Quotes by Knowledge We sail within a vast sphere, ever drifting in uncertainty, driven from end to end. When we think to attach ourselves to any pointand to fasten to it, it wavers and leaves us; and if we follow it, it eludes our grasp, slips past us, and vanishes for ever. Nothing stays for us. Blaise Pascal pastknowledgethinking Let us, then, take our compass; we are something, and we are not everything. The nature of our existence hides from us the knowledge of first beginnings which are born of the nothing; and the littleness of our being conceals from us the sight of the infinite. Our intellect holds the same position in the world of thought as our body occupies in the expanse of nature. Blaise Pascal sightworldknowledge The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what the man or woman is able to do that counts. Booker T. Washington wisdominspirationalknowledge It has long been recognized that an essential element in protecting human rights was a widespread knowledge among the population of what their rights are and how they can be defended. Boutros Boutros-Ghali rightslongknowledge Be a lifelong student. The more you learn, the more you earn and the more self-confidence you will have. Brian Tracy confidencemotivationalknowledge Read an hour every day in your chosen field. This works out to about one book per week, fifty books per year, and will guarantee your success. Brian Tracy bookyearsknowledge Whatever is expressed is impressed. Whatever you say to yourself, with emotion, generates thoughts, ideas and behaviors consistent with those words. Brian Tracy confidenceattitudeknowledge Throughout the developed world,we have moved from "man power"to "mind power."We have moved from the use of physical muscle to the use of mental muscle. Brian Tracy mindmenknowledge Learn something new. Try something different. Convince yourself that you have no limits. Brian Tracy differenttryingknowledge Your earning ability today is largely dependent upon your knowledge, skill and your ability to combine that knowledge and skill in such a way that you contribute value for which customers are going to pay. Brian Tracy skillswisdomknowledge There is no knowledge, no light, no wisdom that you are in possession of, but what you have received it from some source. Brigham Young lightwisdomknowledge Coastal sailing as long as it is perfectly safe and easy commands no magic. Overseas expeditions are invariably bound up with ceremonies and ritual. Man resorts to magic only where chance and circumstances are not fully controlled by knowledge. Bronislaw Malinowski menscienceknowledge To learn to get along without, to realize that what the world is going to demand of us may be a good deal more important than what we are entitled to demand of it - this is a hard lesson. Bruce Catton learningimportantknowledge Knowledge will give you power, but character respect. Bruce Lee respectwisdomknowledge While the collateral consequences of drugs such as cocaine are indisputably severe, they are not unlike those which flow from the misuse of other, legal, substances. Byron White responsibilityscienceknowledge There was never an age in which useless knowledge was more important than in our own. C. E. M. Joad importantageknowledge The best prescription is knowledge. C. Everett Koop personal-growthhealthknowledge The love of knowledge is a kind of madness. C. S. Lewis madloveknowledge General knowledge may have to be slight or even amateurish knowledge, but it is none the less useful, and we discourage it at our peril. C. V. Wedgwood perilmayknowledge The more we understand what is happening in the world, the more frustrated we often become, for our knowledge leads to feelings of powerlessness. We feel that we are living in a world in which the citizen has become a mere spectator or a forced actor, and that our personal experience is politically useless and our political will a minor illusion. C. Wright Mills political-willfrustrationknowledge«910111213141516171819»
