All Quotes By Tag: Wisdom
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“COMING FORTH INTO THE LIGHTI was born the dayI thought:What is?What was?AndWhat if?I was transformed the dayMy ego shattered,And all the superficial, materialThings that matteredTo me before,Suddenly ceasedTo matter.I really came into beingThe day I no longer cared aboutWhat the world thought of me,Only on my thoughts forChanging the world.”
“We spend January 1st walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives…not looking for flaws, but for potential.”
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“The thing about living alone is that it gives you a lot of time to think. You don’t necessarily reach any conclusions, because wisdom is largely a function of intelligence and self-awareness, not time on your hands. But you do become very good at thinking yourself into endless loops of desperation in half the time it would take a normal person.”
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“You’d be surprised how easy some things can be, things you never thought you’d do, when you take self-respect out of the equation.”
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“Develop the winning edge; small differences in your performance can lead to large differences in your results.”
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“Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom’s. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own.”
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“The heart that gives, gathers.”
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“Brave? Or stupid?”Roger shrugged. “I’ve never been quite sure where brave stopped and stupid began, myself.”
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“Your teacher might be a child who takes you by the hand and asks you a question that you hadn’t considered before, and your answer to the child is your answer to yourself.”
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“Healey’s First Law Of Holes: When in one, stop digging.”
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“You must become the producer, director and actor in the unfolding story of your life.”
“Be first the master of yourself”
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“Intelligence alone is not nearly enough when it comes to acting wisely.”
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