Bryant H. McGill Quotes
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It has been my experience that if we make the effort to listen to people when we meet them, and work to get to know them a little, it is then easy to find something likeable in practically anyone.
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Many openly show discontentment with their looks, but few with their intelligence. I, however, assure you there are many more plain minds than faces.
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Having a sense of purpose is having a sense of self. A course to plot is a destination to hope for.
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A person who makes few mistakes makes little progress.
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True education is limited to those people who would die without knowing, whereas the masses in the institutions are merely going through the motions, for education is a way of living.
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Courteousness is consideration for others; politeness is the method used to deliver such considerations.
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Yearning for the seemingly impossible is the path to human progress.
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No one is more insufferable than he who lacks basic courtesy.
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Unfortunately, your reputation often rests not on your ability to do what you say, but rather on your ability to do what people expect.
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In the company of the accomplished, people hope it will rub off on themselves, in the company of the misfortunate, they fear it!
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Control thought-forms are the basis of our deepest moral crisis.
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Truth is not a matter of fact but a state of harmony with progress and hope. Enveloped only in its wings will we ever soar to the promise of our greater selves.
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American society will never completely understand the true meaning of equality.
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Like manchurian candidates, we have been made into manchurian consumers, who subconsciously buy when we are triggered by our brand masters.
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An intelligent person is never afraid or ashamed to find errors in his understanding of things.
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Do not let your ambitions become a sanctuary for your failures.
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Ambition is not what a man would do, but what a man does, for ambition without action is fantasy.
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Progress and healing involves seeing every person as not so different from ourselves.
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True freedom is where an individual's thoughts and actions are in alignment with that which is true, correct, and of honor - no matter the personal price.
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Creativity is the greatest expression of liberty.
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Architects of grandeur are often the master builders of disillusionment.
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It is better to have a meaningful life and make a difference than to merely have a long life.
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Our understanding of the world around us is constantly being redefined and expanded, and so therefore, it is wiser to be passionate about seeking for truth than knowing it.
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Death is the great hope of all life; the desire to expend itself; to be used and consumed by its own longing for itself.