“It is true that we shall not be able to reach perfection, but in our struggle toward it we shall strengthen our characters and give stability to our ideas, so that, whilst ever advancing calmly in the same direction, we shall be rendered capable of applying the faculties with which we have been gifted to the best possible account.”
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Wise Quotes — page 167 of 916
“The superior man is slow in his words and earnest in his conduct.”
“I know when I have a problem and have done all I can to figure it, I keep listening in a sort of inside silence 'til something clicks and I feel a right answer.”
“Strategically, a major function of the CEO is to look for bad news and encourage the organization to respond to it. Employees must be encouraged to share bad news as much as good news.”
“True greatness is not measured by the headlines a person commands or the wealth he or she accumulates. The inner character of a person-the undergirding moral and spiritual values and commitments-is the true measure of lasting greatness.”
“When intuition and logic agree, you are always right.”
“If you know your history, then you would know where you coming from, then you wouldn't have to ask me, who the heck do I think I am.”
“What is laid down, ordered, factual is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life always spills over the rim of every cup.”
“Many of the most successful men and women in the world never graduated from college. They attended the school of life instead.”
“If you are without bread, how much wisdom can you boast and of what real utility are your talents, if you cannot procure for yourselves and save against a day of scarcity those substances designed to sustain your natural lives?”
“If you follow the classical pattern, you are understanding the routine, the tradition, the shadow -- you are not understanding yourself.”
“A kung fu man lives without being dependant on the opinions of others, and a master, unlike the beginner, holds himself in reserve. He is quiet and unassuming, with no desire to show off.”
“The question isn't so much "Are you parenting the right way?" as it is: "Are you the adult that you want your child to grow up to be?"”
“And no renown can render you well-known: For if you think that fame can lengthen life By mortal famousness immortalized, The day will come that takes your fame as well, And there a second death for you awaits.”
“I believe, indeed, that overemphasis on the purely intellectual attitude, often directed solely to the practical and factual, in our education, has led directly to the impairment of ethical values.”
“A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him.”
“Yet the deepest truths are best read between the lines, and, for the most part, refuse to be written.”
“The director’s task is to recreate life, its movement, its contradictions, its dynamic and conflicts. It is his duty to reveal every iota of the truth he has seen, even if not everyone finds that truth acceptable. Of course an artist can lose his way, but even his mistakes are interesting provided they are sincere. For they represent the reality of his inner life, of the peregrinations and struggle into which the external world has thrown him.”
“I wish to have as my epitaph: 'Here lies a man who was wise enough to bring into his service men who knew more than he.'”
“Don't pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches.”