Big money is not a good thing for a little soul: it will only ensnare his feet, and he will fall to his ruin. Wealth is safe only for those who have a wealth of wisdom.
Edwin Markham
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When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
Confucius
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You know, it's sort of common wisdom among New York publishers that short story collections don't make money.
Chad Harbach
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The most important lesson of New Labour is this: Every time we made progress we did it by challenging the conventional wisdom.
Ed Miliband
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Wisdom outweighs any wealth.
Sophocles
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My father said there were two kinds of people in the world: givers and takers. The takers may eat better, but the givers sleep better.
Marlo Thomas
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As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
Ben Hogan
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People used to grow up in small communities where folk wisdom was passed down. But we don't live there anymore. We can't go next door to your aunt and ask her for the answers.
Clarissa Pinkola Estes
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Passion without purpose is kind of pointless. I think God gives us the vision and wisdom to help enforce what he sees for us. You don't just sit at home and end up on 'Empire.'
BJ the Chicago Kid
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The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.
Solomon Ibn Gabirol
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Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the great ocean, and the highest peak, empty of all thoughts. Always keep your body filled with light and heat. Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment.
Morihei Ueshiba
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When in doubt, don't.
Benjamin Franklin
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The DISCLOSE Act is a testament to the wisdom of the Supreme Court's decision in Citizens United. The First Amendment sought to place political speech beyond the government's control, and we can be glad that it did.
Bradley A. Smith
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Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.
Bertrand Russell
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Be as you wish to seem.
Socrates
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If the highest things are unknowable, then the highest capacity or virtue of man cannot be theoretical wisdom.
Leo Strauss
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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.
Ben Carson
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Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
Archimedes
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Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.
Alexander Pope
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In world mythology, there are countless examples of tragic characters whose greatest strength is also the source of their undoing. But the ancient Greeks and Romans also held the view that acceptance is the beginning of wisdom.
Simon Van Booy
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Pain is the doorway to wisdom and to truth.
Keith Miller
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Champions invariably have fervent philosophical beliefs. Philosophy, in its simplest terms, means 'the love of wisdom.'
Zig Ziglar
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Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.
Arthur Helps
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Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you.
Aldous Huxley
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