The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues
—René Descartes
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well. It is not good enough to have good talent, the main thing is to apply it well
—René Descartes
There is something splendid about innocence; but what is bad about it, in turn, is that it cannot protect itself very well and is easily seduced.
—Immanuel Kant
Common sense is the most widely shared commodity in the world, for every man is convinced that he is well supplied with it.
—René Descartes
It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.
—René Descartes
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those the art of living well.
—Aristotle
To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man.
—Aristotle
We must suffer, as well as do, for CHRIST. If you are one of his you will rejoice.
—George Whitefield
Be deeply sensible of your own weaknesses, follies, and imperfections; as well as of the sin remaining in your heart, and cleaving to all your words and actions. And let this spirit appear in all you speak or do: Be clothed with humility.
—John Wesley
O how quiet, as well as holy, would our lives be, had we learned that single lesson,—to be careful for nothing, but to do our duty, and leave all consequences to God!
—John Wesley
Unless God has raised you up for this very thing, you will be worn out by the opposition of men and devils. But, if God be for you, who can be against you? Are all of them together stronger than God? O be not weary in well doing!
—John Wesley
Oh to know our God so well that all misunderstandings shall be quite impossible! Paul meant a good deal when he said, That I may know Him (Phil. 3:10)
—Amy Carmichael
He is the God of tomorrow as well as of today.
—Amy Carmichael
Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly.
—Cicero
We might well pray for God to invade & conquer us, for until He does we remain in peril. The strength of our flesh is an ever present danger to our souls. Deliverance can come only by the defeat of our old life. Safety & peace come only after we have been forced to our knees.
The conscience men make of secret as well as of public duties will tell them what their hearts and graces are, true or false.
—John Flavel
Unite with a church where there is a spirit of prayer, where the prayer-meetings are well kept up.
—R. A. Torrey
It would be well for us to be more careful how we sing. I don’t know why it is not as bad to sing a lie as to speak one.
—D. L. Moody
Bad times, hard times, this is what people keep saying; but let us live well, and times shall be good. We are the times: Such as we are, such are the times.
Augustine
Trust in him at all times, in the dark as well as in the light.
—D. L. Moody
If you wish to possess love for God’s Word, study it diligently and so become like an artesian well – overflowing with the water of life to refresh thirsty souls.
—D. L. Moody
Being busy does not always mean real work. The object of all work is production or accomplishment and to either of these ends there must be forethought, system, planning, intelligence, and honest purpose, as well as perspiration. Seeming to do is not doing.
—Thomas Edison
In a well governed state, there are few punishments, not because there are many pardons, but because criminals are rare; it is when a state is in decay that the multitude of crimes is a guarantee of impunity.
—Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation.
—George Washington
It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.
—Vincent Van Gogh
A time of famine and poverty will come and the people as a whole as well as every individual in it will suffer.
—Nikolai Gogol
Try the rough water as well as the smooth. Rough water can teach lessons worth knowing.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
Do you wish people to think well of you? Don’t speak well of yourself.
—Blaise Pascal
One day everything will be well, that is our hope. Everything’s fine today, that is our illusion.
—Voltaire
The rulers of this world will endeavour to put you under bushels; but if your light is of GOD’s kindling, all the devils in hell shall not be able to extinguish it. Be not therefore, my brethren, weary of well doing.
—George Whitefield