Wisdom Quotes
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When I speak of family, I immediately think of a support system who can give you a reality check when you need it: a mirror reflection of myself. I believe that we are a result of our family - the people who encourage us and tell us the truth about who we are which helps us to grow through their advice and wisdom.
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It is an ironic habit of human beings to run faster when we have lost our way.
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To build a great company, which is a CEO's job, sometimes you have to stand up against conventional wisdom.
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We don't pray for the land. We pray for the humans, all humans... starting with the president, Mohammed Morsi, and all officials, and for God to give everyone wisdom and responsibility to manage the affairs of this country and its people in true Egyptian spirit.
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It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
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The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.
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Wisdom is one thing, to know how to make true judgment, how all things are steered through all things.
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The early bird catches the worm.
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Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
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Follow the wisdom of the great actor, James Cagney, you hit your mark, you look the other guy in the eye, and you tell the truth.
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Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
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Loyalty is a feature in a boy's character that inspires boundless hope.
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We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.
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All the great evils which men cause to each other because of certain intentions, desires, opinions, or religious principles, are likewise due to non-existence, because they originate in ignorance, which is absence of wisdom.
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I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge.
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'Swan,' by Mary Oliver. Poems and prose. Reading from this book is as if visiting a very wise friend. There is wisdom and welcoming kindness on every page.
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For those of you who pray, I ask that you pray that I will always judge with wisdom and integrity as a faithful servant of the law.
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We are wiser than we know.
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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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O God! if I worship Thee in fear of Hell, burn me in Hell; and if I worship Thee in hope of Paradise, exclude me from Paradise; but if I worship Thee for Thine own sake, withhold not thine everlasting beauty.
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However, I must not indulge in homespun wisdom here before so distinguished an assembly, especially as I am to be followed by a representative of science.
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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.
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Stay close by the door, if you desire all beauty
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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
