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Words of Wisdom Quotes

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Youth would be an ideal state if it came a little later in life.

– Herbert Henry Asquith

You’ll notice that a turtle only makes progress when it sticks out its neck.

You have to wonder about humans, they think God is dead and Elvis is alive!

You don’t stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing.

– Michael Pritchard

You are richer today if you have laughed, given or forgiven.

Words are windows to the heart.

Wise men don’t need advice. Fools won’t take it.

– Benjamin Franklin

Wisdom is what’s left after we’ve run out of personal opinions.

– Cullen Hightower

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you’d have preferred to talk.

– Doug Larson

Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.

– William Wadsworth

Wisdom is higher than a fool can reach.

– Phyllis Wheatly

Wisdom is divided into two parts: (a) having a great deal to say, and (b) not saying it.

Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein.

Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart.

Whatever you do, don’t wake up at 65 years old and think about what you should have done with your life.

– George Clooney

We have met the enemy and he is us.

Watch your thoughts, for they become words. Choose your words, for they become actions. Understand your actions, for they become habits. Study your habits, for they will become your character. Develop your character, for it becomes your destiny.

– The “Original” Mike Smith

Too many people offer God prayers, with claw marks all over them.

To see what is in front of one’s nose requires a constant struggle.

– George Orwell

To forgive is to set the prisoner free, and then discover the prisoner was you.

Tis wisdom sometimes to seem a fool.

– Thomas Fuller

Time and health are two precious assets that we don’t recognize and appreciate until they have been depleted.

– Denis Waitley

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

– Benjamin Franklin

This, too, shall pass.

– when asked for a proverb that would fit any occasion, Wise men of the King of Siam

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

There are three kinds of bones everyone should have: a funny bone, a backbone and a wishbone.

The truth is more important than the facts.

– Frank Lloyd Wright

The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.

– Syndey J. Harris

The trouble with facts is that there are so many of them.

– Samuel McChord Crothers

The tongue must be heavy indeed, because so few people can hold it.

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