Quotes by Wisdom The supernatural is the natural not yet understood. Elbert Hubbard understandingnaturewisdom Surely, in the light of history, it is more intelligent to hope rather than to fear, to try rather than not to try. For one thing we know beyond all doubt: nothing has ever been achieved by the person who says: it can't be done. Eleanor Roosevelt intelligentlightwisdom Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom. Elizabeth Gaskell wisdomstupidwise It's better to be a lion for a day than a sheep all your life. Elizabeth Kenny being-strongwisdomlife My mother used to say, 'He who angers you, conquers you!' But my mother was a saint. Elizabeth Kenny momwisdommother I am not sure how many "sins" I would recognize in the world. Some would surely be defused by changed circumstances. But I can imagine none that is more irredeemably sinful than the betrayal, the exploitation, of the young by those who should care for them. Elizabeth Janeway betrayalwisdomadvice I endeavor to drink deep of philosophy, and to be wise when I cannot be merry, easy when I cannot be glad, content with what cannot be mended, and patient where there is no redress. The mighty can do no more, and the wise seldom do as much. ... I am resolved to make the best of all circumstances around me, that this short life may not be half lost in pains ... Between the periods of birth and burial, I would fain insert a little happiness, a little pleasure, a little peace: to-day is ours, yesterday is past, and to-morrow may never come. Elizabeth Montagu painwisdomwise There is small disproportion betwixt a fool who useth not wit because he hath it not and him that useth it not when it should avail him. Elizabeth I foolwisdomshould There was a point that I stopped crying. It's not just because I didn't feel pain anymore, not because I didn't feel sorrow. It was just to keep going. I mean, it just was to survive, to live. Elizabeth Smart painwisdomleadership To all who want to accomplish something I say, Go into the silence regularly for power and wisdom to accomplish. Elizabeth Towne silencepowerwisdom Don't look for flaws as you go through life and even when you find them it is wise and kind to be somewhat blind, and look for the virtue behind them. Ella Wheeler Wilcox wisdomwiselooks High in the heavens I saw the moon this morning, Albeit the sun shone bright; Unto my soul it spoke, in voice of warning, "Remember Night!" Ella Wheeler Wilcox wisdomwisemorning And however dark the skies may appear, And however souls may blunder, I tell you it all will work out clear, For good lies over and under. Ella Wheeler Wilcox wisdomwiselying Ah, lady! it is hardly what you thought it, This life of luxury and social power; You gave yourself as principal, and bought it, But God extracts the interest hour by hour. Ella Wheeler Wilcox luxurywisdomwise Better to wait and yearn, and still to wait, And die at last with unappeased desire, Than live to be the jest of such a fate, For that is my conception of hell-fire. Ella Wheeler Wilcox fatewisdomwise For every problem, there exists a simple and elegant solution which is absolutely wrong. Ellet J. Waggoner wisdomsimplewise Do you wish the world were better? Let me tell you what to do: Set a watch upon your actions, Keep them always straight and true. Ella Wheeler Wilcox wisdomwisewish Then I turned to him commanding That he go the way he came, whence he came. But he answered me in sorrow, "May the Past not seek to borrow From the Present without blame - Just one memory from its store, Ere it goes to come no more, Back the pathway that it came, whence it came?" Ella Wheeler Wilcox wisdomwisememories For this is wisdom- to love and live To take what fate or the Gods may give, To ask no question, to make no prayer, To kiss the lips and caress the hair, Speed passion's ebb as we greet its flow, To have and to hold, and, in time--let go. Ella Wheeler Wilcox wisdomprayerletting-go So far as I am concerned, poetry and every other art was and is and forever will be strictly and distinctly a question of individuality... If poetry is your goal, you've got to forget all about punishments and all about rewards and all about self-styled obligations and duties and responsibilities etcetera ad infinitum and remember one thing only: that it's you - nobody else - who determine your destiny and decide your fate. Nobody else can be alive for you; nor can you be alive for anybody else... There's the artist's responsibility; and the most awful responsibility on earth. e. e. cummings responsibilitywisdomart«5051525354555657585960»
