I pray before I go into the operating room for every case, and I ask him to give me wisdom, to help me to know what to do - and not only for operating, but for everything.

As you mature and gain a semblance of wisdom and a sense of what life is all about... this is by no means true of everyone, but a lot of actors like to escape themselves. Inhabiting another person's persona is often a good way of escaping yourself.

The long-standing wisdom that everyone wins in a single world market has been undermined. Global trade, capital flows, and immigration are declining.

America's freedom of religion, and freedom from religion, offers every wisdom tradition an opportunity to address our soul-deep needs: Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, secular humanism, agnosticism and atheism among others.

The wisdom of God is so great that He also knows exactly what I would think and do under every possible circumstance and situation, and he placed me in that state of life and situation best suited for my salvation.

Back of every mistaken venture and defeat is the laughter of wisdom, if you listen.

Every nation whose affairs betray a want of wisdom and stability may calculate on every loss which can be sustained from the more systematic policy of its wiser neighbors.

Every indication of wisdom, taken from the effect, is equally an indication of power to execute what wisdom planned.

The stupidity of people comes from having an answer for everything. The wisdom of the novel comes from having a question for everything.

It seems to me that, in every culture, I come across a chapter headed 'Wisdom.' And then I know exactly what is going to follow: 'Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.'

Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.

Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.

Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.

Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart.

This is what I learned: that everybody is talented, original and has something important to say.

Everything important always begins from something trivial.

The more one pleases everybody, the less one pleases profoundly.

Perhaps too much of everything is as bad as too little.

Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship.

I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime.

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.