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Wise Quotes — page 46 of 916
“To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.”
“My attitude toward punctuation is that it ought to be as conventional as possible. The game of golf would lose a good deal if croquet mallets and billiard cues were allowed on the putting green. You ought to be able to show that you can do it a good deal better than anyone else with the regular tools before you have a license to bring in your own improvements.”
“Just because something is legible doesn't mean it communicates...”
“The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize that we ought to control our thoughts.”
“Tennis taught me so many lessons in life. One of the things it taught me is that every ball that comes to me, I have to make a decision. I have to accept responsibility for the consequences every time I hit a ball.”
“Reputation is what others think about you. What's far more important is character, because that is what you think about yourself.”
“For it is easy to criticize and break down the spirit of others, but to know yourself takes a lifetime.”
“In looking for people to hire, look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence and energy. And if they don't have the first, the other two will kill you.”
“My philosophy is that all stocks are bad. There are no good stocks unless they go up in price. If they go down instead, you have to cut your losses fast Letting losses run is the most serious mistake made by most investors.”
“If you really want to judge the character of a man, look not at his great performances. Watch a man do his most common actions.”
“If you want to have order in the commonwealth, you first have to have order in the individual soul.”
“To define is to limit.”
“To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions.”
“How much time he saves who does not look to see what his neighbor says or does or thinks.”
“The eyes have one language everywhere.”
“There is less difference than many suppose between the ideal Socialist system, in which the big businesses are run by the State, and the present Capitalist system, in which the State is run by the big businesses.”
“So long as the new moon returns in heaven a bent, beautiful bow, so long will the fascination of archery keep hold in the hearts of men.”
“When a child is thriving, there is no reason to spend time assessing intelligences. But when a child is NOT thriving - in school or at home - that is the time to apply the lens of multiple intelligences and see whether one can find ways to help the child thrive in different environments.”
“Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.”