Common Themes

Quotations, Mottoes, and Adages

Prejudice

• Never judge a book by its cover.
• Beauty is only skin deep.
• Things are not always as they appear.
• Mercy triumphs over judgement.

Belief

• Believe in yourself. To succeed, we must first believe we can.
• Believe one who has proved it. Believe an expert.

Change

• People are afraid of change, but change always happens.
• Knowledge can help us prepare for the future.
• Forewarned is forearmed.
• Things are not usually as bad as you think they will be.

Good versus Evil

• Good triumphs over evil.
• Evil is punished and good is rewarded.
• Jealousy leads to negative outcomes: guilt, resentment, violence, loneliness, and madness.
• Good and evil coexist.

Love

• Love is blind.
• Treat others as you want to be treated.
• Practice random acts of kindness.
• Love triumphs over all: cruelty, hate, selfishness, and tragedy.
• Blood is thicker than water.
• One should be willing to sacrifice for the person one loves.
• Be careful who you give your hear to.

Politics

• Follow the rules.
• Rules are there to protect and help us.
• Freedom cannot exist without personal responsibility.
• Freedom is worth fighting for.
• Peace is worth fighting for.
• The innocent are not always treated fairly.

Growing Up

• It takes a village to raise a child.
• Growing up is a challenge for everyone.
• The choices you make can shape your life.
• Good communication between generations leads to: satisfaction, understanding, better relationships, and cooperation.

Ambition

• Hard work can reap great rewards.
• One needs ambition in order to succeed.
• Goals are dreams we convert to plan and take action to fulfill.
• The early bird gets the worm.
• Follow your dreams.

Courage and Fear

• Face your fears.
• Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.
• Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear.
• Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.

Intentions

• Actions speak louder than words.
• Don't cry over spilled milk
• It is difficult to say who does you the most harm: enemies with the worst intentions or friends with the best.
• It is important to follow your instincts.

Knowledge

• Knowledge is power.
• Ignorance is bliss.
• Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you: you must acquire it.
• Know your enemy.
• If you have knowledge, use it to help others.

Perseverance

• Never give up!
• If at first you don't succeed, try again.
• The race is not always to the swift, but to those who keep on running.
• It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
• It is important to stand up in what you believe.

Happiness

• Happiness is not having what you want. It is wanting what you have.
• To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.
• The Grand essentials of happiness are: something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
• Enjoy life while you ccan

Truth

• You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time.
• The truth which has made us free will in the end make us glad also.
• Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it.