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" There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still. "

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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" Justice Scalia was a lion of the law. Agree or disagree with him, all of his colleagues on the bench shared his wisdom and his humor. And like them, I miss him. "

" Be happy. It's one way of being wise. "

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" The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease. "

" War involves in its progress such a train of unforeseen circumstances that no human wisdom can calculate the end; it has but one thing certain, and that is to increase taxes. "

" No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks. "

" I had more energy at 50. On the other hand, at 75, I've probably got a little more wisdom and good judgment than I had at 50 because I've got more experience. But I haven't really changed. I'm still driven by the same philosophy. "

" All wisdom does not reside in Delhi. "

" Instead of looking at life as a narrowing funnel, we can see it ever widening to choose the things we want to do, to take the wisdom we've learned and create something. "

" Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger we perceive man himself; the image of a God is not disguised by resemblances to an uncle or doubts of wisdom of a mustache. "

Gilbert K. Chesterton

" The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. "

" The school is the last expenditure upon which America should be willing to economize. "

Franklin D. Roosevelt

" Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it. "

" 'Swan,' by Mary Oliver. Poems and prose. Reading from this book is as if visiting a very wise friend. There is wisdom and welcoming kindness on every page. "

" Information is not knowledge, and knowledge is not wisdom. Reading - even browsing - an old book can yield sustenance denied by a database search. Patience is a virtue, gluttony a sin. "

" One thing is sure. We have to do something. We have to do the best we know how at the moment... If it doesn't turn out right, we can modify it as we go along. "

Franklin D. Roosevelt

" Start wide, expand further, and never look back. "

Arnold Schwarzenegger

" I'm very accepting with my age. It's like notches on your belt: experience, wisdom, and a different kind of beauty. There comes a day when you've become comfortable in your skin. "

" Combine the extremes, and you will have the true center. "

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

" Theology in general seems to me a substitution of human ingenuity for divine wisdom. "

Julia Ward Howe

" I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom. "

" I'll come to you with gifts of knowledge, wisdom and truth. "

" Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom. "

" Every silver lining has a cloud. "

" Surely wisdom will come as we listen to learn from children, parents, partners, neighbors, Church leaders, and the Lord. "

Russell M. Nelson

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

John Henry Newman

" We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started. "

Henry Ward Beecher

" An owl is traditionally a symbol of wisdom, so we are neither doves nor hawks but owls, and we are vigilant when others are resting. "

" For myself, I think that those who cultivate wisdom and believe themselves able to instruct their fellow-citizens as to their interests are least likely to become partisans of violence. They are too well aware that to violence attach enmities and dangers, whereas results as good may be obtained by persuasion safely and amicably. "