10 Magnificent Quotes to Help You Live a Better Life

Most quotes are meaningless.  They are good for a thought in a moment and then are forgotten or never really thought about again.  But, occasionally there are quotes that stand the test of time and if you take the time to think about them deeply, can have a big impact on your life and how you think.  Below are 10 magnificent quotes to help you do just that.  Think on them and what they really mean to you - and then act on that meaning!

As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another....
​- Proverbs 27:17

"For every minute you are angry you lose 60 seconds of happiness."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson 

“Don't say you don't have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein.”
-H. Jackson Brown Jr.

“Too many people spend money they haven't earned, to buy things they don't want, to impress people that they don't like.”
- Will Rogers

If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.
- Jim Rohn

"Never do something permanently foolish just because you are temporarily upset."
- John Spence
Usually is paired with "A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control." 
- Proverbs 29:11

“There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”
- ​Ernest Hemingway

“Learn to appreciate what you have, before time makes you appreciate what you had.”
- Ziad K. Abdelnour

“Consider it pure joy… whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.”
- James 1:2-4

“Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.”
- Aristotle