Enlightening Quote by Francois de La Rochefoucauld Download Open image “Interest blinds some people, and enlightens others.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.3 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Enlightening Interest People
Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“You can’t inspire and lead people without earning their attention. You achieve that in a counter-intuitive way – by paying close attention to what… — Phil Dourado Copy Share Image
It's easy to get people's attention, what counts is getting their interest. — A. Philip Randolph Copy Share Image
All of us take an interest, to a greater or lesser extent, in what people around us look like, what they are doing, and… — David Cobley Copy Share Image
Interest is the spur of the people, but glory that of great souls. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau Copy Share Image
The problem is when you become so well known that everyone is watching you and you don't have an opportunity to observe. It's something… — Adrien Brody Copy Share Image
There's a big difference between showing interest and really taking interest. — Michael Nichols Copy Share Image
At first you can stand the spotlight in your eyes. Then it blinds you. Others can see you, but you cannot see them. — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Our own distrust gives a fair pretence for the knavery of other people. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“Passion often makes a madman of the cleverest man, and renders the greatest fools clever.” — François de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Perseverance is neither praiseworthy nor blameworthy; for it seems to be only the enduring of certain inclinations and opinions which men neither give themselves… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
A woman is faithful to her first lover for a long time - unless she happens to take a second. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
We are almost always wearied in the company of persons with whom we are not permitted to be weary. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The love of new acquaintance comes not so much from being weary of what we had before, or from any satisfaction there is in… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
It is sometimes necessary to play the fool to avoid being deceived by cunning men. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
The intention of never deceiving often exposes us to deception. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
What it comes down to for me is this: Will the technologies of communication in our culture, serve to enlighten us and help us… — Roger Waters Copy Share Image
By a man's finger-nails, by his coat-sleeve, by his boots, by his trouser-knees, by the callosities of his forefinger and thumb, by his expression,… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
Books are the treasured wealth of the world and the fit inheritance of generations and nations. Books, the oldest and the best, stand naturally… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I try to do what I call the three E's - educate, entertain, and enlighten. If you don't entertain, no one will show up.… — Tom Hanks Copy Share Image
Some find Lebanese poet Kahlil Gibran’s poetry preachy and moralizing, but I find it plenty enlightening—it’s hard to object to the melodic, cosmic of… — Khalil Copy Share Image
It's Twitter's combination of simplicity and complexity that is astonishing in the same way that minimalist sculpture was inspiring and enlightening. — Kenneth Goldsmith Copy Share Image
We must work on our souls, enlarging and expanding them. We do so by experiencing all of life-the beauty and the joy as well… — Matthew Fox Copy Share Image
You must find the place inside yourself where nothing is impossible. — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
EDUCATION, n. The bringing up, as of a child; instruction; formation of manners. Education comprehends all that series of instruction and discipline which is… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
Arya Maloney updates the basis and practice of transpersonal psychology by using the spiritual principles of India's masters and the transformational alchemy inherent in… — Arnold Mindell Copy Share Image
Creating records and writing music with people I admire and respect is a very spiritual and enlightening thing for me. — Chuck Ragan Copy Share Image
It's nice to know that if you've worked really hard at something, it gets recognised with a tick in the success column - however… — Brendan Fraser Copy Share Image
