What words of wisdom do you have for us?

Question

If you could add a quote of wisdom to a book, what would it be?

Answer 1

"Any idiot can face a crisis- it's day to day living that wears you out." -Anton Chekhov

Answer 2

life is all about perspective.

Answer 3

In seeking wisdom thou art wise;in imagining that thou hast attained it-thou art a fool.

Lord Chesterfield

If I were two faced ,would I be wearing this one?

Abraham Lincoln

Answer 4

I have so many favorites.  Here are a few:

"Life is far too important to be taken seriously." - Oscar Wilde

"Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever." - Mohandas Gandhi

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." - Mark Twain

"That person is richest whose pleasures are the cheapest." - H.D. Thoreau

"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." - John F. Kennedy

Answer 5

" TO THINE OWN SELF BE TRUE"!!!!!  In other words be who you are don't let nobody change you, and don't try and change who you are for nobody else. Selah!

Answer 6

Obedience is the mother of success, and success the parent of salvation.

The fear of death is indeed the pretence of wisdom, and not real wisdom, being the appearance of knowing the unknown.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

You are foolish, but without fools there would be no wisdom

Answer 7

lifes too short to waste worrying...eat , drink, and be merry

"In heaven, all the interesting people are missing." nietzche

"Think of the past only as its remembrances give you pleasure" jane austin

Answer 8

curiosity killed the cat...

think about what you are going to do, before you do it