Wisdom Quotes

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There are no easy words for the insights of the spirit, and approximate language used in good faith can cause approximate truths to spread like… — Densey Clyne
... laughter is lovelier than tears in bed. — Unknown Author
Money is misunderstood. The fact is if you want to be successful - the money will follow you. If you are a doctor, something else… — Frank Lowy
I have been lucky in that I've been alive at times when the things that I wanted to do were capable of being done. — Fred Hollows
They (the youth of Australia) are out there clamouring in all forms of voice, and they are not so much hedging us older Australians aside… — Peter Cosgrove
Older people often mistakenly consider that the young people do not care about their country, but the reverse is actually true. — Peter Cosgrove
It is very important that we look at what we CAN do, rather than what is impossible to do. — Hazel Hawke
I don't think of compassion as sympathy but rather as empathy. An understanding of how people are feeling, which often translates into action. — Hazel Hawke
Wisdom is partly innate and partly developed and practised. It's about a lot more than just knowledge: experience, involvement, communication, interaction with people. Wisdom is… — Hazel Hawke
Count your blessings - not your troubles. — Unknown Author
We shall never be understood or respected by the English until we carry our individuality to extremes, and by asserting our independence, become of sufficient… — Henry Lawson
It is quite time that our children were taught a little more about their country, for shame's sake. — Henry Lawson
Only a loser finds it impossible to accept a temporary setback. A winner asks why. — Ita Buttrose
The only limitations are the ones we put on ourselves. — Ita Buttrose
It's not what life does to you but what you do to life that counts. — Jim Stynes
Life is 10 per cent what happens and 90 per cent how you deal with it. — Jim Stynes
Attitude is tremendously important in chasing success - in any field of endeavour. That's why I believe talent alone will get you very little in… — Jim Stynes
Words matter, and the right words matter most of all. In the end they're all that remain of us. — Unknown Author
Who can control his fate? asks the ruined Othello. No one, indeed. But everyone controls his option, chooses his alternative. — Joseph Furphy
Somehow, one never really runs away, or I never have, and I find that the faster I go the more catches up with me... all… — Joy Hester

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