey you can take is one of self-discovery. To know yourself, you must spend time with yourself, you must not be afraid to be alone. Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom."
"Give me the patience for the small things of life, courage for the great trials of life. Help me to do my best each day and then go to sleep knowing God is awake."
"A good leader can engage in a debate frankly and thoroughly, knowing that at the end he and the other side must be closer, and thus emerge stronger. You don't have that idea when you are arrogant, superficial, and uninformed."
"What kept me sane was knowing that things would change, and it was a question of keeping myself together until they did."
"Knowing thyself, that is the greatest wisdom."
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"Overcoming difficulties leads to courage, self-respect, and knowing yourself."
"The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well."
"Perhaps the worst sin in life is knowing right and not doing it."
"The one who plants trees, knowing that he will never sit in their shade, has at least started to understand the meaning of life."
"There's no excuse for the young people not knowing who the heroes and heroines are or were."
"Luck has nothing to do with it, because I have spent many, many hours, countless hours, on the court working for my one moment in time, not knowing when it would come."
"Knowing God without knowing our own wretchedness makes for pride. Knowing our own wretchedness without knowing God makes for despair. Knowing Jesus Christ strikes the balance because he shows us both God and our own wretchedness."
"Nothing is more disgusting than the majority: because it consists of a few powerful predecessors, of rogues who adapt themselves, of weak who assimilate themselves, and the masses who imitate without knowing at all what they want."
"Dogs are the closest we come to knowing the divine love of God on this side of eternity."
"No one knows my Struggle, they only see the Trouble. Not knowing it's hard to carry on when, No one loves you."
"Let the world call you lazy for not running about like a frightened ghost. Just be quiet inside yourself. Don't bother about knowing how things should be and simply begin observing without prejudice, projections or desires. Notice how life flows of its own accord. Nothing here is a chaos, but a harmony. You are already inside this flow."
"The art of knowing is knowing what to ignore."
"It's not about knowing all the gimmicks and photo tricks. If you haven't got the eye, no program will give it to you."
"I have no way of knowing whether or not you married the wrong person. But I do know that if you treat the wrong person like the right person, you could well end up having married the right person after all. It is far more important to BE the right kind of person than it is to marry the right person."
"To fly as fast as thought, to anywhere that is, you must begin by knowing that you have already arrived."
"Knowing what I do, there would be no future peace for me if I kept silent."
"You open your heart knowing that there's a chance it may be broken one day and in opening your heart, you experience a love and joy that you never dreamed possible."
"May today be peace within. May you trust your highest power that you are exactly where you are meant to be... May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith. May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you... May you be content knowing you are a child of God... Let this presence settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise, and love. It is there for each and every one of you."
"Knowing how to think empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think."
"Sometimes surrender means giving up trying to understand and becoming comfortable with not knowing."
