Aesop Biography | Inspiration Quotations | Motivation Quotes

Aesop Motivational Quotations:

• “Adventure is worthwhile.”

•  “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”

• “Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.”

•  “The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.” 

• “A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.”

• “We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.”

•  “It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.”

  

• "It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.”

•  “Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.”

•  “Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.”

•  “Persuasion is often more effectual than force.”

•  “After all is said and done, more is said than done.”

•  “Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.”

•  “The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.”

•  “Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.”

•  “We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.”

•  “Appearances are often deceiving.”

•  “Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.”

•  “Slow but steady wins the race.”

•  “Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.”

•  “Please all, and you will please none.”

•  “Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.”

•  “United we stand, divided we fall.”

•  “People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.”

•  “Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.”

•  “Familiarity breeds contempt.”

•  “Plodding wins the race.”

•  “A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.”

•  “Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.”

•  “The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.”

•  “A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.”

•  “The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales.”

•  “He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.”

•  “Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.”

•  “We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.”

•  “Put your shoulder to the wheel.”

  

   

• “It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.”

•  “Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.”

•  “It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.”

•  “Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.”

•  “It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good servants, but bad masters.”

•  “We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.”

•  “The gods help them that help themselves.”

• “Example is the best precept.”

•  “Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.”

•  “Any excuse will serve a tyrant.”

•  “If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you for theirs.”

•  “Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.”

•  “He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.”

• “Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.”