Wisdom Quotes · Page 477

Even when you have doubts, take that step. Take chances. Mistakes are never a failure - they can be turned into wisdom.

— Cat Cora

Information can be passed from one to another, like a silver dollar. There's absolutely no wisdom except what you learn for yourself.

— Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

“I had seen lot of good talent gone to waste because of ego, character and attitude of those talented individuals.”

— De philosopher DJ Kyos

“People believe there is no difference between intelligence and smartness. I beg to differ – I’ve met many intelligent cretins in my…

— Leila Samarrai

“A good man can be destroyed by the association with men of evil character. A wise man can learn from them”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

Preservationists are the only people in the world who are invariably confirmed in their wisdom after the fact.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

“People become followers of the God because of his fear, but they become a fan of a hero because of his work.”

— Amit Kalantri

History is the queen of the humanities. It teaches wisdom and humility, and it tells us how things change through time.

— Gordon S. Wood

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. From the desperate city you go…

— Henry David Thoreau

“You are the very creator and co-creator of your own reality. When you allow yourself to remember what you already know about…

— Raphael Zernoff

The Saturn system is a rich planetary system. It offers mystery, scientific insight, and obviously splendour beyond compare, and the investigation of…

— Carolyn Porco

New insights fail to get put into practice because they conflict with deeply held internal images of how the world works...images that…

— Peter Senge

Maybe it’s animalness that will make the world right again: the wisdom of elephants, the enthusiasm of canines, the grace of snakes,…

— Carol Emshwiller

This is the state of all creatures, whether men or angels; as they make not themselves, so they enjoy nothing from themselves;…

— William Law

A wise man once said that all human activity is a form of play. And the highest form of play is the…

— Arthur C. Clarke

Activity and rest are two vital aspects of life. To find a balance in them is a skill in itself. Wisdom is…

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

There is for a free man no occupation more worthy and delightful than to contemplate the beauteous works of nature and honor…

— John Ray

“This chapter is an attempt to share with you some insights about story listening and how to do it.”

— John S. Savage

Adherents of the new religious right reject the separation of politics and religion, but they bring no spiritual insights to politics.

— Christopher Lasch

Every day I add to the list of things I refuse to discuss. The wiser the man, the longer the list.

— Nicolas Chamfort

I watched 'Lagerfeld Confidential,' which was such an insight into the daily life of a maverick designer.

— Dervla Kirwan

It is true that many scientists are not philosophically minded and have hitherto shown much skill and ingenuity but little wisdom.

— Max Born

I find inspiration in each and every person that I cross paths with. Every human being I interact with offers me a…

— Maneet Chauhan

Wisdom leads to unity, but ignorance to separation. So long as God seems to be outside and far away, there is ignorance.…

— Ramakrishna

Just because you find a thought somewhere with somebodys name written after it doesn't mean they really said it.

— Vikrant Parsai

The care of a wise and good man for his only son is inferior to the regard of the great Parent of…

— John Woolman

“I don't put my ideas in a meeting for acceptance or rejection, I put them in the market for success or failure.”

— Amit Kalantri

The magi, as you know, were wise men wonderfully wise men who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented…

— O. Henry

Obstinacy standing alone is the weakest of all things in one whose mind is not possessed by wisdom.

— Aeschylus

We are all born with a grab bag of gifts and gaps. Identify your true talents, then find out how to use…

— Bill O'Reilly

“His head-snapping insight was that gravity could be defined as the curvature of spacetime, and thus it could be represented by a…

— Walter Isaacson

“The grass is greener on the other side, but often this is just an illusion. Most probably, everyone is as unhappy as…

— Marcella Purnama

In the conventional wisdom of conservatives, the modern search for security is regularly billed as the greatest single threat to economic progress.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

All the world's combined knowledge is at our fingertips. But the same technology that makes this possible is robbing us of deeper…

— John Landgraf

By means of hearing one understands dharma, malignity vanishes, knowledge is acquired, and liberation from material bondage is gained.

— Chanakya

You know the wisdom is reflected in the knowledge when it's manifested; If not fed in due time, the mind is anorexic.

— Cormega

The greatest products of architecture are less the works of individuals than of society; rather the offspring of a nation's effort, than…

— Victor Hugo

“One with more insight (sooj) is considered wise. To have more insight [sooj] is a natural gift. One may have more sooj…

— Dada Bhagwan

“Every story holds insight into the writer's soul. If the soul can't be found, the writer didn't bleed enough.”

— M.L. Stephens

Youngsters lack wisdom; elders lack energy! When wisdom and energy comes to gather, great things are destined to happen!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan