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" Every journey that is successful has culs-de-sac and speed bumps. I carry a wisdom gene through my life through the good, the bad, and the ugly. "

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" I know that inner wisdom is more precious than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain. "

" It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important. "

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" Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed levees and exploded the conventional wisdom about a shared American prosperity, exposing a group of people so poor they didn't have $50 for a bus ticket out of town. If we want to learn something from this disaster, the lesson ought to be: America's poor deserve better than this. "

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" Women are stronger than men - they do not die of wisdom. "

" Commitment is an act, not a word. "

Jean-Paul Sartre

" Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom. "

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

" 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.' "

Ludwig Wittgenstein

" Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live. "

" Wise men make more opportunities than they find. "

" Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish. "

John Henry Newman

" How many cares one loses when one decides not to be something but to be someone. "

" It is plain to me that our prelates, in granting indulgences, do commonly blaspheme the wisdom of God. "

" India is known for its sobriety and wisdom, balanced and sensible thinking. We need strong institutions and we need good governance in the country. "

" Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom. "

" Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. "

Marcus Tullius Cicero

" 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. "

" Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom. "

" As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round. "

" To comprehend the Wisdom of this Injunction the better, and explain the Duty before us, it should be considered, that Government is the only Means by which human Happiness can be attained. "

" Christian, learn from Christ how you ought to love Christ. Learn a love that is tender, wise, strong; love with tenderness, not passion, wisdom, not foolishness, and strength, lest you become weary and turn away from the love of the Lord. "

" In today's roller-coaster economy, hyper-competitive, fear-based, flat and global world, convincing anyone to do anything at any time requires getting their attention, creating their intention and turning it to action. "

" It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously. "

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" They whom truth and wisdom lead, can gather honey from a weed. "

" The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it. "

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" The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention. "

" Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut, that held its ground. "

" We do not sit as a superlegislature to weigh the wisdom of legislation. "

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