Timeless Wisdom: Profound Quotes for Life's Journey - Page 4

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Image of Herbert Hoover
Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.
- Herbert Hoover
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Image of Robert Kennedy
The Gross National Product measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country. It measures everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile, and it can tell us everything about America - except whether we are proud to be Americans.
- Robert Kennedy
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Image of Xenophon
For myself, I think that those who cultivate wisdom and believe themselves able to instruct their fellow-citizens as to their interests are least likely to become partisans of violence. They are too well aware that to violence attach enmities and dangers, whereas results as good may be obtained by persuasion safely and amicably.
- Xenophon
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Image of Chuck Noll
Some coaches pray for wisdom. I pray for 260-pound tackles. They'll give me plenty of wisdom.
- Chuck Noll
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Image of William Hazlitt
To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue.
- William Hazlitt
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Image of Octavio Paz
Wisdom lies neither in fixity nor in change, but in the dialectic between the two. A constant coming and going: wisdom lies in the momentary.
- Octavio Paz
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Image of Bertolt Brecht
Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.
- Bertolt Brecht
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Image of Jason Calacanis
The wisdom of the crowds has peaked. Web 3.0 is taking what we've built in Web 2.0 - the wisdom of the crowds - and putting an editorial layer on it of truly talented, compensated people to make the product more trusted and refined.
- Jason Calacanis
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Image of Charles Stanley
If we have built on the fragile cornerstones of human wisdom, pride, and conditional love, things may look good for a while, but a weak foundation causes collapse when storms hit.
- Charles Stanley
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Image of John C. Calhoun
There is often, in the affairs of government, more efficiency and wisdom in non-action than in action.
- John C. Calhoun
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Image of Charles Simmons
Much of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next.
- Charles Simmons
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Image of Anthony Trollope
It may almost be a question whether such wisdom as many of us have in our mature years has not come from the dying out of the power of temptation, rather than as the results of thought and resolution.
- Anthony Trollope
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Image of Greg Walden
A man of strength and wisdom, John Paul became an inspiration to generations of both Catholics and non-Catholics throughout the world by encouraging freedom, promoting peace and respecting all faiths.
- Greg Walden
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Image of Mason Cooley
The wisdom of age: don't stop walking.
- Mason Cooley
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Image of Khalil Gibran
Pain and foolishness lead to great bliss and complete knowledge, for Eternal Wisdom created nothing under the sun in vain.
- Khalil Gibran
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Image of Albert Einstein
The attempt to combine wisdom and power has only rarely been successful and then only for a short while.
- Albert Einstein
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Image of Chris Christie
Now our founding fathers had the wisdom to know that social acceptance and popularity were fleeing, and that this country's principles needed to be rooted in strengths greater than the passions and the emotions of the times.
- Chris Christie
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Image of Bernard DeVoto
Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom.
- Bernard DeVoto
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Image of Juan Gabriel
Money can be taken away from you, by the IRS or by pistol. That's why I always measure riches in terms of wisdom. No one can ever take from you what you know.
- Juan Gabriel
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Image of Horace
A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
- Horace
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Image of Lucretius
The fall of dropping water wears away the Stone.
- Lucretius
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Image of Torquato Tasso
The day of fortune is like a harvest day, We must be busy when the corn is ripe.
- Torquato Tasso
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Image of Edwin Markham
It is better to rust out than wear out.
- Edwin Markham
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Image of Dan Rather
Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.
- Dan Rather
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Image of Harvey Mackay
Talent is God-given; be humble. Fame is man-given; be thankful. Conceit is self-given; be careful.
- Harvey Mackay
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Image of John D. Rockefeller
Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim.
- John D. Rockefeller
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Image of William Gibson
The future has already arrived. It's just not evenly distributed yet.
- William Gibson
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Image of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Image of Sammy Davis, Jr.
You always have two choices: your commitment versus your fear.
- Sammy Davis, Jr.
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Image of Sophocles
Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
- Sophocles
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Image of Ausonius
If fortune favors you do not be elated; if she frowns do not despond.
- Ausonius
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Image of Baruch Spinoza
Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.
- Baruch Spinoza
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Image of William Blake
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
- William Blake
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Image of Sylvia Plath
But life is long. And it is the long run that balances the short flare of interest and passion.
- Sylvia Plath
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Image of Tom Hopkins
Repeat anything often enough and it will start to become you.
- Tom Hopkins
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Image of Catherine the Great
I praise loudly. I blame softly.
- Catherine the Great
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Image of David Icke
Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut, that held its ground.
- David Icke
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Image of Colin Powell
Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it.
- Colin Powell
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Image of Og Mandino
Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.
- Og Mandino
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Image of Diogenes
Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.
- Diogenes
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Image of Theodore Roosevelt
Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.
- Theodore Roosevelt
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Image of David Starr Jordan
Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.
- David Starr Jordan
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Image of Pauline Phillips
The less you talk, the more you're listened to.
- Pauline Phillips
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Image of Loretta Young
A charming woman... doesn't follow the crowd. She is herself.
- Loretta Young
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Image of Honore de Balzac
The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one.
- Honore de Balzac
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Image of Jane Wyman
The opportunity for brotherhood presents itself every time you meet a human being.
- Jane Wyman
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Image of Ambrose Bierce
When you doubt, abstain.
- Ambrose Bierce
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Image of Joseph Joubert
Never cut what you can untie.
- Joseph Joubert
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Image of Robert W. Service
A promise made is a debt unpaid.
- Robert W. Service
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