Wisdom Quotes · Page 340

Time has a way of showing us what really matters.

— Anonymous

When the going gets tough, the tough do what they do, while the wise find the game in it.

— Anonymous

What doth better become wisdom than to discern what is worthy the living.

— Philip Sidney

Forget decorated generals, tell me about Private Ryan.

— Dejan Stojanovic

“The past does not define me, it ignites me. The past is not a piece of me, it has placed me.”

— Ricky Maye

“Life is a gift so rap up your troubles and throw them away.”

— Benny Bellamacina

Never give up on someone who kept you from giving up on yourself.

— Anonymous

“You are going to find that buying the car is much less satisfying than working for it.”

— Thomas M. Sterner

I had gone through a near-death experience, and that gives you an insight into how fleeting life is, and what's important.

— Frank Serpico

I listened to the opera the other day, and it gave me a surprising insight into the reason why someone would invent…

— Cellan Slarcas

We are taught to view pain as an enemy, not a teacher. But pain is the right hand of growth and transformation.…

— Ani DiFranco

“Life is not just about getting what we want as quickly and easily as we want it; we must also examine the…

— Fadi Hattendorf

“Not obedience or feelings or respect, there is only one thing which people take seriously at all time and its "money".”

— Amit Kalantri

I knew that good like bad becomes a routine, that the temporary tends to endure, that what is external permeates to the…

— Marguerite Yourcenar

Unless we do more than simply learn the trade of our time, we are but apprentices, and not yet masters of the…

— Henry David Thoreau

Guilt at least has a purpose; it tells us we've violated some ethical code. Ditto for remorse. Those feelings are educational; they…

— Anonymous

Ideally, as parents we'd have unlimited energy, the ability to manage tricky emotions like fear and anger, vast stores of wisdom to…

— Gary L. Thomas

“We are only able to disrespect, mistreat, and harm one another when we forget that the other person is us; when we…

— Joseph P. Kauffman

Even though my mom was talented and had a college degree, she lived in the era when the conventional wisdom in Dallas…

— Cecile Richards

“What is constant? Is the mind anything more than a conglomeration of thoughts? Where is the mind apart from thought? If there…

— Enza Vita

“imagine the desert mothers, with hair tangled tighter than their theology and breasts that flowed milk and mystic wisdom. they knew how…

— Beth Morey

Wisdom is the aristic craving for extraordinary insights, for incandescent revelations that have the power to burst through banausic and doulic ordinariness:…

— Kenny Smith

Science is one thing, wisdom is another. Science is an edged tool, with which men play like children, and cut their own…

— Arthur Eddington

The wheel of fortune [...] tells us that we all only want victory. We all want to triumph. But we all have…

— Philippa Gregory

“Being aware is being aware of one's own mind and the games it plays on itself.”

— Robin Macnaughton

Selfishness, if but reasonably tempered with wisdom, is not such an evil trait.

— Giovanni Ruffini

The Future of Money: Creating New Wealth, Work, and a Wiser World

— Bernard Lietaer

Its the hardest times that teach us the most valuable lessons.

— Anonymous

Enraging liberals is simply one of the more enjoyable side effects of my wisdom.

— Rush Limbaugh

“The ancient wisdom of the masters says that even a mighty oak was once a nut like you.”

— Mark Brown

“I followed Him for His wisdom. But served Him for His goodness.”

— Chuck Black

“A man must be a Solomon before his magical ring will work”

— Idries Shah

“Dont brag about being perfect..imperfections are what makes you attractive..”

— Sandra Chami Kassis

A man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed

— Bible

Just because someone looks good doesnt mean that they should be respected and trusted.

— Vikrant Parsai

Even if I am but a pretender to wisdom, that in itself is philosophy.

— Diogenes

“Find solitude and discover ways to add value to yourself”

— Sunday Adelaja

No matter if you walk like a turtle until you dont stop.

— Vikrant Parsai

“Luck, I believe, is where preparation meets opportunity.”

— Marcella Purnama

The disadvantage of men not knowing the past is that they do not know the present.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton