Famous Quotes: Wisdom

Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
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In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action.
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Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.
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Our experience is composed rather of illusions that of wisdom acquired.
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Wisdom is not acquired save as the result of investigation.
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Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it.
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If they can prove that I am wrong by that time, I will give it up to their wisdom, but not after to any one's judgment, till I see the end of another year; for the Lord will begin with a new century; and I will see what he will do, before I will hearken to any man's judgment.
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Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains.
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I am a poor student sitting at the feet of giants, yearning for their wisdom and begging for lessons that might one day make me a complete artist, so that if all goes well, I may one day sit beside them.
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They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.
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It seems to me that, in every culture, I come across a chapter headed "Wisdom." And then I know exactly what is going to follow: "Vanity of vanities, all is vanity."
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The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.
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You know, many people have said that I'm on the edge and I'm maverick for some of the big operations that I've done. I'm not at all. I pray; I ask God to give me wisdom, 'Should I do it?', guidance in terms of how to do it, who to consult with. All those kind of things are incredibly important.
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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.
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My mother is a great source of advice and wisdom and consolation for me.
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The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.
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Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it.
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Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise.
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Wisdom is a sacred communion.
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To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
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