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You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers.
You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
- Naguib Mahfouz
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He who knows others is clever;
He who knows himself has discernment.
- Lao Tzu
A clever man commits no minor blunders.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
I never make stupid mistakes.
Only very, very clever ones.
- John Peel
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
If you have an important point to make,
don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver.
Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again.
Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
- Winston Churchill
I am so clever that sometimes I don't
understand a single word of what I am saying.
- Oscar Wilde
Too clever is dumb.
- Ogden Nash
Whatever your work and whatever its worth,
No matter how strong or clever,
Some one will sneer if you pause to hear,
And scoff at your best endeavor.
For the target art has a broad expanse,
And wherever you chance to hit it,
Though close be your aim to the bull's-eye fame,
There are those who will never admit it.
- Ella Wheeler Wilcox
"Rabbit's clever," said Pooh thoughtfully.
"Yes," said Piglet, "Rabbit's clever."
"And he has Brain."
"Yes," said Piglet, "Rabbit has Brain."
There was a long silence.
"I suppose," said Pooh, "that that's why he never understands anything."
- A. A. Milne (Winnie-The-Pooh)
Sell your cleverness and buy bewilderment.
Cleverness is mere opinion, bewilderment is intuition.
- Rumi
If the Great Way perishes, there will be morality and duty.
When cleverness and knowledge arise, great lies will flourish.
When relatives fall out with one another,
there will be filial duty and love.
When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants.
- Lao Tzu
Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed
to sell your parrot to the town gossip.
- Will Rogers
There are only two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle.
- Albert Einstein
The beauty does not live out there;
the beauty's in my eyes.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Our Joy comes from living our own lives simply -
never from demanding that others live simply -
or from ever making any demands whatsoever upon others.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Live with intention.
Walk to the edge.
Listen hard.
Practice wellness.
Play with abandon.
Laugh.
Choose with no regret.
Appreciate your friends.
Continue to learn.
Do what you love.
Live as if this is all there is.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
How do you want to be remembered?
Live life full out - Begin today.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Life is full of beauty. Notice it.
Notice the bumble bee, the small child,
and the smiling faces.
Smell the rain, and feel the wind.
Live your life to the fullest potential,
and fight for your dreams.
- Ashley Smith
We all live with the objective of being happy;
our lives are all different and yet the same.
- Anne Frank
This day I will marry my friend,
the one I laugh with, live for, dream with, love.
- Anonymous
We should live our lives as though
Christ were coming this afternoon.
- Jimmy Carter
Take time to play!
Ask for what you want.
Laugh.
Live loudly.
Be avid.
Learn a new thing.
Be Yourself!
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Be curious; be adventurous; live life full-out.
Accept the challenge, and reach for the brass ring.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Just as a candle cannot burn without fire,
men cannot live without a spiritual life.
- The Buddha
It does not do to dwell on dreams, ...
and forget to live.
- the movie Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
As we express our gratitude,
we must never forget that the highest appreciation
is not to utter words, but to live by them.
- John F. Kennedy
You can't live a perfect day without doing something
for someone who will never be able to repay you.
- John Wooden
Live boldly. Laugh Loudly. Love Truly.
Play as often as you can
Work as smart as you are able.
Share your heart as deeply as you can reach.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Whatever happened, forgive others, forgive yourself,
move forward, live for today and tomorrow.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
What do we live for, if it is not
to make life less difficult for each other?
- George Eliot
Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.
The important thing is not to stop questioning.
- Albert Einstein
Have the will to be well, to be happy, and to live in joy.
- Ernest Holmes
You may be deceived if you trust too much,
but you will live in torment
if you don't trust enough.
- Frank Crane
Is freedom anything else than the right
to live as we wish? Nothing else.
- Epictetus
Live life on the edge, not with an edge.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
We live in a spiritual Universe.
- Ernest Holmes
Dance like no one is watching,
love like you'll never be hurt.
Sing like no one is listening.
Live life like it's heaven on earth.
- Anonymous (various attributions and alternate phrasings)
For those who do not live in fear of scarcity, life is unlimited.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Grace isn't just a little prayer
you say before receiving a meal.
It's a way to live.
- Jackie Windspear
Don't live your life to please other people.
- Oprah Winfrey
Sing like no one's listening,
love like you've never been hurt,
dance like nobody's watching,
and live like its heaven on earth.
- Mark Twain
Children are born innocent.
Before they are domesticated they live in the moment,
love without fear, and don't even think about the opinions of others.
- don Miguel Ruiz
To live a pure unselfish life,
one must count nothing as one's own
in the midst of abundance.
- The Buddha
The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live.
- Flora Whittemore
Trust yourself, then you will know how to live.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
To live is to choose. But to choose well,
you must know who you are and what you stand for,
where you want to go and why you want to get there.
- Kofi Annan
We live in a spiritual Universe.
God is in, through, around and for us.
- Ernest Holmes
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
- Friedrich Nietzsche
Lend your voices only to sounds of freedom,
no longer lend your strength to that
which you wish to be free from.
Fill your life with love and bravery,
and you shall live a life uncommon.
- Jewel
When you find peace within yourself,
you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.
- Peace Pilgrim
Know that when you live joyfully,
you radiate your light into the world.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Life is lived in the living.
Set aside convention, caution,
and arbitrary "rules" about how
life is supposed to be lived.
Choose! Explore! Adventure!
Live life to the fullest.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live
that his happiness shall depend
as little as possible on external things.
- Epictetus
We must learn to live together as brothers
or perish together as fools.
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced.
Live your life so that when you die,
the world cries and you rejoice.
- Indian Proverb
I live in the moment, and I live joyfully.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You only live once, and once is enough
if you play your cards right.
- the movie Interiors (1978)
I live with enthusiasm, and give thanks for my life.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
You must live in the present,
launch yourself on every wave,
find your eternity in each moment.
- Henry David Thoreau
The greatest way to live with honor in this world
is to be what we pretend to be.
- Socrates
Go to the people
Live among them
Learn from them
Love them
Serve them
Plan with them
Start with what they know
Build on what they have.
- Jimmy Yen (Y. C. James Yen)
Live and let live.
- Yiddish Proverb
Live out of your imagination, not your history.
- Stephen Covey
Happiness cannot thrive within the prison of obligation.
Live wild, life free, live as master of your own fate.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Live boldly.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
To live a satisfying life requires two steps...
1. Plan your life goals.
2. Act on your plan - every day.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
This isn't a rehearsal or a practice life.
This is your real life - your one and only real life.
There are no retakes - no second chances.
Begin now - live full out.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Live as if this is all there is.
- Mary Anne Radmacher
Live Well, Love Much, Laugh Often.
- Anonymous
Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day;
live life to the fullest;
make the most of what you have.
It is later than you think.
- Horace
Worthless people live only to eat and drink;
people of worth eat and drink only to live.
- Socrates
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- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
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