“Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.”
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“You have to find out what's right for you, so it's trial and error. You are going to be all right if you accept realistic goals for yourself.”
“You must accept responsibility for your actions, but not the credit for your achievements.”
“Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.”
“Start wide, expand further, and never look back.”
“The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention.”
“Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation.”
“He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom.”
“Some folks are wise and some are otherwise.”
“Repeat anything often enough and it will start to become you.”
“Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it.”
“He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass.”
“When an opponent comes forward, move in and greet him if he wants to pull back, send him on his way.”
“Perspective is worth 80 IQ points.”
“If you want to be found stand where the seeker seeks.”
“Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think.”
“He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty.”
“You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own.”
“The difference between chirping out of turn and a faux pas depends on what kind of a bar you're in.”
“The opportunity for brotherhood presents itself every time you meet a human being.”
“It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.”
“Wise kings generally have wise counselors and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.”
“Wisdom begins at the end.”
“Wisdom is knowing what to do next virtue is doing it.”