Wisdom Quotes
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And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.
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Your prayers are your light;
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To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
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Wisdom is the daughter of experience.
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Wisdom is a sacred communion.
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Giving opens the way for receiving.
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We've heard people say that teachers have no business going rogue and trying to select their own books, technology, and classes - and citizens have no business deciding what is worthy. We believe in teachers. We believe in the wisdom of the crowd.
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The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.
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On one level, wisdom is nothing more than the ability to take your own advice.
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My first paying gig was a play called 'The Voice of the Prairie' at a theater that no longer exists in Chicago called Wisdom Bridge. I played a fast-talking radio huckster - a salesman of crystal sets in the 1920s - and I actually won an award. Look at that! And then promptly didn't get hired for a year.
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To get hold of your boys you must be their friend.
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O God, help me to win, but in thy wisdom if thou willest me not to win, then O God, make me a good loser.
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I'm now the elder in the position of doling out wisdom and trying to mend fences.
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To speak less is wisdom, to eat less is healthy, and to mingle less with te people is safe and serene.
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Remarkable contributions are typically spawned by a passionate commitment to transcendent values such as beauty, truth, wisdom, justice, charity, fidelity, joy, courage and honor.
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What I like about graduation speeches is that they're an opportunity for someone to make sense of their life and to impart that wisdom to someone else. It's like a sanctioned self-help moment.
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Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
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The most important relationship we can all have is the one you have with yourself, the most important journey you can take is one of self-discovery. To know yourself, you must spend time with yourself, you must not be afraid to be alone. Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.
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I am not the first Buddha who came upon Earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time, another Buddha will arise in the world - a Holy One, a supremely enlightened One, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a master of angels and mortals.
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Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
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If your writing collides with the conventional wisdom, there's going to be some kind of friction.
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Habit is the nursery of errors.
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Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.
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Has Werner Herzog ever said anything that wasn't true? What a brilliant fountain of wisdom. Everything he touches I'm just fascinated by.
