wisdom-quotes

Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

God is a concept by which we measure our pain.

The more we value things, the less we value ourselves.

The whole world is a series of miracles, but we're so used to them we call them ordinary things.

- Hans Christian Andersen

He who does not reflect his life back to God in gratitude does not know himself.

- Albert Schweitzer

You can tell a workingman you like him, but he knows whether you are sincere or not. You can't make him believe you are interested in his welfare unless you are.

Rather than go to the gym, I would prefer to do martial arts because the time goes by quicker.

- Milla Jovovich

There are only three ways to teach a child. The first is by example, the second is by example, the third is by example.

- Albert Schweitzer

Quickly identify mistakes and take action.

- Charlie Munger

If it goes well with you, then all is well.

- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Whatever qualities the rich may have, they can be acquired by anyone with the tenacity to become rich.

The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.

- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.

- Benjamin Franklin

Why can't you understand? The stars fall down now and then. The gaps have to be filled.

- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

I think the most important thing is to keep active and to hope that your mind stays active.

He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees.

- Benjamin Franklin

The man who dies rich, dies disgraced.

- Andrew Carnegie

We need to respect the fact that cows are herbivores, and that does not mean feeding them corn and chicken manure.

Remember that credit is money.

- Benjamin Franklin

Plans should be ephemeral, so be prepared to move away from them.

- Anthony Bourdain

Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

- John F. Kennedy

Applause waits on success.

- Benjamin Franklin

All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded the individual.

- Albert Einstein

We are tied to the ocean. And when we go back to the sea, whether it is to sail or to watch - we are going back from whence we came.

- John F. Kennedy

The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise.

- Benjamin Franklin

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