Top 318 Quotes & Sayings by Bryant H. McGill - Page 2

Seek goodness and be goodness. Seek beauty and be beauty. Seek love and be love.

Unfortunately, your reputation often rests not on your ability to do what you say, but rather on your ability to do what people expect.

The greatest joys are found not only in what we do and feel, but also in what we hope for.

You reclaim your power by loving what you were once taught to hate.

Never expect a loan to a friend to be paid back if you want to keep that friend.

Hate controls everything it touches, but love sets everything it touches free.

It has been my experience that if we make the effort to listen to people when we meet them, and work to get to know them a little, it is then easy to find something likeable in practically anyone.

When you are not free, you are not creating; you are being created.

Knowledge is that possession that no misfortune can destroy, no authority can revoke, and no enemy can control. This makes knowledge the greatest of all freedoms.

Like manchurian candidates, we have been made into manchurian consumers, who subconsciously buy when we are triggered by our brand masters.

The world is starving for original and decisive leadership.

There are few surer ways to become disliked by men than to perform well where they have performed poorly.

True education is limited to those people who would die without knowing, whereas the masses in the institutions are merely going through the motions, for education is a way of living.

Truth is often the favorite tool of those who deceive.

Sometimes power is all a person has, so they will protect it even unto their own destruction, for without power they have nothing.

Many openly show discontentment with their looks, but few with their intelligence. I, however, assure you there are many more plain minds than faces.

Remember that the greatest fool in the world may ask more than the wisest man can answer.

In the company of the accomplished, people hope it will rub off on themselves, in the company of the misfortunate, they fear it!

He who is silent must be agreed with, for what shall the wings of opposition thresh upon, without the winds of conversation to shoulder them.

Truth is not a matter of fact but a state of harmony with progress and hope. Enveloped only in its wings will we ever soar to the promise of our greater selves.

Human intelligence may not be the best trick nature has to offer.

The right to justice is something that no one can bestow, nor take away, for it is in one's heart.

Take without forgetting, and give without remembering.

There is something greater than any nation; it is the spirit which created the nation.

Callousness and insolence bring to bare unanimous social condemnation, while the simple efforts of politeness are admired; even in those who are otherwise despised.

Do you want to know what you are? You are a creator. At every moment you are creating. The real question is, what are you creating?

Genius is always accompanied by enthusiasm.

Freedom is not a gift nor does it simply exist for us to have, but rather it is a sacred duty, and its blessed yield of hope is born from none other than the blood of the innocent.

Fanatic is often the name given to people of action by people who are lazy.

A polite enemy is just as difficult to discredit, as a rude friend is to protect.

Do not let your ambitions become a sanctuary for your failures.

Our understanding of the world around us is constantly being redefined and expanded, and so therefore, it is wiser to be passionate about seeking for truth than knowing it.

American society will never completely understand the true meaning of equality.

There is little more powerful than when truth joins action.

The realities of the world seldom measure up to the sublime designs of human imagination.

The test of a belief is not exclusively in the belief itself, but also in the intentions and actions of those who embrace it.

If you do not like a certain behavior in others, look within yourself to find the roots of what discomforts you.

Why do we laugh at such terrible things? Because comedy is often the sarcastic realization of inescapable tragedy.

The best way to win against the intolerable is to tolerate them, for this they have seldom dealt with. Your indulgence may soften their malice and open their eyes to more honorable ways.

True freedom is where an individual's thoughts and actions are in alignment with that which is true, correct, and of honor - no matter the personal price.

Control thought-forms are the basis of our deepest moral crisis.

Death is the great hope of all life; the desire to expend itself; to be used and consumed by its own longing for itself.

There is no happiness outside of ourselves.

You may find many contradictory statements and philosophies within my writings. However, to this I will say such is life, for life is full of contradictions.

When the storm rips you to pieces, you get to decide how to put yourself back together again.

You cannot save everyone. Some people are going to destroy themselves no matter how much you try to help them.

Don't hold together what must fall apart. The familiar life crumbles so the new life can begin.

We do not actually know other people; we only know our judgments.

How we treat other people changes them, but even more so, how we treat other people changes us.

The feeling of being 'offended' is a warning indicator that is showing you where to look within yourself for unresolved issues.

You have to make the decision to let go of the past if you want to move forward. Reliving your painful past will poison your heart and your tomorrow. If you look at today through the eyes of the past, you can never see what the present moment has to offer.

Change can be beautiful when we are brave enough to evolve with it, and change can be brutal when we fearfully resist.

Your struggle is your strength. If you can resist becoming negative, bitter or hopeless, in time, your struggles will give you everything.

Acceptance is the road to all change.

Everything comes by being! Be the love you seek. Be the friend you seek. Be the lover you seek. Be the honesty you seek. Be the integrity you seek. Be the patience you seek. Be the tolerance you seek. Be the compassion you seek.

Every positive thought is a silent prayer which will change your life.

Just because your world is falling apart doesn't mean you have to fall apart. When everything seems crazy, you be calm. Don't let the outer chaos you are facing get inside of you.

If you want your life to be different you have to start reacting to life differently.

It's not wrong to be upset. It's not wrong to cry. It's not wrong to want attention. It's not even wrong to scream or throw a fit. What is wrong is to keep it all inside. What is wrong is to blame and punish yourself for simply being human. What is wrong is to never be heard and to be alone in your pain. Share it. Let it out.

Quit saying you don't have time. You have time for what you make time for in life.