"Wise men make more opportunities than they find." - Francis Bacon

"It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things." - Henry David Thoreau

"Have you ever wondered which hurts the most: saying something and wishing you had not, or saying nothing, and wishing you had?"

"Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom." - Chinese proverb

"In the end, it's not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath away." - Shing Xiong

"You've got to take the good with the bad, smile with the sad, love what you've got, and remember what you had. Always forgive, but never forget. Learn from mistakes, but never regret."

"The quieter you become, the more you can hear."

"You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions." - Mahfouz Naguib

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step." - Lao-Tse

"There's a difference between knowing the path and walking it." - The Matrix Morpheous

Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.

“The man who questions opinions is wise. The man who quarrels with facts is a fool.” – Frank Garbutt

“One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.” – Gilbert K. Chesterton

“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.” – Carl Sagan

“Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you’ll be able to see farther.” – J. P. Morgan

“In the hopes of reaching the moon men fail to see the flowers that blossom at their feet.” – Albert Schweitzer

“You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can’t possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.”