Foolish Quotes

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Beware when any idea is promoted primarily because it is "bold, exciting, innovative, and new." There are many ideas that are "bold, exciting, innovative and… — Donald Rumsfeld
The evil done by oneself, self-begotten, self-bred, crushes the foolish, as a diamond breaks a precious stone. — Max Muller
The foolish think the Eagle weak, and easy to bring to heel. The Eagle's wings are silken, but its claws are made of steel. — Sidney Sheldon
A still-born son os superior to a foolish son endowed with a long life. The first causes grief for but a moment while the latter… — Chanakya
But fornication and all uncleanness or covetousness, let it not even be named among you, as is fitting for saints; neither filthiness, nor foolish talking,… — Paul the Apostle
Keep this little canvas, it is a promise for the future. When I say 'keep this canvas,' I mean for the influence on yourself. When… — Charles Webster Hawthorne
We Americans have many grave problems to solve, many threatening evils to fight, and many deeds to do, if, as we hope and believe, we… — Theodore Roosevelt
It is both foolish and wicked to teach the average man who is not well off that some wrong or injustice has been done him,… — Theodore Roosevelt
Such an experiment without actual conditions of war to support it is a foolish waste of time. . . . I once saw a man… — Theodore Roosevelt
The practice of medicine is an art, not a trade; a calling, not a business; a calling in which your heart will be exercised equally… — William Osler
Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you. — Steve Jobs
He lives to build, not boast, a generous race; No tenth transmitter of a foolish face. — Richard Savage
How are you to meet the swarm of foolish attachments, triflings, and undesirable inclinations which beset you? By turning sharply away, and thoroughly renouncing such… — Saint Francis de Sales
It is a great mistake to think that the extremist is a better man than the moderate. Usually the difference is not that he is… — Theodore Roosevelt
When we are foolish, we want to conquer the world. When we are wise, we want to conquer ourselves. That begins when we do what… — John C. Maxwell
Power is very much like the wind. It comes and goes; no one really owns it. People are foolish enough to think they possess power.… — Frederick Lenz
Thinking that the next person, the next relationship, the next experience will free you - these are foolish thoughts of people who are bound again… — Frederick Lenz
Many risks fail because they were not taken in time. Too many risks are postponed until unnecessarily elaborate preparations are made. This does not mean… — David Viscott
An aged painter cannot help but accept the fact that his work belongs in the past. Younger painters have leaped into the phenomenon called contemporary,… — Joseph Plaskett
Live as though you don't exist; like you are two eyeballs floating in space with nothing behind them. No brain attached. Not even hair -… — Mooji

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