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Wisdom

Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart. – Phil Jackson

If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail. – Abraham Maslow

A mistake is simply another way of doing things. – Katharine Graham

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment. – Lao Tzu

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started. – Henry Ward Beecher

The doors of wisdom are never shut. – Benjamin Franklin

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things. – Henry David Thoreau

Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion? – Friedrich Nietzsche

Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents. – Khalil Gibran

Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world. – Archimedes

All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man. – Henry David Thoreau

Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is. – Vince Lombardi

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you. – Joey Adams

Cleverness is not wisdom. – Euripides

It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important. – Arthur Conan Doyle

To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not. – Akhenaton

The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom. – William Blake

A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. – Francis Bacon

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination. – Napoleon Bonaparte