We are not, indeed, satisfied with our own opinions, whatever we may pretend, till they are ratified and confirmed by suffrage of the rest of mankind. We dispute and wrangle for ever; we endeavour to get men to come to us when we do not go to them. Sir Joshua Reynolds.
We are not sent into this world to do anything into which we cannot put our hearts. We have certain work to do for our bread, and that is to be done strenuously; other work to do for our delight, and that is to be done heartily; neither is to be done by halves or shifts, but with a will; and what is not worth this effort is not to be done at all. Ruskin.
We are not strong by our power to penetrate, but by our relatedness. Emerson.
We are not to be astonished that the wise walk more slowly in their road to virtue than fools in their passage to vice; since passion drags us along, while wisdom only points out the way. Confucius.
We are not to lead events, but to follow them. Epictetus.
We are not to quarrel with the water for 5 inundations and shipwrecks. L'Estrange.
We are not troubled by the evanescence of time, if the eternal is every moment present. Goethe.
We are often governed by people not only weaker than ourselves, but even by those whom we think so. Lord Greville.
We are often prophets to others only because we are our own historians. Mme. Swetchine.
We are only so far worthy of esteem as we know how to appreciate. Goethe.