“No man is himself in acute sorrow. No man is himself in anger. No man is himself with feelings of offense. And decisions that will wait are safer with waiting—waiting for time to take over, for the dust to clear away, for tempers to cool, for perspective to return, for the real issues to show themselves, for the real values to reappear, for judgement to emerge and mature.
We should think seriously before we slam doors, before we burn bridges, before we saw off the limb on which we find ourselves sitting. Decisions in acute sorrow, decisions in anger, decisions under pressure, decisions that haven’t been thought through are less likely to be mature and safe decisions.” ~ Richard L. Evans
“Be patient in little things. Learn to meet the everyday trials and annoyances of life quietly and calmly, and then, when unforeseen trouble or calamity comes, your strength will not forsake you.” ~ William Plumer
Both of the above are from the ‘Richard L. Evans Quote Book’ p.159, Publishers Press 1971
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