Wisdom Quotes That Will Change Your Perspective - page 152
Many people think of knowledge as money, They would like knowledge, but do not want to face the perseverance and self- denial that goes into the acquisition of it.
John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn
Wisdom. . .is knowing what you have to accept.
Wallace Stegner
None in this age will amass wealth except those having five traits ofcharacter. High hopes; abnormal greediness; excessive miserliness, lack of fearing Allaah; and forgetfulness of the coming world.
Sufyan al-Thawri
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We are wiser than we know.
Hannibal Lecter: We live in a primitive time - don't we, Will? - neither savage nor wise. Half measures are the curse of it. Any rational society would either kill me or give me my books.
Thomas Harris
Common sense religion emphasizes the human contributions that are supposed to move the deity. Valid worship always begins with recognition of what God has already done.
Max Anders
No doubt but ye are the People - absolute, strong and wise;
Whatever your hear has desired ye have not withheld from your eyes.
On your own heads, in your own hands, the sin and the saving lies!
Rudyard Kipling
All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small.
Despite the state of denial exhibited by most Democrats, Americans all across the nation acknowledge that changes are necessary to preserve Social Security for today's younger workers.
Jim Sensenbrenner
Why is it forbidden in New York to acknowledge the charm and beauty of Los Angeles?
He who is fixed to a star does not change his mind.
It is harder to avoid censure than to gain applause; for this may be done by one great or wise action in an age. But to escape censure a man must pass his whole life without saying or doing one ill or foolish thing
That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing.
Martin Luther King Jr.
Stopping advertising to save money is like stopping your watch to save time.