“Truth is more in the process than in the result.”
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Wise Quotes — page 134 of 916
“We need to teach our children how to debate the major life issues. Debate strengthens their beliefs and enables them to defend themselves against ideologies that are going to come their way.”
“The reservedness and distance that fathers keep, often deprive their sons of that refuge which would be of more advantage to them than an hundred rebukes or chidings.”
“A dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest.”
“The modern story begun, one might say, with Edgar Allan Poe, which proceeds inexorably, like a machine destined to accomplish its mission with the maximum economy of means.”
“What concerns all, should be considered by all; and individuals may injure a whole society, by not declaring their sentiments. It is therefore not only their right, but their duty, to declare them.”
“We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character--that is the goal of true education. The complete education gives one not only power of concentration, but worthy objectives upon which to concentrate. The broad education will, therefore, transmit to one not only the accumulated knowledge of the race but also the accumulated experience of social living. If we are not careful, our colleges will produce a group of close-minded, unscientific, illogical propagandists, consumed with immoral acts. Be careful, brethren! Be careful, teachers!”
“It is the part of a wise man to keep himself today for tomorrow, and not to venture all his eggs in one basket.”
“It is my belief that there are "absolutes" in our Bill of Rights, and that they were put there on purpose by men who knew what words meant and meant their prohibitions to be "absolutes."”
“Ignorance of certain subjects is a great part of wisdom.”
“Success is not rightly measured by the worldly standards of wealth, prestige and power. None of these bestow happiness unless they are rightly used. To use them rightly one must possess wisdom and love for God and man.”
“The successful person places more attention on doing the right thing rather than doing things right.”
“Strategic management is not a box of tricks or a bundle of techniques. It is analytical thinking and commitment of resources to action. But quantification alone is not planning. Some of the most important issues in strategic management cannot be quantified at all.”
“We do not learn; and what we call learning is only a process of recollection.”
“It may be roundly asserted that human ingenuity cannot concoct a cipher which human ingenuity cannot resolve.”
“We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.”
“Facts are too busy being true to worry about how you feel about them.”
“In a rising market, enough of your bad ideas will pay off so that you'll never learn that you should have fewer ideas.”
“An attempt to write nothing but characterization will soon bog down; I for one don't want to have somebody tell me about someone else.”
“There is much difference between imitating a good man and counterfeiting him.”