“I will bestir myself,' was her resolution, 'and try to be wise if I cannot be good.” — Charlotte Brontë Copy Share Image
The first proof of a well-ordered mind is to be able to pause and linger within itself. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
There is dignity in suffering; nobility in pain; but failure is a salted wound, that burns and burns again! — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
“There is no effort in collecting judgements. Being wise with them requires an act of true character” — Joel Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
Wise are they who have learned these truths: Trouble is temporary. Time is tonic. Tribulation is a test tube. — William Arthur Ward Copy Share Image
Sacrifice is greater than love, character is greater than beauty, humanity is greater than wealth, but nothing is greater than good relations. — Babloo Copy Share Image
“When dealing with the dishonest, be shrewd. When dealing with the crafty, be cunning. When dealing with the wise, be prudent. When… — Matshona Dhliwayo Copy Share Image
“Wherever you are, choose to surround yourself with the wise and learn from their school of life, so that you can transform… — Gift Gugu Mona Copy Share Image
The unexpectedness of life, waiting round every corner, catches even wise women unawares (...) To avoid corners altogether is, after all, to… — Freya Stark Copy Share Image
The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The small man may not… — Confucius Copy Share Image
The man who has sufficient power over himself to wait until his nature has recovered its even balance is the truly wise… — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
It's better to be a Turtle who walks patiently and enjoys every step of the way, Rather than to be a Rabbit… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Praise has different effects, according to the mind it meets with; it makes a wise man modest, but a fool more arrogant,… — Owen Feltham Copy Share Image
Sometimes when everything has totally apart, the meaningless preoccupations that so often dominate our lives simply fall away. And what is left… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
A wise man once said, 'Every one of us is given the gift of life, and what a strange gift it is.… — Geraldine Ferraro Copy Share Image
In truth, there never was any remarkable lawgiver amongst any people who did not resort to divine authority, as otherwise his laws… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
“Don't do it, Eleanor told the little girl; insist on your cup of stars; once they have trapped you into being like… — Shirley Jackson Copy Share Image
Yet we are constantly annoyed, and the legislatures are kept constantly busy, by the people who have made up their minds that… — William Graham Sumner Copy Share Image
My father was a plumber and I'm from the northeastern part of Pennsylvania, and I promise you, I've been to Birmingham and… — Joe Maddon Copy Share Image
[Sport officials] blocked their support of us. But those individuals [ Muhammad Ali, the Jim Browns, the Bill Russells, Kareem Abdul Jabbar… — John Carlos Copy Share Image
The problems of our day loom ominously before us. Surrounded by the sophistication of modern living, we look heavenward for that unfailing… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
![“[Sport officials] blocked their support of us. But those individuals [ Muhammad Ali, the Jim Browns, the Bill Russells, Kareem Abdul Jabbar ] were old enough, they were wise enough, and they knew their history and this is why they came out in support of us, because they knew that we had our finger…” quote by John Carlos](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/13b/john-carlos-16923_bills_sport-officials-blocked-their-support-of_4987.jpg)
