Quotes About Insight

Mark Twain said, "We should be careful to get out of an experience all the wisdom that is in it—not like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove lid again—and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore.

Those things that hurt, instruct." —Benjamin Franklin

experience alone does not add value to a life. It's not necessarily experience that is valuable; it's the insight people gain because of their experience. Reflective

when you find yourself, you find your audience.

Learning to write is learning to think. You don't know anything clearly unless you can state it in writing.

people knowledge is much more important than mere product knowledge.

A blind man's world is bounded by the limits of his touch; an ignorant man's world by the limits of his knowledge; a great man's world by the limits of his vision.

No matter how much I know (or think I know), I can learn from this situation.

Hundreds can talk for one who can think, but thousands can think for one who can see.

Humorist Will Rogers said, "There are three kinds of men. Ones that learn by reading, a few who learn by observation, and the rest of us have to pee on an electric fence and find out for ourselves." Ouch. That's got to hurt. But let's face it: some people only learn things the hard way.

Discernment can be described as the ability to find the root of the matter, and it relies on intuition as well as rational thought.

One of the reasons that problem solving is so difficult is that we are often too close to the problems to truly understand them.

A deaf ear is the first indication of a closed mind.

If you think you are the entire picture, you will never see the big picture.

People say there are two kinds of learning: experience, which is gained from your own mistakes, and wisdom, which is learned from the mistakes of others.

Learning to pause and ask questions turns experience into insight.

Perspective separates leaders and followers more than any other characteristic. Leaders see before followers do; they see beyond what followers do; and they see bigger than followers do.

When you hear someone say, Now this is just off the top of my head, expect dandruff. The only people who believe thinking is easy are those who don't habitually engage in it.

It's said that a wise person learns from his mistakes. A wiser one learns from others' mistakes. But the wisest person of all learns from others' successes.

Poet Lord Byron was right when he stated, "Adversity is the first path to truth.

If you want to tap into your discernment potential, work in your areas of strength.

What is the greatest lesson you have learned? By asking this question I seek their wisdom. What are you learning now? This question allows me to benefit from their passion. How has failure shaped your life? This question gives insight into their attitude.

Education makes all the difference.

Los puntos críticos pueden proveer perspectiva, que es la capacidad de ver los cambios mayores dentro del marco de una vida entera y dejar que actúe el poder sanador del tiempo.