Satchel Paige Quotes

The wise man... if he would live at peace with others, he will bear and forbear.

One of the greatest indicators of our own spiritual maturity is revealed in how we respond to the weaknesses, the inexperience, and the potentially offensive actions of others.

As we look around, it's very clear that in this world people do outrageous things to one another all of the time. It's not that these qualities or actions make us bad people, but they bring tremendous suffering if we don't know how to work with them.

I'll tell you what I did need to learn was tolerance, and I think I've been actually given a daily opportunity to practice that, and it's - it's - and I know that that sounds almost like a backhanded slap, and it is in a way because I haven't been successful at it every day.

Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.

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.

I have to ask Allah's forgiveness and not get angry, because they come to me out of love, and it's not fitting that I should turn to them in hatred.

Tolerance, compromise, understanding, acceptance, patience - I want those all to be very sharp tools in my shed.

When we can lay down our fear and anger and choose responses other than aggression, we create the conditions for bringing out the best in us humans.

He who is strong, concedes.

Non-violence is a permanent attitude we bring to the breakfast table and bring to bed at night.

I probably should have had a little more tolerance with Jimmy Johnson. Seriously.

The way I stand up to bullies is with kindness and love. Because I think that's what they really need. They're misunderstood and probably really upset themselves.

The hardest thing to do when people are hurting you is to remain a decent person.

My strength needs no victims. My strength is my compassion.

The offender needs pity, not wrath; those who must needs be corrected, should be treated with tact and gentleness; and one must be always ready to learn better. 'The best kind of revenge is, not to become like unto them.'

What the world most needs today are negative virtues - not minding people, not being huffy, touchy, irritable or revengeful.

I don't like what you're doing, but I won't insult you. Why? Because who you are tomorrow may be better than who I am today

I'm not someone who feels anger on particular issues.

As much as it hurts, I would rather miss someone than hit someone.

As Christians we need to be patient, understanding, and kind. Instead of going on the attack, we can ask genuine questions. Instead of bristling when our narrative is summarily dismissed, we can carefully explain our way of seeing things. And when we are wrong, we won't be afraid to say so.

Personally, I think humility is a prerequisite to being a truly empathic person.

I don't feel bitterness, I don't feel anger towards anybody. Fighting is never emotional to me.

Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.

Human nature is complex. Even if we do have inclinations toward violence, we also have inclination to empathy, to cooperation, to self-control.