“If you hear that someone is speaking ill of you, instead of trying to defend yourself you should say: "He obviously does not know me very well, since there are so many other faults he could have mentioned"”
Epictetus
“Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving.”
Dale Carnegie
“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.”
Benjamin Franklin
“No man is free who is not a master of himself”
“Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.”
Contributed by: Anna Williams
“We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.”
“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.”