All growth depends upon activity. There is no development physically or intellectually without effort, and effort means work.

There is no disgrace in working. There was no silver spoon around at the time I was born.

It can be liberating to get fired because you realize the world doesn't end. There's other ways to make money, better jobs.

There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune.

There's something to be said in favor of working in isolation in the real world.

There's the conventional wisdom, of which I have none, where you get a record deal, you get a publicist, you get a campaign, and you do the tour, but none of that adds up to things like nuance and subtlety and dynamic.

There is as much wisdom in listening as there is in speaking - and that goes for all relationships, not just romantic ones.

But the Wisdom of God, which is His only-begotten Son, being in all respects incapable of change or alteration, and every good quality in Him being essential, and such as cannot be changed and converted, His glory is therefore declared to be pure and sincere.

There is no wisdom of man that can change men or change nations; it is the power and wisdom of God that can.

Thinking is not enough. There is no final enough of wisdom, experience - any... thing.

Even by common wisdom, there seem to be both people and objects in my dream that are outside myself, but clearly they were created in myself and are part of me, they are mental constructs in my own brain.

In science, as in art, and, as I believe, in every other sphere of human activity, there may be wisdom in a multitude of counsellors, but it is only in one or two of them.

Children also have artistic ability, and there is wisdom in there having it! The more helpless they are, the more instructive are the examples they furnish us; and they must be preserved free of corruption from an early age.

I love being. There's so much wisdom in it. You wake up in the morning and you think, Hey, isn't it great just being?

I'm very accepting with my age. It's like notches on your belt: experience, wisdom, and a different kind of beauty. There comes a day when you've become comfortable in your skin.

There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another. This should be made clear to all who contemplate such a union. The avoidance of this pain is the beginning of wisdom, for it is strong enough to contaminate the rest of our lives.

There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.

Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more.

There was a period of 10 years where the conventional wisdom was Black shows don't sell overseas, therefore nobody is interested.

Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure.

There is a trade off - as you grow older you gain wisdom but you lose spontaneity.

To suppose more than one supreme Source of infinite wisdom, power, and all perfections, is to assert that there is no supreme Being in existence.

There's a real wisdom to not saying a thing.

We need to hear stories from older women. There's a wealth of wisdom and real resilience there, but they're silenced.