“The Second World War took place not so much because no one won the First, but because the Versailles Treaty did not acknowledge this truth.”
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Wise Quotes — page 152 of 916
“The path to wisdom is not being afraid to make mistakes.”
“A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own.”
“Your first and foremost job as a leader is to take charge of your own energy and then help to orchestrate the energy of those around you.”
“Entrepreneurship is neither a science nor an art. It is a practice.”
“Objectives are not fate; they are direction. They are not commands; they are commitments. They do not determine the future; they are a means to mobilize resources and energies of the business for the making of the future.”
“It's more important to do the right thing than to do things right.”
“Neither blame or praise yourself.”
“Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention.”
“Upon the subject of education, not presuming to dictate any plan or system respecting it, I can only say that I view it as the most important subject which we as a people can be engaged in. That every man may receive at least a moderate education...appears to be an object of vital importance...”
“Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things being complex when they could be simple.”
“The man who craves disciples and wants followers is always more or less of a charlatan. The man of genuine worth and insight wants to be himself; and he wants others to be themselves, also.”
“My seat has been the seat of kings, and I will have no rascal to succeed me.”
“Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes.”
“He who exercises wisdom exercises the knowledge which is about God.”
“If a writer knows enough about what he is writing about, he may omit things that he knows. The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one ninth of it being above water.”
“The wisdom acquired with the passage of time is a useless gift unless you share it.”
“It’s not a bad lesson to learn in the bleaker months: how you view a storm is a question of perspective; provided you find the right rock to watch it from, it could be the most incredible thing you’ll ever witness.”
“Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.”
“We cannot study creativeness in an ultimate sense until we realize that practically all the definitions that we have been using of creativeness are essentially male or masculine definitions of male or masculine products. We've left out of consideration almost entirely the creativeness of women.”