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I found something! Courage--just that; courage as a rule of life and something to cling to always.
Sep 18, 2025
We must not only read the Scriptures, but we must make their rules of life our own.
God has decided the rules of life, whereby you don't trespass on anybody else's rights, and sin is something that upsets the balance of things. There are three types of sin: sin against yourself; sin against other people; and sin against God. People often sin against themselves and others and misbehave with God, too.
The rules of life are made up. The rules only exist in your mind.
By the time you learn the rules of life, you're too old to play the game.
If you do not step forward you will always remain where you are.
There are two great rules of life: never tell everything at once.
Famous people feel that they must perpetually be on the crest of the wave, not realising that it is against all the rules of life. You can't be on top all the time, it isn't natural.
It seems to be a rule of life that the less qualified you are to give counsel, the more counsel you give.
A basic rule of life for reporters is that you should spend your time talking with and learning about people who are not sending you press releases, rather than those who are.
The Four Rules of Life: 1. Show Up 2. Pay Attention 3.Tell the Truth 4. Don't be upset at the results.
The rule of life for a perfect person is to be in the image and likeness of God.
Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?
Hold fast then to this sound and wholesome rule of life; indulge the body only as far as is needful for health.
Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back.
Judge your success by what you had to give up to get it.
Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
Golden rule of life: never underestimate your rivals.
The third rule of life is this: Everything you buy today is smaller, more expensive, and not as good as it was yesterday.
For humanity has moved forward to an era when wrong and slavery are being displaced, and reason and justice are being recognized as the rule of life.
Make it a rule of life never to regret and never to look back. Regret is an appalling waste of energy, you can't build on it it's only good for wallowing in.
The average result has to be the average result. By definition, everybody can't beat the market. As I always say, the iron rule of life is that only 20% of the people can be in the top fifth. That's just the way it is.
Friends are helpful not only because they will listen to us, but because they will laugh at us; Through them we learn a little objectivity, a little modesty, a little courtesy; We learn the rules of life and become better players of the game
Women are not altogether in the wrong when they refuse the rules of life prescribed to the World, for men only have established them and without their consent.
If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it.
Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality.
Everything is perfect. Everything is fine. The rules of life are made up. The rules only exist in your mind. Of course there may be courtesies And closures and laws to abide, But the zeal with which you play Relies on where YOU draw the line
The Gospel teaches us what Jesus' kingdom requires of us... Reminds us that closeness and tenderness are the rules of life.
The basic rules of life would indicate that it can't last forever, and we'll fall off of the wave and have to climb onto another, but I don't think about it too much. We just keep moving.
There is one plain rule of life. Try thyself unweariedly till thou findest the highest thing thou art capable of doing, faculties and outward circumstances being both duly considered, and then do it.
The early Christian rules of life were not made to last, because the early Christians did not believe that the world itself was going to last.
The fools of the world have been those who have established religions, ceremonies, laws, faith, rule of life.
The first rule of life is to reveal nothing, to be exceptionally cautious in what you say, in whatever company you may find yourself. If you have a secret, you have only to whisper it to your dearest friend with the strictest injunction that it will go no further, and within half a day the story is all over town, and when you do make what would seem to be a perfectly sensible remark, you will find it reported in the most grotesque form, thus incurring no end of criticism to rebound upon you.
Religion should be the rule of life, not a casual incident in it.
It is now almost my sole rule of life to clear myself of cants and formulas, as of poisonous Nessus shirts.
If you don't ask, the answer is always no.
Don't let a little dispute injure a great relationship.
Now come: that thou mayst able be to know That minds and the light souls of all that live Have mortal birth and death, I will go on Verses to build meet for thy rule of life, Sought after long, discovered with sweet toil.
We frequently fall into error and folly, not because the true principles of action are not known, but because for a time they are not remembered; he may, therefore, justly be numbered among the benefactors of mankind who contracts the great rules of life into short sentences that may early be impressed on the memory, and taught by frequent recollection to occur habitually to the mind.
He is a benefactor of mankind who contracts the great rules of life into the short sentences, that may be easily impressed on the memory, and so recur habitually to the mind.
One must know oneself. If this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better.
Here's a rule of life: You don't get to pick what bad things happen to you
Society expects man to be a passive social animal who believes like the People of the Field in "Jurgen" that "to do what you always have done" and "what is expected of you" are the twin rules of life. This, is course, is not true. The wanton crucifixion of impulses, the unnecessary blocking and frustration of the drives and urges, are an evil that reflects itself in sophistication, ennui and boredom, dissatisfaction, melancholy, fatigue, anxiety and neurosis.
When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
In south west Lancashire, babies don't toddle, they side-step. Queuing women talk of 'nipping round the blindside'. Rugby league provides our cultural adrenalin. It's a physical manifestation of our rules of life, comradeship, honest endeavour, and a staunch, often ponderous allegiance to fair play.
Only create associations with positive affinities. Make this a rule of life and you will benefit more than from all the therapy in the world.
Rule of life. If you bother to ask someone’s advice, then bother to listen to it.
Actions have consequences... first rule of life. And the second rule is this - you are the only one responsible for your own actions.
If thou takest virtue for the rule of life, and valuest thyself upon acting in all things comfortably thereto, thou wilt have no cause to envy lords and princes; for blood is inherited, but virtue is common property, and may be acquired by all; it has, moreover, an intrinsic worth, which blood has not.
Thus I draw from the absurd three consequences, which are my revolt, my freedom, and my passion. By the mere activity of consciousness I transform into a rule of life what was an invitation to death—and I refuse suicide.