During a negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leave personalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities more objectively.
No amount of reading or memorizing will make you successful in life. It is the understanding and application of wise thought that counts." -Bob Proctor
A surgeon is surrounded by people who are sick, discouraged, afraid, embittered, dying - but also courageous, loving, wise, compassionate and alive.
Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.
In my day job, I worry non-stop about making wise investments for long-term gains.
Ignorance is a horrible thing. But arrogance, the belief that knowing a little more than the ignorant makes you wise, is more horrible still.
To realize that we are just a breath away from eternity takes a lot of guts and brain power. So, spend your breath wisely.
Tis well to borrow from the good and the great; 'Tis wise to learn: 'tis God-like to create!
I grew up in Germany for a little while, and all my German friends said that Seattle, weather and energy-wise, is a lot like West Germany. It's true.
Choose your battles wisely. Unless you have a very high chance of victory, spare your energy and walk away
Fate would have no divinity if we were wise: it is we who make her a goddess and place her in heaven.
You simply don't get to be wise, mature, etc., unless you've been a raving cannibal for thirty years or so.
To me, I think I'm just going to keep focused and forward on what I'm doing, work-wise, rather than searching for any kind of meaning in it.
I think guitar-wise, Eric Clapton was a big influence on me. I got to spend time around him. He's kind of strange, mysterious, serious and he always has played such hot guitar.
Howl: I can give you five minutes of invisibility so use it wisely.
Spats Colombo: [to coin-flipping wise guy] Where did you pick up that cheap trick?
Koro: Wise leader, forgive me. I am only a fledgling new to flight.
A society that does not use the intellectual power of its female population fully is not a wise society. Most women are not as tainted by mistakes in the conduct of the economy as the male population, and now they deserve an opportunity.
The respect for human rights, essential if we are to use technology wisely, is not something alien that must be grafted onto science. On the contrary, it is integral to science, as also to scholarship in general.
It has been wisely observed by the greatest of modern thinkers that mankind has progressed more rapidly in every other respect than in morality.
Study how water flows in a valley stream, smoothly and freely between the rocks. Also learn from holy books and wise people. Everything - even mountains, rivers, plants and trees - should be your teacher.
