Quotes About Wisdom

My second wife Bonnie Owens and I worked together after we divorced for a period of maybe 20 years. And I managed to stay friends with another wife. And then there's one that I don't mess with. Everybody's got one of those.

Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.

We had good white friends who advised us against taking the war path. My friend and brother, Mr. Chapman, told us just how the war would end.

He makes no friends who never made a foe.

Do not trouble yourself much to get new things, whether clothes or friends... Sell your clothes and keep your thoughts.

You care for them and in return they couldn't care less about you. Choose your friends wisely!

When they say you have to distance yourself from certain people. That's real. Certain people are followed by drama so if you want to be blessed you have to stop getting tangled up in everyone else's mess.

An old friend of mine once told me, stop feeding the snake around your neck, one day it will grow strong enough to strangle you. How did she know? Guess it takes a snake to know one.

I am thankful for all difficult people in my life, they have shown me exactly who I do not want to be.

Before you embark on a journey of revenge, Dig two graves.

The people who fight fire with fire, usually end up with ashes.

He falls into the pit who leads another to it.

Sometimes I wish there was a backspace key for my mouth.

Learn as if you were going to live forever. Live as if you were going to die tomorrow.

I need something deeper. I need someone to challenge me intellectually

Just like you wouldn't give a book to someone who doesn't know how to read, don't give your heart to someone who doesn't know how to love.

Going back to your ex is like reading a book you have already read. The outcome will always be the same.

Chance corrects us of many faults that reason would not know how to correct.

Everybody deserves second chances, but not for the same mistakes.

True happiness resides in not getting what you desire...but desiring what you get.

Gratitude is a fruit of great cultivation; you do not find it among gross people

Thoughts are not feelings, they are ideas of how you should feel. When thoughts and feelings get confused, the truth becomes clouded and lost. On the same token, When gratitude replaces judgment, peace spreads throughout your body, gently embraces your soul and wisdom fills your mind.

Good men and bad men differ radically. Bad men never appreciate kindness shown them, but wise men appreciate and are grateful. Wise men try to express their appreciation and gratitude by some return of kindness, not only to their benefactor, but to e

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always come a time when you will be grateful you did.