If I Could Just Fix Everyone

Posted on June 12, 2023 by mitchteemley

a Kempis quote

Thought for the Week

“To be good is noble, but to teach others to be good is nobler, and less trouble.” ~Mark Twain

“Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.” ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” ~Rumi

“With humility comes wisdom.”

~Proverbs 11:2

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34 Responses to If I Could Just Fix Everyone

  1. Audrey Steele says:
    June 12, 2023 at 11:36 am

    Love all these quotes but especially the one by Emerson. I wish I could get back all the time I wasted trying to prove I was right and shelter myself from opposing viewpoints. Now my goal is to humbly receive truth from God and work on myself. And the result is that I see others as being in their process with God instead of needing my unsolicited input.

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  2. changedbygodbook says:
    June 12, 2023 at 11:37 am

    Love all these quotes but especially the one by Emerson. I wish I could get back all the time I wasted trying to prove I was right and shelter myself from opposing viewpoints. Now my goal is to humbly receive truth from God and work on myself. And the result is that I see others as being in their process with God instead of needing my unsolicited input.

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  3. WritingfromtheheartwithBrian says:
    June 12, 2023 at 11:51 am

    Ha, ha, I love these quotes Mitch. Yes, yes, it’s everyone else with the problem. Okay, okay, maybe I really do need to look in the mirror first. Rats! It’s so much easier finding issue with everyone else, instead of trying to change me. Love Rumi’s quote. I deal with change a lot in the work environment and I always say that change starts with one person, getting one person to change their outlook and from there you can build it into bigger, and better things. Thanks for the post.

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  4. Nancy Homlitas says:
    June 12, 2023 at 11:51 am

    Mark Twain is a hoot. His quote reminds me of his character creation, Tom Sawyer. But I think I need to follow Proverbs 11:2. Thanks for sharing the quotes, Mitch.

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  5. deborah w. farris says:
    June 12, 2023 at 11:55 am

    Awesome, Mitch. Thanks. I was just reading Emerson’s Intro to “Leaves of Grass” and wanting to sit with his words. Why did it take me so long to truly appreciate the poets? At some point I told myself I didn’t understand. What a lie that was. Poetry is like life. Take it a step at a time. (Plus leave it to God to have me now writing poetry of my own.) 😅

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  6. Russell Brown says:
    June 12, 2023 at 12:20 pm

    So true… so true. I especially appreciate the Emerson quote. It speaks eloquently to our present moment, don’t you think?

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  7. Lesley says:
    June 12, 2023 at 12:39 pm

    All great quotes, Mitch. Thank you. 🙂

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  8. Eileen Norman says:
    June 12, 2023 at 3:56 pm

    My judging others took a blow when I discovered we judge others most harshly for our own unacknowledged shadow self.

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  9. #hood says:
    June 12, 2023 at 4:36 pm

    proverbs 13:02 jesus is the same as yesterday today & now

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  10. Karusaa Kharwar says:
    June 12, 2023 at 4:56 pm

    Inspiring quotes 👏⭐

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  11. Mike and Kellye Hefner says:
    June 12, 2023 at 5:09 pm

    Very wise, Mitch!

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  12. Jonathan Caswell says:
    June 12, 2023 at 6:00 pm

    WISDOM INDEED!

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  13. Andi says:
    June 12, 2023 at 7:43 pm

    Great quotes!

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  14. Liz Gauffreau says:
    June 12, 2023 at 8:09 pm

    Whoa, what a prescient statement from Emerson: “Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.”

    “Vulgar” is absolutely the right word.

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  15. Manu says:
    June 12, 2023 at 8:18 pm

    Love these quotes especially the one by Ralph Emerson.

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  16. Pure Glory says:
    June 12, 2023 at 8:31 pm

    It is so much easier to see the flaws in others than deal with the ones inside ourselves. Much food for thought!

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  17. seekingdivineperspective says:
    June 12, 2023 at 10:52 pm

    What wisdom, Mitch. I think I’ll post the Emerson quote on Facebook… Hope I don’t get cancelled … :/

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  18. Jeff says:
    June 13, 2023 at 11:25 am

    I, too, love these quotes, especially the Emerson one. Disagreement and persecution are not even close to the same thing.

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  19. Thotaramani says:
    June 13, 2023 at 11:26 am

    Beautiful lines( Quotes) that inspires everyone.

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  20. Parvathy Sarat says:
    June 20, 2023 at 7:12 pm

    I needed this right now. Tried and was disappointed someone isn’t remotely the way I’d like them to be, almost lost myself in an abusive relationship, proud to have got out early. Thanks for sharing.

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