Other men’s sins are before our eyes; our own are behind our backs.
Others Quotes
It is poor judgment to countersign another’s note, to become responsible for his debts. (Proverbs 17:18)
We are like sculptors, constantly carving out of others the image we long for, need, love or desire, often against reality, against their benefit, and always, in the end, a disappointment, because it does not fit them.
When they are alone they want to be with others, and when they are with others they want to be alone. After all, human beings are like that.
As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
Problems arise in that one has to find a balance between what people need from you and what you need for yourself.
Little Indian, Sioux, or Crow, Little frosty Eskimo, Little Turk or Japanee, Oh! don’t you wish that you were me? You have seen the scarlet trees, And the lions over seas; You have eaten ostrich eggs, And turned the turtle off their legs. Such a life is very fine, But it’s not so nice as […]
Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your own eye? (Matthew 7:3)
We are usually convinced more easily by reasons we have found ourselves than by reasons which have occurred to others.
Human nature is so constituted, that all see and judge better in the affairs of other men than in their own.
