D. H. Lawrence Quotes

Next to power without honor, the most dangerous thing in the world is power without humor.

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.

You have to know when to be arrogant. You have to when to be humble. You have to know when to be hard and you have to know when to be soft.

If You are mighty, gain respect through knowledge and gentleness of speech. Do not command except as is fitting.

You are just as capable of making a mistake as anyone else. By insisting too eagerly upon a small right, you may turn it into a wrong against yourself and also against your neighbor.

The measure of and self-congratulation for our own intelligence should have its basis in our moral behavior as well as our smarts.

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be.

It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.

Don't fall in love with your wit. Your cleverly turned phrase may not, as you hope, show off how much gray matter you have, especially if the phrase is at someone else's expense.

Power is dangerous unless you have humility.

We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.

We have two ears and one tongue so that we would listen more and talk less.

Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so.

Take your work seriously and yourself lightly.

It's good to be selfish. But not so self-centered that you never listen to other people.

He who has great power should use it lightly.

Humility is not thinking less of yourself, it's thinking of yourself less.

It is always well to accept your own shortcomings with candor but to regard those of your friends with polite incredulity.

Lord, give us the wisdom to utter words that are gentle and tender, for tomorrow we may have to eat them.

When I pontificate, it sounds so, you know, Oh, well, she's preaching. I'm not preaching, but I think maybe I learned it from my animal friends. Kindness and consideration of somebody besides yourself. I think that keeps you feeling young. I really do.

He who is strong, concedes.

Don't let your heart get big because of your knowledge. Take counsel with the ignorant as well as with the scholar.

These are the two sides of Steven Spielberg: the reverent grown-up who knows when to say the right thing and the exuberant kid who loves a good laugh. Both sides are sincere, and both are necessary, for Spielberg knows he can't feel good about himself unless everyone else feels the same way.

Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked.

I never underestimate anybody.