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I hope you find value in these encouraging quotes about Stupidity.
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous
than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
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The difference between stupidity and genius
is that genius has its limits.
- Albert Einstein
Stupidity is also a gift of God,
but one mustn't misuse it.
- Pope John Paul II
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
- Robert A. Heinlein
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Genius may have its limitations,
but stupidity is not thus handicapped.
- Elbert Hubbard
To forget one's purpose is the commonest form of stupidity.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
Two things are infinite:
the universe and human stupidity;
and I'm not sure about the universe.
- Albert Einstein
I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can,
only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
Only two things are infinite,
the universe and human stupidity,
and I'm not sure about the former.
- Albert Einstein
If you want to improve,
be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
- Epictetus
If you ask a stupid question, you may feel stupid;
if you don't ask a stupid question, you remain stupid.
- Tony Rothman
Whoever loves instruction loves knowledge,
but he who hates correction is stupid.
- Anonymous
I never make stupid mistakes.
Only very, very clever ones.
- John Peel
An instructed and intelligent people
are always more decent and orderly
than an ignorant and stupid one.
- Adam Smith
A man must be both stupid and uncharitable
who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
- Joseph Addison
It is one of the blessings of old friends
that you can afford to be stupid with them.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Love is being stupid together.
- Paul Valery
Everybody is a genius.
But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree,
it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.
- Albert Einstein
Stupid is as stupid does.
- the movie Forrest Gump (1994)
Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.
- the movie National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of,
he always declares that it's his duty.
- George Bernard Shaw
A man likes his wife to be
just clever enough to appreciate his cleverness,
and just stupid enough to admire it.
- Israel Zangwill
Love interrupts, if you like,
the consequences of your actions,
which in my case is very good news indeed,
because I've done a lot of stupid stuff.
- Bono
Think of how stupid the average person is,
and realize half of them are stupider than that.
- George Carlin
People are stupid;
given proper motivation, almost anyone will believe almost anything.
Because people are stupid, they will believe a lie
because they want to believe it's true,
or because they are afraid it might be true.
- Terry Goodkind
Nobody can bring you peace but yourself.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
You will not be punished for your anger,
you will be punished by your anger.
- The Buddha
Simply do your best, and you will avoid
self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.
- don Miguel Ruiz
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal
with the intent of throwing it at someone else;
you are the one who gets burned.
- The Buddha
How do you want to be remembered?
Live life full out - Begin today.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Live with intention.
Walk to the edge.
Listen hard.
Practice wellness.
Play with abandon.
Laugh.
Choose with no regret.
Appreciate your friends.
Continue to learn.
Do what you love.
Live as if this is all there is.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
May the world be kind to you,
and may your own thoughts be gentle upon yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Whatever you do, do with kindness.
Whatever you say, say with kindness.
Wherever you go, radiate kindness.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done.
- Amelia Earhart
People will forget what you said,
people will forget what you did,
but people will never forget
how you made them feel.
- Maya Angelou
May flowers always line your path and sunshine light your day.
May songbirds serenade you every step along the way.
May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that's always blue.
And may happiness fill your heart each day your whole life through.
- Irish Blessing
You can't cross the sea merely by
standing and staring at the water.
- Rabindranath Tagore
Change what you see,
by changing how you see.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Believe nothing, no matter where you read it,
or who said it, no matter if I have said it,
unless it agrees with your own reason
and your own common sense.
- The Buddha
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.
- Joseph Campbell
If you don't know where you're going,
any road will take you there.
- Lewis Carroll
(Alice in Wonderland)
If you aren't in the moment,
you are either looking forward to uncertainty,
or back to pain and regret.
- Jim Carrey
Listen to the compass of your heart.
All you need lies within you.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
You're only here for a short visit.
Don't hurry. Don't worry.
And be sure to smell the flowers along the way.
- Walter Hagen
Laugh when you can,
apologize when you should,
and let go of what you can't change.
Life's too short to be anything... but happy.
- Anonymous
If you want to be happy, be.
- Leo Tolstoy
You change your life by changing your heart.
- Max Lucado
A well-developed sense of humor
is the pole that adds balance to your steps,
as you walk the tightrope of life.
- William Arthur Ward
Life is as easy or as hard as you think it is.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
To laugh often and much;
to win the respect of intelligent people
and the affection of children,
to leave the world a better place,
to know even one life has breathed easier
because you have lived,
this is to have succeeded.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
You don't have the power to make life "fair,"
but you do have the power to make life joyful.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.
- Mother Teresa
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed
by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do.
So throw off the bowlines.
Sail away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your sails.
Explore. Dream. Discover.
- widely misattributed to Mark Twain
If you wait for opportunities to occur,
you will be one of the crowd.
- Edward de Bono
You can't stop the music, nobody can stop the music.
- Village People
This is my wish for you:
Comfort on difficult days,
Smiles when sadness intrudes,
Rainbows to follow the clouds,
Laughter to kiss your lips,
Sunsets to warm your heart,
Hugs when spirits sag,
Beauty for your eyes to see,
Friendships to brighten your being,
Faith so that you can believe,
Confidence for when you doubt,
Courage to know yourself,
Patience to accept the truth,
Love to complete your life.
- Anonymous
Footprints in the sands of time...
Where have you been?
Where are you going?
Why are you going there?
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Love means not ever having to say you're sorry.
- Erich Segal
It is the friends you can call up at 4 A.M. that matter.
- Marlene Dietrich
May You Always Dance Lightly With Life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Do not blame the thistle that you see no beauty.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
When you get the choice to sit it out or dance,
I hope you dance.
- Lee Ann Womack
The true meaning of life is to plant trees,
under whose shade you do not expect to sit.
- Nelson Henderson
Decide that you want it more than you are afraid of it.
- Bill Cosby
It's not whether you get knocked down;
it's whether you get back up.
- Vince Lombardi
I have found that if you love life,
life will love you back.
- Arthur Rubinstein
Move out of your comfort zone. You can only
grow if you are willing to feel awkward and
uncomfortable when you try something new.
- Brian Tracy
The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.
- Henry David Thoreau
Be the change you want to see in the world.
- Mohandas (Mahatma) Gandhi
A friend is someone who knows all about you,
and loves you just the same.
- Elbert Hubbard
Nothing you do for a child is ever wasted.
- Garrison Keillor
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