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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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" The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. "
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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" Whatever one thinks of the wisdom of building a mosque near Ground Zero, this controversy now affords us an immense opportunity to examine who we are as a people. It provides us with the opportunity to get back to our foundational ideals, which have always stood as a beacon for the rest of the world. "
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" The most certain sign of wisdom is cheerfulness. "
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" The wisdom of age: don't stop walking. "
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" 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. "
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" I think I got a lot of life skills; I got a lot of wisdom; I've seen a lot of bad things happen to a lot of good people. "
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" Conventional wisdom on government's role in inequality often has it backwards. Tax reforms have resulted in a more progressive federal income tax; government transfer payments have become less progressive. "
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" Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two. "
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" Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone. "
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" As you walk in God's divine wisdom, you will surely begin to see a greater measure of victory and good success in your life. "
Joseph Prince
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" The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique. "
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" A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom. "
Robert Frost
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" 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. "
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" The truest wisdom is a resolute determination. "
Napoleon Bonaparte
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" A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool. "
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" Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance. "
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" Lord, give us the wisdom to utter words that are gentle and tender, for tomorrow we may have to eat them. "
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" A youth, when at home, should be filial and, abroad, respectful to his elders. He should be earnest and truthful. He should overflow in love to all and cultivate the friendship of the good. When he has time and opportunity, after the performance of these things, he should employ them in polite studies. "
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" To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage, or of principle. "
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" My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate. "
Thornton Wilder
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" It is good even for old men to learn wisdom. "
Aeschylus
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" Education makes us more stupid than the brutes. A thousand voices call to us on every hand, but our ears are stopped with wisdom. "
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" Since human wisdom cannot secure us from accidents, it is the greatest effort of reason to bear them well. "
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" We never understand how little we need in this world until we know the loss of it. "
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" Sometimes I am happy and sometimes not. I am, after all, a human being, you know. And I am glad that we are sometimes happy and sometimes not. You get your wisdom working by having different emotions. "
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" Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the furthest thing from it. Because cynics don't learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed blindness: a rejection of the world because we are afraid it will hurt us or disappoint us. Cynics always say 'no.' But saying 'yes' begins things. Saying 'yes' is how things grow. "
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" Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late. "
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" Surely, God on high has not refused to give us enough wisdom to find ways to bring us an improvement in relations between the two great nations on earth. "
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