“Being honest may not get you a lot of friends but it’ll always get you the right ones”
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Wise Quotes — page 4 of 916
“If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.”
“You must remember that some things legally right are not morally right.”
“I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together.”
“I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.”
“Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you quit, try.”
“You do not really understand something unless you can explain it to your grandmother.”
“Science is the most reliable guide for civilization, for life, for success in the world. Searching a guide other than the science is meaning carelessness, ignorance and heresy.”
“Last night I begged the Wise One to tell me the secret of the world. Gently, gently, he whispered, "Be quiet, the secret cannot be spoken, It is wrapped in silence."”
“I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.”
“We should ask ourselves three questions before we speak: Is it true? Is it kind? Does it glorify Christ?”
“The world we have created is a product of our thinking; it cannot be changed without changing our thinking. If we want to change the world we have to change our thinking...no problem can be solved from the same consciousness that created it. We must learn to see the world anew.”
“A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.”
“The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.”
“Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.”
“The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn't said.”
“Cultivate a deep understanding of yourself - not only what your strengths and weaknesses are but also how you learn, how you work with others, what your values are, and where you can make the greatest contribution. Because only when you operate from strengths can you achieve true excellence.”
“Don't force your children into your ways, for they were created for a time different from your own.”
“An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind.”
“Every week I preach justification by faith to my people, because every week they forget it.”