1. When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. - Confucius
2. I will not follow where the path may lead, but I will go where there is no path, and I will leave a trail. - Muriel Strode
3. Never interrupt someone doing what you said couldn't be done. - Amelia Earhart
4. Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours. - C. S. Lewis
5. Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. - George S. Patton
6. Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
7. If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. - Michael Jordan
8. In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. - John Muir
9. Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful. - John Wooden
10. The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark. - Michelangelo
11. The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails. - William Arthur Ward
12. Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable. - Franz Kafka
13. Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men. - Confucius
14. It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. - Henry David Thoreau
15. Imagination is more important than knowledge. - Albert Einstein
16. The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends. - Friedrich Nietzsche
17. When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity. - John F. Kennedy
18. The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. - Socrates
19. True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing. - Socrates
20. A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle. - Khalil Gibran
21. For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone. - Audrey Hepburn
22. Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves. - Carl Jung
23. It isn't what you do, but how you do it. - John Wooden
24. It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen. - John Wooden
25. Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you. - John Wooden
26. If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there. - Lewis Carroll
27. The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk. - Marcus Tullius Cicero
28. Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds. - George Eliot
29. A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. - Thomas Paine
30. O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive! - Walter Scott
31. We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far. - Swami Vivekananda
32. It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important. - Arthur Conan Doyle
33. I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done. - Lucille Ball
34. People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy. - Anton Chekhov
35. Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice. - Anton Chekhov
36. To advise is not to compel. - Anton Chekhov
37. He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. - Jim Elliot
38. Work like you don't need the money. Love like you've never been hurt. Dance like nobody's watching. - Satchel Paige
39. With pride, there are many curses. With humility, there come many blessings. - Ezra Taft Benson
40. Let us act on what we have, since we have not what we wish. - John Henry Newman
41. It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life. - Elizabeth Kenny
42. Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship. - Omar N. Bradley
43. A charming woman... doesn't follow the crowd. She is herself. - Loretta Young
44. He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty. - Mary Wilson Little
45. Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act. - Dr. Seuss
46. By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. - Confucius
47. It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things. - Henry David Thoreau
48. All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man. - Henry David Thoreau
49. When in doubt, don't. - Benjamin Franklin
50. The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance. - Benjamin Franklin
51. Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. - Benjamin Franklin
52. The doors of wisdom are never shut. - Benjamin Franklin
53. Honesty is the best policy. - Benjamin Franklin
54. There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money. - Benjamin Franklin
55. Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. - Albert Einstein
56. We gain the strength of the temptation we resist. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
57. We are wiser than we know. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
58. Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
59. That old law about 'an eye for an eye' leaves everybody blind. The time is always right to do the right thing. - Martin Luther King, Jr.
60. Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion? - Friedrich Nietzsche
61. Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment. - Lao Tzu
62. In dwelling, live close to the ground. In thinking, keep to the simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In governing, don't try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present. - Lao Tzu
63. The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step. - Lao Tzu
64. I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. - Lao Tzu
65. He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe. - Marcus Aurelius
66. Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time. - Theodore Roosevelt
67. One's philosophy is not best expressed in words; it is expressed in the choices one makes... and the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility. - Eleanor Roosevelt
68. Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue. - Buddha
69. The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds. - John F. Kennedy
70. The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining. - John F. Kennedy
71. There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still. - Franklin D. Roosevelt
72. Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. - Will Rogers
73. You've got to go out on a limb sometimes because that's where the fruit is. - Will Rogers
74. Wisdom begins in wonder. - Socrates
75. Be as you wish to seem. - Socrates
76. True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us. - Socrates
77. We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. - George Bernard Shaw
78. Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance. - George Bernard Shaw
79. Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
80. Wisdom is found only in truth. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
81. This is the highest wisdom that I own; freedom and life are earned by those alone who conquer them each day anew. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
82. Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
83. The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
84. The more you like yourself, the less you are like anyone else, which makes you unique. - Walt Disney
85. A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination. - Nelson Mandela
86. If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. - Nelson Mandela
87. Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents. - Khalil Gibran
88. The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind. - Khalil Gibran
89. Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children. - Khalil Gibran
90. Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself. - Khalil Gibran
91. Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. - Napoleon Bonaparte
92. If you want a thing done well, do it yourself. - Napoleon Bonaparte
93. The truest wisdom is a resolute determination. - Napoleon Bonaparte
94. Once you label me you negate me. - Soren Kierkegaard
95. Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. - Henry Ford
96. Turn your wounds into wisdom. - Oprah Winfrey
97. Commitment is an act, not a word. - Jean-Paul Sartre
98. Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. - John Muir
99. The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. - H. L. Mencken
100. It's easier to resist at the beginning than at the end. - Leonardo da Vinci
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