Ptahhotep Quotes

#1. Silence is more profitable unto thee than abundance of speech.

Ptahhotep

#2. Take advice from the ignorant as well as from the wise, since there is no single person who embodies perfection nor any craftsman who has reached the limits of excellence.

Ptahhotep

#3. Donald Trump tweeted out to the world a quote allegedly from Senator Tom Coburn impugning my honesty. Within hours, Tom Coburn came out publicly and said, "That quote was an utter fabrication."

Ted Cruz

#4. Good words are more difficult to find than emeralds.

Ptahhotep

#5. Be a craftsman in speech that thou mayest be strong, for the strength of one is the tongue, and speech is mightier than all fighting.

Ptahhotep

#6. What you reveal shows the essence of your teaching

Sunday Adelaja

#7. Lies are attempts to hide the truth by willfully denying facts. Fiction, on the other hand, is an attempt to reveal the truth by ignoring facts.

John Green

#8. For the greedy there will be no tomb

Ptahhotep

#9. The real worth of a person came from how he acted during the bad times. (John Fiske)

David Baldacci

#10. The laws of our land are catching up to the fundamental truth that millions of Americans hold in our hearts: when all Americans are treated as equal, no matter who they are or whom they love, we are all more free.

Barack Obama

#11. There is no craftsman who has acquired full mastery

Ptahhotep

#12. I don't want to stay where I'm not wanted. I don't want to stay where I'm disliked.

Charles Bukowski