WISDOM
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“For wisdom is a protection just as money is a protection, but the advantage of knowledge is this: Wisdom preserves the life of its owner.” – Solomon – Eccl 7:12 – HOLY SCRIPTURES
The wisdom of the wise, the experience of the ages, may be preserved by quotation. – Benjamin Disraeli
Truth is so obscure in these times, and falsehood so established, that unless we love the truth, we cannot know it. – Blaise Pascal
Every new possession loads us with a new weariness. – John Ruskin
Adversity is the first path to truth. – Mohandas Gandhi
There is little room left for wisdom when one is full of judgment. – Malcolm Hein
Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination. – Voltaire
Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires that same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle. – Helen Keller
It does not matter how slow you go as long as you don’t stop. – Confucius
History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again. – Maya Angelou
You go to your TV to turn your brain off. You go to your computer to turn your brain on. – Steve Jobs
A house divided against itself cannot stand. – Abraham Lincoln
I’ve learned that the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am. – Andy Rooney
If you’re riding ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it’s still there. – Will Rogers
There is little hope for democracy if the hearts of men and women cannot be touched by a call to something greater than themselves. – Margaret Thatcher
Character matters. Leadership descends from character. – Rush Limbaugh
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. – Rienhold Niebuhr
It is easier to build strong children than it is to repair broken men. – Frederick Douglass
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. – Lao Tzu
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“Because sentence against a bad deed has not been executed speedily, the heart of men becomes emboldened to do bad.” – Solomon – Eccl. 8:11 – HOLY SCRIPTURES
Don’t be afraid your life will end; be afraid it will never begin. – Grace Hansen
How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant with the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all these. – George Washington Carver
One should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat them. – Andy Rooney
Mistakes are the usual bridges between inexperience and wisdom. – Phyllis Theroux
On communication – “Wisdom usually does not fall from high places. The mighty and the splendid have taught me little. I have learned more from my dog that from all the great books I have ever read. The wisdom of my dog is the product of his inability to conceal his wants. When he yearns to be loved, there is no pouting in the corner. There are no games entitled, “Guess what’s the matter with me!” He puts his head on my lap, wags his tail, and looks up at me with kind eyes, waiting to be petted. No professor or sage ever told me I might have a more successful life if I simply asked for love when I needed it.” – Gerry Spence – HOW TO ARGUE AND WIN EVERY TIME
If God didn’t exist, it would be necessary to invent Him. – Voltaire
The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched, they must be felt with their heart. – Helen Keller
Storms make trees take deeper roots. – Dolly Parton
I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. – Maya Angelou
It takes two to speak truth; one to speak and one to listen. – Henry David Thoreau
You must be the change you wish to see in the world. – Mohandas Gandhi
You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can never fool all of the people all of the time. – Abraham Lincoln
There is no harm in repeating a good thing. – Plato
“Destiny never opens a door without shutting the other.” – Victor Hugo – THE MAN WHO LAUGHS
A man should never be ashamed to say that he has been wrong, which is but saying in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday. – Alexander Pope
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“Wisdom is the most important thing, so acquire wisdom, and with all you acquire, acquire understanding.” – Solomon – Prov. 4:7 – HOLY SCRIPTURES
The less you talk, the more you’re listened to. – Abigail Van Buren
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away. – George Carlin
Doubt is the beginning of wisdom. – M. Scott Peck
You can’t get rid of poverty by giving people money. – P. J. O’Rourke
Sooner or later we all quote our mothers. – Paula Poundstone
The dream is not the destination, but the journey. – Diane Swayer
“I know a way out of hell. Find a child, a child whose mother and father have been killed, a little boy about this high, and raise him as your own. Only be sure he is a Muslim, and raise him as one.” – Ben Kingsley as Gandhi to a Hindu murderer. – GANDHI – John Briley (Screenplay)
Wisdom is “earned” knowledge. – Wilfred Owen
The past is the source of knowledge, and the future is the source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future. – Stephen Ambrose – FAST COMPANY
Eighty per cent of all questions are statements in disguise. – Dr. Phil McGraw
Wise men speak because they have something to say—fools because they have to say something. – Plato
We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails. – Dolly Parton
“Your choice is simple—join us and live in peace or pursue your present course and face obliteration. We shall be waiting for your answer. The decision rests with you.” – Klaatu (Michael Rennie) as spokesman of the invading aliens to the people of earth. – THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL – 1951 - Edmund H. North (Screenplay)
Fall down seven times—stand up eight. – Japanese proverb
Even when we’re aware of our failings, we are motivated to do our best. – Carolyn Pulliam
Talk is not wasted affection. Affection is never wasted. – Henry W. Longfellow
Getting angry can be like getting into a wonderfully responsive sports car, gunning the moter, taking off at high speed, and then discovering the brakes are out of order. – Maggie Scarf
To believe in something and not live it is dishonest. – Mohandas Gandhi
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“Let no one deceive himself: If anyone among you thinks he is wise in this system of things, let him become a fool, so that he may become wise.” – Apostle Paul – 1 Cor. 3:18 - HOLY SCRIPTURES
Failure is the opportunity to begin again, more intelligently. – Henry Ford
“You never really understand a person until you consider things from their point of view.” – Harper Lee – TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Initiative is doing the right thing without being told. – Victor Hugo
Discipline is learned through the seat of the pants—that’s what buns are for. Many parents train their dogs more than their kids. – Paul Harvey
Always drink upstream from the heard. – Will Rogers
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to a teenager. – P. J. O’Rourke
There is no exercise better than reaching down and lifting people up. – John Andrews Holmes
If I had my life to live over, I would have listened to my grandfather ramble on about his youth. – Erma Bombeck
We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat. – Martin Luther King Jr.
Three things that children must know—who’s the boss, what the rules are, and who is going to enforce them. – Lew Powers
If I don’t have wisdom, I can only teach you ignorance. – Leo Buscaglia
By the time you’re eighty years old, you’ve learned everything. You only have to remember it. – George Burns
I’ve learned that being kind is more important than being right. – Andy Rooney
Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding. – Mohandas Gandhi
Some of God’s greatest gifts are unanswered prayers. – Garth Brooks
The worst thing that can happen to a person is not to die young. The worst thing is to live a long active life, only to be separated eternally from God. – Someone very wise
Running water purifies itself—stagnant water becomes distilled poison. – Gary Pulliam
“Ambition without knowledge is like a boat on dry land.” – Mr. Myogi (Pat Morita) to Julie (Hillary Swank) – THE NEXT KARATE KID
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“I publicly praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intellectual ones and revealed them to young children.” – Jesus Christ – Matt. 11:25 – Apostle Matthew – HOLY SCRIPTURES
Just remember, I know a whole lot more about being young than you know about being old. – A father to his teenage son
Old age is the time of life when you know all the answers and nobody asks you the questions. – Unknown – He may have died before anyone asked him the question.
I am more interested in what I discover than what I invent. – Paul Simon
Wisdom doesn’t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up by itself. – Tom Wilson
Wisdom is knowing what to do next—Skill is knowing how to do it. – Brilliant!
The trouble with life in the fast lane is that you get to the other end in an awful hurry. – John Jensen
It’s not so much thar poverty breeds crime—crime breeds poverty! – Someone real smart
“To remember is to understand. I have never forgotten it. A good judge remembers what it was like to be a good lawyer. A good editor remembers being a writer. A good parent remembers what it was like to be a child.” – Anna Quindlen – THINKING OUT LOUD
Contentment makes a poor man rich. Discontent makes a rich man poor. -- Confucius
I’ve learned that when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you. – Andy Rooney
The natural laws of the universe are so precise that we have no difficulty building a spaceship to fly to the moon, and we can time the flight with the precision of a fraction of a second. These laws must have been set by somebody.” – Wernher von Braun
Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man. – Thomas Carlyle
Maturity is the art of living in peace with what we cannot change, the courage to change what we know should be changed, and the wisdom to know the difference. – Ann Landers
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance. – Confucius
Since wisdom can be called “earned” knowledge, it is forcefully persuasive when dealing with the futility of war. It reinforces the thought that believing in war takes on the same conviction that one has in defending his own religious faith. It also reinforces in our mind that the absence of war does not necessarily mean real peace. – Gary Pulliam -- The Futility of War
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“Brothers, do not become young children in your understanding, but be young children as to badness; and become full grown in your understanding.” – Apostle Paul – 1 Cor. 14:20 – HOLY SCRIPTURES
Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust and hostility to evaporate. – Albert Schweitzer
The biggest threat to our well-being is the absence of moral clarity and purpose. – Rick Sherman
One act of obedience is better than one hundred sermons. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find ways around the laws. – Plato
To put everything in balance is good, to put everything in harmony is better. – Victor Hugo
Live as if you are going to die tomorrow. Learn as if you are going to live forever. – Mohandas Gandhi
“What shall we say of those who, notwithstanding, ignore the abundant evidence in the authenticity of the Holy Scriptures? If still unconvinced surely we have reason to conclude that it is the heart rather than the head which is at fault—that they do not wish to believe that which humbles their pride and will force them to lead different lives.” – S. Austin Allibone –THE UNION BIBLE COMPANION – 1871
Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own. – Carol Burnett
Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are. – (Coach) John Wooden
It is what we know already that often prevents us from learning. – Claude Benard
If nations strived for smaller government, wouldn’t there be a lot less opportunity for corruption? – Gary Pulliam
The possession of knowledge does not kill the since of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery. – Anais Nin
Do not stumble over something behind you. – Seneca
I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all; but whatever I have placed in God’s hands, that I still possess. – Martin Luther
A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them. – John C. Maxwell
Virtue has a veil, vice a mask. – Victor Hugo
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“I have seen something further under the sun, that the swift do not always win the race, not the mighty win the battle, nor do the wise always have the food, nor do the intelligent always have the riches, nor do those with knowledge always have success, because time and unexpected events overtake them all.” – King Solomon – Eccl. 9:11 – HOLY SCRIPTURES
Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice. – Anton Chekhov
An optimist is a person who sees the green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red spotlight…the truly wise person is colorblind. – Albert Schweitzer
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment. – Lao Tzu
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift. - Albert Einstein
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. – Aristophanes
Turn your wounds into wisdom. – Oprah Winfrey
Knowledge can be communicated, but wisdom cannot. A man can find it, he can live it, he can be fulfilled and sustained by it, but he cannot utter or teach it. – Hermann Hesse
He is a hard man that is only just, and a sad one that is only wise. – Voltaire
Good people are good because they’ve come to wisdom through failure. We get very little wisdom from success, you know. – William Saroyan
Beware of false knowledge; it can be more dangerous than ignorance. – George Bernard Shaw
A wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her. – Helen Rowland
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. – William James
A word to the wise ain’t necessary—it’s the stupid ones who never take advice. – Bill Cosby
Talent is God-given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful. – (Coach) John Wooden
If you don’t know where you are going, any road will get you there. – Lewis Carroll
Our character is what we do when we think no one is looking. – H. Jackson Browne Jr.
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. – Immanuel Kant
It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law. – Thomas Hobbes
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“And stop being molded by this system of things, but be transformed by making your mind over, so that you may prove to yourselves the good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” – Apostle Paul, -- Rom. 12:2 – HOLY SCRIPTURES
Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy. – Ludwig van Beethoven
It is more easy to be wise for others than to be wise for ourselves. – Francois de la Rochefoucauld
