Alone of human beings the good and wise mother stands on a plane of equal honor with the bravest soldier; for she has gladly gone down to the brink of the chasm of darkness to bring back the children in whose hands rests the future of the years. Theodore Roosevelt View this quote
Alone of human beings the good and wise mother stands on a plane of equal honor with the bravest soldier; for she has gladly gone down to the brink of the chasm of darkness to bring back the children in whose hands rests the future of the years. Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
True wisdom, in general, consists in energetic determination. Napoleon
Napoleon
Grant that I may become beautiful in my soul within, and that all my external possessions may be in harmony with my inner self. May I consider the wise to be rich, and may I have such riches as only a person of self-restraint can bear or endure. Plato
Plato
Common and vulgar people ascribe all ills that they feel to others; people of little wisdom ascribe to themselves; people of much wisdom, to no one. Epictetus
Epictetus
That is the greatest fallacy, the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful. Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
Wisdom includes not getting angry unnecessarily. The Law ignores trifles and the wise man does, too. Robert A. Heinlein
Robert A. Heinlein
Joy comes not through possession or ownership but through a wise and loving heart. Buddha
Buddha
Nature is the time-vesture of God that reveals Him to the wise, and hides him from the foolish. Thomas Carlyle
Thomas Carlyle
Among the wise and high-minded people who in self-respecting and genuine fashion strive earnestly for peace, there are the foolish fanatics always to be found in such a movement and always discrediting it the men who form the lunatic fringe in all reform movements. Theodore Roosevelt
The ultimate aim of the quest must be neither release nor ecstasy for oneself, but the wisdom and the power to serve others. Joseph Campbell
Joseph Campbell
