A Quote by Confucius

For one word a man is often deemed to be wise, and for one word he is often deemed to be foolish. We should be careful indeed what we say.

Confucius

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Confucius
Chinese - Philosopher
551 BC - 479 BC

Indeed. I have often thought that when a man selects one word over another he often reveals far more of himself than he intended.

Mark Hodder

Anyone can say 'no'. It is the first word a child learns and often the first word he speaks. It is a cheap word because it requires no explanation, and many men and women have acquired a reputation for intelligence who know only this word and have used it in place of thought on every occasion.

Chuck Jones

Often the remedy is deemed the highest good because it helps so many.

Paracelsus

Women can really be who they are. I'm about to say the F word, feminist. Often that word has such a negative connotation.

Laura Kightlinger

Every time we give our word, it counts. For the most part, people give their word entirely too often. Our word is a precious commodity and should be treated as such.

Peter McWilliams

In truth, the degree of anyone's success depends on how often they can say the word yes and hear the word no.

Chuck Palahniuk

You know, often films that are deemed positive, nobody wants to see them.

Ava DuVernay

In religious circles, depression is often deemed to be a spiritual condition that can be cured with prayer.

Tony Campolo

The traits the word 'childish' addresses are seen so often in adults that we should abolish this age-discriminatory word when it comes to criticizing behavior associated with irresponsibility and irrational thinking.

Adora Svitak

That distrust which intrudes so often on your mind is a mode of melancholy, which, if it be the business of a wise man to be happy, it is foolish to indulge; and if it be a duty to preserve our faculties entire for their proper use, it is criminal. Suspicion is very often an useless pain.

Samuel Johnson

What we are seeing in America is the creaky old age of an eighteenth-century settlement, deemed at the time to be the new flowering of humankind-come-of-age (the 'Enlightenment') and so deemed to be above revision. At this point the urgent need is for prayer and prophecy.

N. T. Wright

If you believe in the existence of fairies at the bottom of the garden you are deemed fit for the bin. If you believe in parthenogenesis, ascension, transubstantiation and all the rest of it you are deemed fit to govern the country.

Jonathan Meades

I am a writer, I deal in words. There is no word that should stay in word jail, every word is completely free. There is no word that is worse than another word. It's all language, it's all communication.

Quentin Tarantino

In an extroverted society, the difference between an introvert and an extrovert is that an introvert is often unconsciously deemed guilty until proven innocent.

Criss Jami

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.

Arthur Helps

Be careful before leaving someone in a sorrowing situation. Say a word of prayer with them and share even a brief word of encouragement from the Scriptures.

Billy Graham

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