However, we may be able to get a head's start in life, if we learn from the experiences and mistakes of others, and by paying attention to the words of wisdom, and advices of the wise people before us, – the sages, the philosophers, the gurus... – and also those who are still with us who have been through the hardships in life.
There is a time when a man distinguishes the idea of felicity from the idea of wealth; it is the beginning of wisdom. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Always rise from the table with an appetite, and you will never sit down without one. - William Penn
When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world. - George Washington Carver
An amiable man is one who listens with a smile to what he already knows, told by a person who does not. - Unknown
There is an infinite difference between a little wrong and just right, between fairly good and the best, between mediocrity and superiority. - Orison Swett Marden
We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us. - Samuel Johnson
And all who told it added something new; and all who heard it made enlargements too. - Alexander Pope
The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavour. - Vincent T. Lombardi
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. - William Shakespeare
The reason why worry kills more people than hard work is that more people worry than work. - Robert Frost
There is no good or bad, there are only circumstances. - Honore de Balzac
Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom. - Anatole France
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