#wisdom

My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom. ↗

— William Tecumseh Sherman

#beginning #dread #fear #follow #humble

It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously. ↗

— Logan P. Smith

#accept #advice #give #graciously #great

That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another. ↗

— Adlai E. Stevenson

#another #becomes #generation #height #often

I do interviews because it's a chance to be myself. I sometimes wonder what I could have to say that would be of any interest. I don't have any great wisdom. ↗

— Parker Stevenson

#because #chance #could #great #i

Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself. ↗

— W. Clement Stone

#makes #master #you #yourself

Every life has a destiny... the trick is to discover it before then end of your life. Otherwise, you will have too many regrets. ↗

— Kevin J. Anderson

#life #philosophy #religion #wisdom #life

Never let a fool kiss you, or a kiss fool you. ↗

— Joey Adams

#fool #kiss #never #you

The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. ↗

— James Allen

#becomes #calmness #good #greater #his

There are not wings of dreams that have not previously dealt with the flight of black thoughts. ↗

— Sorin Cerin

#dreams

I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

#country #forward #future #great #i