“You can tell a person's past, present and future by listening to the words they use.”
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Wise Quotes — page 237 of 916
“Humility is the first step towards learning. You can’t learn until you are humble enough to realize there is something for you to learn.”
“Sometimes you succeed.... and other times you learn.”
“Seek to understand before you seek to be understood.”
“I teach people how to treat me by what I will allow.”
“Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.”
“Wisdom is your perspective on life, your sense of balance, your understanding of how the various parts and principles apply and relate to each other.”
“The real art is knowing what to leave out, not what to put in.”
“Age is as much an asset for character players as it is for good wine. Human experiences, both good and bad, leave their marks on one's face and bearing. A few lines on the face and a few gray hairs coupled with the idiosyncrasies an actor adopts throughout life help out round out the actor's personality. So far as I'm concerned, the older a character actor gets, the firmer his position is.”
“If a general shows confidence in his men but always insists on his orders being obeyed, the gain will be mutual.”
“Fighting with a large army under your command is nowise different from fighting with a small one: it is merely a question of instituting signs and signals.”
“Friendship of the wise is good; a wise enemy is better than a foolish friend.”
“I considered the case and realized that if something can exist in opinion without existing in reality, or exist in reality without existing in opinion, the conclusion is that of the two parallel lives, only opinion is necessary – not reality, which is only a secondary consideration.”
“The forceps of our minds are clumsy forceps, and crush the truth a little in taking hold of it.”
“Begin with an individual, and before you know it you find that you have created a type; begin with a type, and you find that you have created - nothing.”
“Leisure only means a chance to do other jobs that demand attention.”
“Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.”
“Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.”
“When I read of the vain discussions of the present day about the Virgin Birth and other old dogmas which belong to the past, I feel how great the need is still of a real interest in the religion which builds up character, teaches brotherly love, and opens up to the seeker such a world of usefulness and the beauty of holiness.”
“To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.”