“There is as much wisdom in listening as there is in speaking - and that goes for all relationships, not just romantic ones.”
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“Science is always discovering odd scraps of magical wisdom and making a tremendous fuss about its cleverness.”
“There was endless action - not just football, but sailboats, tennis and other things: movement. There was endless talk - the ambassador at the head of the table laying out the prevailing wisdom, but everyone else weighing in with their opinions and taking part.”
“Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.”
“Strength and wisdom are not opposing values.”
“Women's strength, women's industry, women's wisdom are humankind's greatest untapped resource. The challenge then for U.N. Women is to show our diverse constituencies how this resource can be effectively tapped in ways that benefit us all.”
“I love the music of Lauryn Hill and Erykah Badu and more recently the music of Laura Marling. All these women share a strength and a wisdom in their voices and music that really makes me want to make music and sing.”
“Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.”
“Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim.”
“As you walk in God's divine wisdom, you will surely begin to see a greater measure of victory and good success in your life.”
“I have sympathy for young people, for their growing pains, but I balk when these growing pains are pushed into the foreground, when you make these young people the only vehicles of life's wisdom.”
“Evil can be a teacher, if you look at the wisdom of its negative power.”
“If we continue to develop our technology without wisdom or prudence, our servant may prove to be our executioner.”
“A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.”
“We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely.”
“It is essential to employ, trust, and reward those whose perspective, ability, and judgment are radically different from yours. It is also rare, for it requires uncommon humility, tolerance, and wisdom.”
“The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth.”
“When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life will have given me the truth, and taken in exchange - my youth.”
“They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed.”
“The war... was an unnecessary condition of affairs, and might have been avoided if forebearance and wisdom had been practiced on both sides.”
“If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”
“I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.”
“A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.”
“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.”