Wisdom 4

• I always felt that my greatest asset was not my physical ability, it was my mental ability. -Bruce Jenner

• There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second. -Logan Pearsall Smith

• The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet. -James Openheim

• I don’t wish to be everything to everyone, but I would like to be something to someone. -Javan

• I have made mistakes, but I never made the mistake of claiming that I never made one. -James Gordon Bennett

• We have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall too easily into the trap of being our worst enemies. -Roderick Thorp

• Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man’s growth without destroying his roots. -Frank A. Clark

• The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands in times of challenge and controversy. -Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Life is like a taxi. The meter just keeps a-ticking whether you are getting somewhere or just standing still. -Lou Erickson

• A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

• I have learned to seek my happiness by limiting my desires, rather than attempting to satisfy them. -John Stuart Mills

• The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. – Ann Landers

• It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else’s eyes. -Sally Field

• The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time. -Mark Twain

• The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want. -Ben Stein

• If in the last few years you haven’t discarded a major opinion or acquired a new one, check your pulse. You may be dead. -Gelett Burgess

• A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it. -Jean de La Fontaine

• I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is that I can’t find anybody who can tell me what they want. -Mark Twain

• No single event can awaken within us a stranger totally unknown to us. To live is to be slowly born. -Antoine de Saint

• Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired. -Jules Renard

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