Quotes About Wisdom

advice often comes when you least expect it, and listening, which costs nothing, is one of the most valuable things you can do.

I always wanted to watch with my own eyes without having my judgement swayed by the filters of others.

I certainly found more virtue in patiently working towards the right decision as I got older. In my early days as a manager I could be impetuous - always in a hurry to get things done and stamp my authority on a situation. It takes courage to say, 'Let me think about it. When you're young you want to fly to the moon and you want to get there quickly. I think it's usually enthusiasm that causes this. As you get older you temper your enthusiasm with experience.

you have to make decisions with the information at your disposal, rather than what you wish you might have. I never had a problem reaching a decision based on imperfect information. That's just the way the world works.

There is also the question of when you should make a decision. There are probably only two times to do so - too early and too late. If I was going to err on making one of those mistakes, I far preferred to make the decision earlier rather than later. That's much easier to say than to do.

Whenever you show up in a new role, it will not be long before you have to face trouble and a clash over something. There is nothing to be gained by stirring it up yourself. Trouble will find you quick enough.

Observar a otras personas, prestar atención a sus consejos y leer sobre otros seres humanos son tres de las mejores cosas que he hecho en mi vida.

The great leader knows that most success comes from making a few large decisions correctly rather than trying to be involved in making lots of small choices.

Shakespeare's great." Duh. Shakespeare's cool, man.

I wonder how many times in my life I would have been able to prevent something, change something, do something different, if only I'd listened to someone.

Sometimes it also helps to have a bit less pride.

Surface beauty...is always easy to recognize. But if someone is braver, stronger, smarter, that's harder to see.

Maybe the crazy people are the only ones who know the truth.

I acknowledge the privilage of being alive in a human body at this moment, endowed with senses, memories, emotions, thoughts, and the space of mind in its wisdom aspect.

I acknowledge the privilege of being alive in a human body at this moment, endowed with senses, memories, emotions, thoughts, and the space of mind in its wisdom aspect

Is this how you repay my goodness--with badness?" cried the boy. "Of course," said the crocodile out of the corner of his mouth. "That is the way of the world.

you share receive.

she was simply grateful for this wise, loving mentor who could take one look into her eyes, see all the turmoil, sift through the hidden wreckage and somehow manage to inspire strength and good from some reserve Maggie hadn't even known existed.

They've seen too much to be children.

A wise man once said, don't die, it's not as fun as it seems

Live as if you were living already for the second time and as if you had acted the first time as wrongly as you are about to act now!50

She avoids deep thought like an empty restaurant, not out of stupidity, but a canny resolve to be happy.

Childhood and adulthood were not factors of age but states of mind.

What good was a truth that could be perceived only through delusion?