139 Quotes by Jeff Wheeler

Remember – sometimes even to live is an act of courage.

There was a feeling in her heart. No, it wasn’t a feeling. It was a whole jumble of them all crowding in on her at once. Gratitude, respect, admiration, loyalty, concern, compassion, and the desire to please. For the first time in her life, she realized what that special mixture was called. Love.

I have learned, mostly through painful experience, never to be dismissive of a friend’s accusation, even if it seems unreasonable. More often than not, it is well meant, the truth, and something I have needed to hear but did not want to. It is an easy thing to be offended. It is difficult to learn something new about ourselves.

Power must be balanced, at least slightly. See what it has done to his wits? He rules out of fear and intimidation, not loyalty.

Studying the past sometimes helps us make the future.

It’s been my experience, Owen, that when everyone agrees on some point of fact, it tends to be the biggest deception of all.

You will find that most prisons are forged in someone’s own mind. And they invariably possess the key to their release if they could but think to use it.

The trouble with truth is that people are unwilling to be convinced that they have been deceived. It impugns their judgment. It stains their character. People love themselves above all.

Be extremely subtle, even to the point of formlessness. Be extremely mysterious, even to the point of soundlessness. Thereby you can be the director of your opponent’s fate. The supreme art of war is to subdue the enemy without fighting.