Wisdom Quotes

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I am quite reactionary about Aussies travelling. Why, we've only been here a hundred years. What can be added by going before we are here?… — Joy Hester
Wisdom can see the red, the rose, the stained and sculptured curve of grey, the charcoal scars of fire, and see around that living tower… — Judith Wright
At the end of the day, anybody who thinks there's a reward for nothing, ends up losing. — Kerry Stokes
I believe the day is done. Whether it's been the best day or the worst, it's over; let it go. — Mary Fairfax
If God gives you gifts you must use them to justify your life. It is what the Greeks called divine discontent that drives you. — Mary Fairfax
Any day alive in this world is a charmed life. — Mark Donaldson
The best things in life are often the ones hardest to get. Yet they are also the ones that are the easiest to find, usually… — Mark Donaldson
There was all this loneliness in my cartoons and people would say, "Gee, these characters are so lonely, disconnected, depressed." And I'd say, 'Yeah well,… — Michael Leunig
Life is no brief candle but a splendid torch made to burn ever more brightly. — Edward Dunlop
Experiencing different cultures is one of the best things a human being can do. It puts your whole world into perspective. — Stephanie Gilmore
Life's too short to sit around and wait. — Stephanie Gilmore
Beware of people preaching simple solutions to complex problems. If the answer was easy someone more intelligent would have thought of it a long time… — Unknown Author
The better we are at accepting the limits of our world, the more easily we can embrace what we have. — Steven Amsterdam
If you can imagine the one family continuously occupying the same land for 40,000 years or more, using it not just to sustain life but… — Unknown Author
Occasionally, don't be afraid to say: This is what we deserve. — Unknown Author
I thought I'd definitely be a writer, whatever I did. — Thomas Keneally
I must apologise because I know all writers have memories of being on the outer because it's the children on the side of the playground… — Thomas Keneally
People do change - individuals, families, nations - and the pace of transformation need not be geological. — Tim Winton
Whatever you give, if you give it freely and without conditions it'll come back to you two fold. — Unknown Author
I have no agenda except to be funny. Neither I nor the writers profess to offer any worldly wisdom. — Julia Louis-Dreyfus

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