Divya Dutta Quotes

You must be wise, but not too wise.

Be wise; soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise.

Rejoice not at thine enemy's fall - but don't rush to pick him up either

You try to live the experience but keep your feet on the ground, not let it go to your head, because that's when you start making mistakes.

Leave your luck while still winning.

When you have gained a victory, do not push it too far.

Be neither silly, nor cunning, but wise

I'm pretty careful about the things I say ahead of time. I'm thoughtful about not going too far. The only thing you can do occasionally is be too much.

Indeed, moderation is my middle name (though I do not often use it in signing legal documents)

Step not beyond the beam of the balance.

To conclude, therefore, let no man upon a weak conceit of sobriety or an ill-applied moderation think or maintain that a man can search too far, or be too well studied in the book of God's word, or the book of God's works, divinity or philosophy; but rather let men endeavor an endless progress or proficience in both; only let men beware that they apply both to charity, and not to swelling; to use, and not to ostentation; and again, that they do not unwisely mingle or confound these learnings together.

As there are some faults that have been termed faults on the right side, so there are some errors that might be denominated errors on the safe side. Thus we seldom regret having been too mild, too cautious, or too humble; but we often repent having been too violent, too precipitate, or too proud.

Receive the gifts of fortune without pride, and part with them without reluctance.

Take what you do seriously, but yourself lightly

Better stop short than fill to the brim. Oversharpen the blade, and the edge will soon blunt. Amass a store of gold and jade, and no one can protect it.

When you're thinking, please remember this: excessive pride is a familiar sin, but a man may just as easily frustrate the will of God through excessive humility.

A man must thank his defects, and stand in some terror of his talents.

Experience has two things to teach. The first is that we must correct a great deal and the second, that we must not correct too much.

Praise a hill, but keepe below.

Is not moderation an old refrain Ringing in our ears? from which we all refrain.

But the distant hope of being one day useful or eminent ought not to mislead us too far from that study which is equally requisite to the great and mean, to the celebrated and obscure; the art of moderating the desires, of repressing the appetites; and of conciliating or retaining the favour of mankind.

It is almost as presumptuous to think you can do nothing as to think you can do everything.

Be not sick too late, nor well too soon

You can't have pride without humility. Aggression without tolerance. Strength without compassion. Power without restraint.

In the first place you can be so absolutely honest and so absolutely wrong at the same time that I think it is better to be a combination of cautious and polite