One way to define wisdom is ...

One way to define wisdom is the ability to see, into the future, the consequences of your choices in the present. That ability can give you a completely different perspective on what the future might look like.
One way to define wisdom is the ability to see, into the future, the consequences of your choices in the present. That ability can give you a completely different perspective on what the future might look like.
 Andy Andrews

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I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

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You have been created with the ability to change the world. Every single choice you make ... every single action you take ... matters. But remember, the converse is also true. Every choice you do not make ... every action you do not take ... matters just as much.
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A committed heart does not wait for conditions to be exactly right. Why? Because conditions are never exactly right. Indecision limits The Almighty and His ability to perform miracles in your life. He has put the vision in you - proceed! To wait, to wonder, to doubt, to be indecisive is to disobey God.
 Andy Andrews
Self-discipline is the ability to make yourself do something you don't necessarily want to do, to get a result you would really like to have.
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Even a small amount of perspective can change our lives. Because even the smallest amount of perspective can change how we are able to navigate hard times.
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I had always been able to make people laugh in school, so I really developed that and worked on it and I got pretty good at it and it turned into a career.
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