Quotes about wisdom
wisdom men shoes
Who waiteth for dead man's shoes will go long barefoot. John Heywood
wisdom littles ears
Little pitchers have big ears.
wisdom blow wind
It's an ill wind that blows no good.
wisdom air judgement
Walk on air against your better judgement. Seamus Heaney
wisdom lonely loneliness
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, that's not me. I'm just interested in that because I think it makes a funny drawing.' But later I understood it was me in many respects; my hand was doing it ahead of the head's understanding. Michael Leunig
wisdom country inspiration
If European symbols and traditions have grown tired, perfunctory and oppressively banal in Australia, or been drained of spirit and meaning by the dreary dictates of materialism and secularity, then the raw spirit truth of our native land is alive and radiant by comparison. For joy and meaning we might well turn to our natural country and witness miracles of vitality and new life, of inspiration and profound beauty; all in some humble, quiet and improbable place.
wisdom time pain
Look for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what pains you. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
wisdom nature science
Feeling a little small? Well, in the context of the cosmos, we are small. Neil deGrasse Tyson
wisdom school students
When students cheat on exams, it's because our school system values grades more than students value learning.
wisdom data intuition
Intuition becomes increasingly valuable in the new information society precisely because there is so much data. John Naisbitt
wisdom nature autumn
Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. John Muir
wisdom folly
For the subtlest folly proceeds from the subtlest wisdom. John Webster
wisdom haste hurrying
Though I am always in haste, I am never in a hurry. John Wesley
wisdom two understanding
Wisdom and understanding are synonymous words; they consist of two propositions, which are not distinct in sense, but one and the same thing variously expressed. John Tillotson
wisdom art focus-and-concentration
At some point you start seeing the difference between what you really want, and what is your priority order. I feel that today I know what I want. That's the problem with perspective, as well as focus and concentration. Nick Cave
wisdom believe islamic
It is indeed surprising that a man inspite of his belief in the Fire of Jahannum is still able to laugh, and inspite of his belief in Maut he is able to be happy. Inspite of believing in the Reckoning, he commits evil deeds. Inspite of believing in Taqdeer, he grieves. Inspite of observing the world with its changes, he feels contented with it. Inspite of believing in Jannat, he refrains from righteous deeds. Moses
wisdom ocean mean
Just because the tide is out, doesn't mean there is less water in the ocean. Seth Godin
wisdom desire
The beginning of wisdom is to desire it. Solomon Ibn Gabirol
wisdom laughing fool
Fools laugh at others. Wisdom laughs at itself. Rajneesh
wisdom past dying
There is only one courage and that is the courage to go on dying to the past, not to collect it, not to accumulate it, not to cling to it. We all cling to the past and because we cling to the past we become unavailable to the present.
wisdom spiritual mean
Trust does not mean that everything will be all right. Trust means everything is already all right.
wisdom thinking pay
Why should we pay so much attention to what the majority thinks? Socrates
wisdom shadow riches
Wisdom adorneth riches and casteth a shadow over poverty.
wisdom heart judging
We are in fact convinced that if we are ever to have pure knowledge of anything, we must get rid of the body and contemplate things by themselves with the soul by itself. It seems, to judge from the argument, that the wisdom which we desire and upon which we profess to have set our hearts will be attainable only when we are dead and not in our lifetime.
wisdom gratitude greed
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
wisdom greek oracles
The Delphic Oracle said that I was the wisest of all the Greeks. It is because I alone of all the Greeks know that I know nothing.
wisdom knowing littles
Wisdom is knowing how little we know.
wisdom people force
People learn more on their own rather than being force fed.
wisdom philosophy knowing-nothing
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
wisdom believe responsibility
The very reason why we object to state ownership, that it puts a stop to individual initiative and to the healthy development of personal responsibility, is the reason why we object to an unsupervised, unchecked monopolistic control in private hands. We urge control and supervision by the nation as an antidote to the movement for state socialism. Those who advocate total lack of regulation, those who advocate lawlessness in the business world, themselves give the strongest impulse to what I believe would be the deadening movement toward unadulterated state socialism. Theodore Roosevelt
wisdom character acceptance
I care not what others think of what I do, but I care very much about what I think of what I do! That is character!
wisdom iron quality
We need the iron qualities that go with true manhood. We need the positive virtues of resolution, of courage, of indomitable will, of power to do without shrinking the rough work that must always be done.
wisdom failure winning
The boy who is going to make a great man must not make up his mind merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in spite of a thousand repulses and defeats.