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" We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are. "

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

" Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action. "

Thomas Babington Macaulay

" I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise. "

" The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk. "

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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. "

" People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way. "

" It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters. "

" It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end. "

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" If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. "

" A promise made is a debt unpaid. "

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

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" Wisdom and knowledge are the most valuable things in the body. "

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" Spiritual teachers and artists that have opened the eye of wisdom for the world, and visionary community builders, have influenced my work. "

" A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise. "

John Henry Newman

" It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf. "

Walter Lippmann

" Look around for a place to sow a few seeds. "

" The hunger for facile wisdom is the root of all false philosophy. "

George Santayana

" The all-seeing eye of God beheld our deplorable state; infinite pity touched the heart of the Father of mercies; and infinite wisdom laid the plan of our recovery. "

" It used to be, it is accepted scientific wisdom the Earth is flat, and this heretic named Galileo was branded a denier. "

" Leave no stone unturned. "

" Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation. "

Robert H. Schuller

" If you have the insight of non-self, if you have the insight of impermanence, you should make that insight into a concentration that you keep alive throughout the day. Then what you say, what you think, and what you do will then be in the light of that wisdom and you will avoid making mistakes and creating suffering. "

Thich Nhat Hanh

" There is something about a mortarboard that gives otherwise sane and normal people the overwhelming urge to burden you with advice. Some of them cannot help themselves. They were asked to do it by a committee. But one can only take so many pieces of wisdom before they all start to blur together. "

Alexandra Petri

" Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. "

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" I'm always feeling like I'm lacking wisdom. This reassurance that one can ask God for that and it will happen is certainly reassuring to me. "

Francis Collins

" When you get older, you learn certain life lessons. You apply that wisdom, and suddenly you say, 'Hey, I've got a new lease on this thing. So let's go.' "

" Our great power does not mean we can do whatever we want whenever we want, nor should we assume we have all the wisdom and knowledge necessary to succeed. "

" I have seen life from the top down and the bottom up. I know how it looks both ways. And I know there is wisdom and that there is hope. "