Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.
Category: wisdom
You know, it’s sort of common wisdom among New York publishers that short story collections don’t make money.
The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.
Wisdom, prudence, forethought, these are essential. But not second to these that noble courage which adventures the right, and leaves the consequences to God.
God in His wisdom has decided that He will reward no works but His own.
Words of wisdom are spoken by children at least as often as scientists.
One part of wisdom is knowing what you don’t need anymore and letting it go.
Many people have their reputations as reporters and analysts because they are on television, batting around conventional wisdom. A lot of these people have never reported a story.
One reason the human race has such a low opinion of itself is that it gets so much of its wisdom from writers.
In garden arrangement, as in all other kinds of decorative work, one has not only to acquire a knowledge of what to do, but also to gain some wisdom in perceiving what it is well to let alone.