It’s my old girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to it before her. Discipline must be maintained.

Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself.

The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.

Men who have reached and passed forty-five, have a look as if waiting for the secret of the other world, and as if they were perfectly sure of having found out the secret of this.

I always had a sense of discipline in me. However, there was a time when I couldn’t divide my time properly between off-field things and on-field assignments. The focus would be missing at times, and that would affect my preparation for matches. I managed to change that.

I respect myself and insist upon it from everybody. And because I do it, I then respect everybody, too.

More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.

Thoughts without content are empty, intuitions without concepts are blind.

Wall Street is the only place that people ride to in a Rolls Royce to get advice from those who take the subway.

To explain all nature is too difficult a task for any one man or even for any one age. ‚Tis much better to do a little with certainty & leave the rest for others that come after you.

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use they commonly serve.

The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.

To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.

Many foxes grow gray but few grow good.

So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.

I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it.

Great and good are seldom the same man.

Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is to commence with experience and from this to proceed to investigate the reason.

I have learned that only two things are necessary to keep one’s wife happy. First, let her think she’s having her own way. And second, let her have it.

He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but does not learn is in great danger.

Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.

Next time I see you, remind me not to talk to you.

If you pursue good with labor, the labor passes away but the good remains; if you pursue evil with pleasure, the pleasure passes away and the evil remains.

Success is nothing more than a few simple disciplines, practiced every day.

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.

As social animals we humans are very sensitive to our rank and position within any group. We can measure our status by the attention and respect we receive.

I think that a man should not live beyond the age when he begins to deteriorate, when the flame that lighted the brightest moment of his life has weakened.

A man who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary.

Every time I plant a seed, He say kill it before it grow, he say kill it before they grow.

Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.

The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.

There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.

More helpful than all wisdom is one draught of simple human pity that will not forsake us.

Having nothing, nothing can he lose.

Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.

Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another.

You shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.

Philosophy is the highest music.

Everyone needs a coach. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a basketball player, a tennis player, a gymnast or a bridge player.

The cautious seldom err.

I’ve had faith my whole life that there was someone looking out for me, a spirit guide, a soul guide.

You learn from a conglomeration of the incredible past – whatever experience gotten in any way whatsoever.

Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods.

When your mother asks, ‚Do you want a piece of advice?‘ it is a mere formality. It doesn’t matter if you answer yes or no. You’re going to get it anyway.

When I’m getting to know someone, I look for someone who has passions that I respect, like his career. Someone who loves what he does is really attractive.

I’ll die a crazy old man!

Good breeding consists in concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.

A clever man commits no minor blunders.

Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out.

There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.

The Lord has often chosen to instruct His people in their times of trial.

It takes a wise man to discover a wise man.

Whoever doesn’t know it must learn and find by experience that ‚a quiet conscience makes one strong!‘

The spiritual is the parent of the practical.

The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.

The notion that before you even set out to go to Thailand, you say, ‚I’m not interested,‘ or you’re unwilling to try things that people take so personally and are so proud of and so generous with, I don’t understand that, and I think it’s rude. You’re at Grandma’s house, you eat what Grandma serves you.

Peace can be contributed to by respect for our ability in defense.

There’s a reason why the Foo Fighters don’t blast out Nirvana songs every night: because we have a lot of respect for them. You know, that’s hallowed ground. We have to be careful. We have to tread lightly. We have talked about it before, but the opportunity hasn’t really come up, or it just hasn’t felt right.

There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.

No law or ordinance is mightier than understanding.