Mary Browne famous quotes

Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom.
-- Mary Browne

#Wisdom #Optimistic #Doors

If you want an accounting of your worth, count your friends.
-- Mary Browne

#Inspirational #Friendship #Real Friends

Expect people to be better than they are; it helps them to become better. But don't be disappointed when they are not; it helps them to keep trying.
-- Mary Browne

#Spiritual #People #Trying

You know you are old when you've lost your marvels.
-- Mary Browne

#Inspirational Life #Lost

Karma is the universal law of cause and effect. You reap what you sow. You get what you earn. You are what you eat. If you give love, you get love. Revenge returns itself upon the avenger.
-- Mary Browne

#Karma #Revenge #Love You

Status symbols are poor excuses for values.
-- Mary Browne

#Status Symbol #Excuse #Poor

How often it is that a small action becomes great by its intention. And how often it is that a great action becomes small by its intention.

We ought to approach this challenge [of global warming] with a sense of profound joy and gratitude: that we are the generation about which, a thousand years from now, philharmonic orchestras and poets and singers will celebrate by saying, they were the ones that found it within themselves to solve this crisis and lay the basis for a bright and optimistic human future.

I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.

When one door opens, so does another one.

If you close your eyes you can imagine the hackers sitting in a room, combing through the documents to find the ones that will draw the most blood. And in a room next door are American journalists doing the same thing. As demented and criminal as it is, at least the hackers are doing it for a cause. The press is doing it for a nickel.

The getting out of doors is the greatest part of the journey.

Once a sage asked why scholars always flock to the doors of the rich, whilst the rich are not inclined to call at the doors of scholars. ‘The scholars‘ he answered , ‘are well aware of the use of money, but the rich are ignorant of the nobility of science.’

You only have to kick in the door and the whole rotten structure will come crashing down.

The doors of opportunity swing on the hinges of opposition!

You know Nana, I searched and searched, but could never find the key that unlocked the way. And now that I've stopped looking, I've finally found it. Maybe the door will open for me.