If you set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing. Margaret Thatcher achievecompromiseprepare Change image and share on social
Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass. Joseph Addison animalcompassconfine Change image and share on social
Avoid having your ego so close to your position that when your position falls, your ego goes with it. Colin Powell avoidcloseego Change image and share on social
Spending two years on my uncle's ranch in Montana as a young man gave me the wisdom and the thrust to do westerns. Robert Duvall givemanmontana Change image and share on social
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 americacountryforward Change image and share on social
Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not. Laurence Sterne learnrotescience Change image and share on social
During the Arab Spring, I learned all sorts of things from Twitter. I wouldn't necessarily trust that information, but it gave me ideas about questions to ask. You can really learn things from the wisdom of crowds. Nicholas Kristof arabcrowdgive share on social
This age thinks better of a gilded fool Than of a threadbare saint in wisdom's school. Thomas Dekker agefoolgild Change image and share on social