Wisdom Quotes That Will Change Your Perspective - page 58

I had a caricature view of the guy in the beret with the big megaphone­­, but a movie director and writer was beyond my role of understanding.
I had a caricature view of the guy in the beret with the big megaphone­­, but a movie director and writer was beyond my role of understanding.
 J. C. Chandor
If we stay aware and acknowledge the great mystery that is this life, we will see that we have been perfectly placed, in exactly the right position… to make all the difference in the world.
 James Redfield
In the end of the film there is hope, ... There's beauty in ugliness. It's really important for us Latinos to acknowledge each other and not deny the reality, because our reality is fascinating.
 Jonathan Jakubowicz
We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness.
 Tom Waits
Figuring out who you are is the whole point of the human experience.
Too often our leaders cannot work for the greater good because they acknowledge no good greater than politics. But if that's truly our prime directive and highest imperative, God help us all.
 Leonard Pitts
Man is essentially ignorant, and becomes learned through acquiring knowledge.
 Ibn Khaldun
Subject the material world to the higher ends by understanding it in all its relations to daily life and action.
 Ellen Swallow Richards
To live a pure unselfish life, one must count nothing as one's own in the midst of abundance.
All of my jokes were about not being able to meet anybody. I didn\'t have any insight into anything - even my own insecurities.
All of my jokes were about not being able to meet anybody. I didn't have any insight into anything - even my own insecurities.
 Judd Apatow
The acorn of honest inquiry has often sprouted and matured into a great oak of understanding.
Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
A fulfilling life is different to each person. You have to acknowledge your dreams, and not just wait for life to happen, and opportunities to come knocking at your door.
 Joan Lunden
I acknowledge that I should not like to see again such loss as I sustained on the 23rd September, even if attended by such a gain.
 Duke of Wellington
The act of acting morally is behaving as if everything we do matters.
The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.
I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
 Baltasar Gracian
I am constrained every moment to acknowledge a higher origin for events than the will I call mine.
I am constrained every moment to acknowledge a higher origin for events than the will I call mine.
The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.