High-toned humanitarians constantly overestimate the sufferings of those they sympathize with. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
“We tend to overestimate what we can do in a day and underestimate what we can do in a week.” — Matthew Kelly Copy Share Image
Sam: “You—you greatly overestimate my self-control.” Grace: “I’m not looking for self-control. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
Love is the life of the soul. It is the harmony of the universe. — William Ellery Channing Copy Share Image
“Most people overestimate others' talents and underestimate their own.” — Orrin Woodward Copy Share Image
“Children often overestimate their importance in the parent's life” — Altaf Tyrewala Copy Share Image
You shouldn't underestimate an enemy, but it is just as fatal to overestimate him. — George S. Patton Copy Share Image
It would hardly be possible to exaggerate man's wretchedness if it were not so easy to overestimate his sensibility — George Santayana Copy Share Image
The size of your problem is nothing compared with your ability to solve them. Don't overestimate your problems and underestimate yourself. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“It is quite possible that I have underestimated you, Gwyneth. But that's no reason for you to overestimate yourself.” — Kerstin Gier Copy Share Image
One cannot overestimate the power of a good rancorous hatred on the part of the stupid. The stupid have so much more… — Sylvia Townsend Warner Copy Share Image
In business, we say that people overestimate what you can do in a year and underestimate what you can do in a… — Marc Benioff Copy Share Image
We overestimate the event and underestimate the process. Every fulfilled dream occurred because of dedication to the process. — John C. Maxwell Copy Share Image
We usually overestimate what we think we can accomplish in one year-but we grossly underestimate what we can accomplish in a decade. — Tony Robbins Copy Share Image
there was no greater natural advantage in life than having an enemy overestimate your faults, unless it was to have a friend… — Mario Puzo Copy Share Image
Thanks to my fortunate idea of introducing the relativity principle into physics, you (and others) now enormously overrate my scientific abilities, to… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
Self-confidence is very important. If you don't think you can win, you will take cowardly decisions in the crucial moments, out of… — Magnus Carlsen Copy Share Image
You can concede to an opponent something he hasn't earned. It's one thing to underestimate an opponent. But maybe the worst thing… — Chuck Knox Copy Share Image
It's hard to avoid 'unconscious overclaiming.' In unconscious overclaiming, we unconsciously overestimate our contributions relative to others. This makes sense, because we're… — Gretchen Rubin Copy Share Image
We should be on our guard not to overestimate science and scientific methods when it is a question of human problems, and… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
In normal life we hardly realize how much more we receive than we give, and life cannot be rich without such gratitude.… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
To overestimate the originality of one's thoughts is perhaps a less serious defect than being unaware of their newness. There is a… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The more I live, the more I recognize that the teaching moments in my youth, especially those provided by my parents, have… — Robert D. Hales Copy Share Image
It is impossible to overestimate the influence of parents who understand the hearts of their children. Research shows that during the most… — Robert D. Hales Copy Share Image
Weakness and strength are necessary for balance. No one or nothing is only weak or only strong. But some of us overlook… — Joseph M. Marshall III Copy Share Image
I would like to go back in time and remind myself that when you're working in music field, it's very easy to… — Jenn Wasner Copy Share Image
Reasonably accurate appraisal of one's own capabilities is, therefore, of considerable value in successful functioning. Large misjudgments of personal efficacy in either… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
It is almost impossible to overestimate the value of true humility and its power in the spiritual life. For the beginning of… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
If [Ho Chi Minh] had had carte blanche over his movement, would the results of the war have been different? That is… — William J. Duiker Copy Share Image
You cannot overestimate the role of intuition in fiction writing. Or the role of accident or randomness. These things are very central.… — Peter Straub Copy Share Image
Professed authors who overestimate their vocation are too full of themselves to be agreeable companions. The demands of their egotism are inveterate.… — Henry Theodore Tuckerman Copy Share Image
Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think. — Tim Ferriss Copy Share Image
If you are to accomplish all that one demands of you, you must overestimate your own worth. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image