Rule Quotes

Hunger, love, pain, fear are some of those inner forces which rule the individual's instinct for self preservation.

To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize.

We can let circumstances rule us, or we can take charge and rule our lives from within.

Work in 20-minute batches. Then stop and stand up. This is the 20-20-20 Rule. Every 20 minutes, stop what you're doing, get up, and stare outside your window at a fixed object for 20 seconds. Your productivity will be scalable because sitting is the new smoking!

Insanity in individuals is something rare -- but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs it is the rule.

Extinction is the rule, survival is the exception.

The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.

Power should not be concentrated in the hands of so few, and powerlessness in the hands of so many.

Great people are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force, that thoughts rule the world.

Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.

Rule No.1: Never lose money. Rule No.2: Never forget rule No.1.

True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.

If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.

The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

The golden rule for every business man is this: Put yourself in your customer's place.

Those who tell the stories rule society.

As a rule, men worry more about what they can't see than about what they can.

Democracy don't rule the world, you better get that in your head;

this world is ruled by violence, but I guess that's better left unsaid.

Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.

People tend to make rules for others and exceptions for themselves.

Young men know the rules, but old men know the exceptions.

Do something every day that you don't want to do.

This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.

Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.

Never forget that intelligence rules the world and ignorance carries the burden. Therefore, remove yourself as far as possible from ignorance and seek as far as possible to be intelligent.

Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems.

In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be defined.

The Four Rules of Life:1. Show Up 2. Pay Attention 3.Tell the Truth 4. Don't be upset at the results.

Hell, there are no rules here - we're trying to accomplish something.

You are remembered for the rules you break.

Any fool can make a rule, and every fool will mind it.

Great men are the commissioned guides of mankind, who rule their fellows because they are wiser.

Works of art make rules; rules do not make works of art.

You brain shall be your servant instead of your master, You will rule it instead of allowing it to rule you.

Try, try, try, and keep on trying is the rule that must be followed to become an expert in anything.

Rule: Never perform card tricks for the people you play poker with.

Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under god is acknowledged.

There is only one rule to become a good talker, learn how to listen.

A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with -- a man is what he makes of himself.

The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right, there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.

Money changes all the iron rules into rubber bands.

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.

Nordstrom's Rules for Employees: Rule # 1: Use your good judgment in all situations There are no additional rules

You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing and by falling over.

The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.

Before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself.

The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

I hold this as a rule of life: Too much of anything is bad.

If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.

Two purposes in human nature rule. Self-love to urge, and reason to restrain.

Make it a rule in life never to regret and never look back.

Regret is an appalling waste of energy; you can't build on it; it is good only for wallowing in.

If you want to be successful, you must respect one rule: Never lie to yourself.

The high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule...

Beneath the rule of men entirely great,The pen is mightier than the sword.

Freedom prospers when religion is vibrant and the rule of law under God is acknowledged.

Thinking men cannot be ruled.

Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary?

The clear-sighted do not rule the world, but they sustain and console it.

To rule one's anger is well; to prevent it is better.

Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively.

I got a simple rule about everybody. If you don't treat me right -- shame on you!

And the high destiny of the individual is to serve rather than to rule, or to impose himself in any other way.

If a woman hasn't got a tiny streak of a harlot in her, she's a dry stick as a rule.

Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like artist.

America is a land where men govern, but women rule.

A man makes inferiors his superiors by heat; self-control is the rule.