Quotes About Wisdom

William James said that the art of being wise is the "art of knowing what to overlook." The petty and the mundane steal much of our time. Too many of us are living for the wrong things.

Ignorance means we didn't have the necessary information; stupidity means we had the necessary information but misused it.

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it enough.

Experience alone isn't a good enough teacher – evaluated experience is.

Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore wrote, "All that is not given is lost.

The writer of Proverbs observed that sharp people sharpen one another, just as iron sharpens iron. If you want to be a sharp thinker, be around sharp people.

Being simple is hard work.

Willa A. Foster commented, "Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives.

Understanding changes minds. Action changes lives.

to put it as philosopher-poet Ralph Waldo Emerson did, "To be simple is to be great.

The way President Abraham Lincoln is said to have handled a person who had a know-it-all attitude. Lincoln asked, "How many legs will a sheep have if you call a tail a leg?" "Five," the man answered. "No," replied Lincoln, "he'll still have four, because calling a tail a leg doesn't make it one.

Un buen liderazgo se aprende en las trincheras.

There is a great deal of difference between knowing and understanding. You can know a lot about something and not really understand it.

El secreto del éxito en la vida es que el hombre esté listo cuando llega el momento». BENJAMIN DISRAELI

La habilidad de hacer la pregunta correcta le da la mitad de la victoria en la batalla por encontrar la respuesta".

Peter Drucker, dijo: "Mi mayor fortaleza como consultor es ser ignorante y hacer unas cuantas preguntas".

Se requiere humildad para buscar realimentación. Se requiere sabiduría para entenderla, analizarla y actuar sobre ella apropiadamente". —Stephen R. Covey

Jim Rohn's comment: "Don't let your learning lead to knowledge; let your learning lead to action.

An open mind is the beginning of self-discovery and growth. We can't learn anything new until we can admit that we don't already know everything." —Erwin G. Hall

Las únicas semillas que se pierden son las que no se siembran. Él había abrazado la verdad de esta paradoja: lo que uno guarda, lo pierde, y lo que pierde, lo guarda.

Experiencia no es lo que le ocurre. Experiencia es lo que usted gana con lo que le ocurre. —ALDOUS HUXLEY

Good Thinking Produces More Good Thinking

The ability to ask the right question is more than half the battle of finding the answer.

Persian poet Saadi instructed, "Have patience. All things are difficult before they become easy." That's wise advice. Most people never realize how close they are to achieving significant things, because they give up too soon. Everything worthwhile in life takes dedication and time. The people who grow and achieve the most are the ones who harness the power of patience and persistence.