Intelligence Quotes - Page 13

• It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently.

  Fyodor Dostoevsky

  Life Changing, Crime And Punishment

  Fyodor Dostoevsky (2012). “Crime and Punishment”, p.235, Vintage

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• A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.

  Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

  Inspirational, Business, Wisdom Experience

  1857-8 The Professor at the Breakfast Table, ch.10.

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• The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: Be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.

  Elbert Hubbard

  Inspirational, Knowledge, Ignorance

  Elbert Hubbard (1902). “Contemplations: Being Several Short Essays Helpful Sermonettes, Epigrams and Orphic Sayings”

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• Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.

  Victor Hugo

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Ideas

  Victor Hugo (1862). “Saint Denis”, p.28

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• The intelligence is proved not by ease of learning, but by understanding what we learn.

  Joe Whitney

  Understanding, Ease

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  Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Basketball, Sports

  Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

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• Self trust is the essence of heroism.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Confidence, Running, Wisdom

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Adam Starchild (2002). “Character and Heroism”, p.63, The Minerva Group, Inc.

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• It is better to have a fair intellect that is well used than a powerful one that is idle.

  Bryant H. McGill

  Powerful, Literature, Used

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• He continued to be an infant long after he ceased to be a prodigy.

  Robert Moses

  Long, Intellectual, Prodigies

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• Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Power, Men, Intellectual

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• It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Intelligent, Statistics, Mark

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• There's a heart beneath the boobs and a brain beneath the wig.

  Dolly Parton

  Heart, Brain, Wigs

  "Beyond the rhinestones" by Sarfraz Manzoor, www.theguardian.com. June 24, 2011.

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• Something very beautiful happens to people when their world has fallen apart: a humility, a nobility, a higher intelligence emerges at just the point when our knees hit the floor. Perhaps, in a way, that's where humanity is now: about to discover we're not as smart as we thought we were, will be forced by life to surrender our attacks and defenses which avail us of nothing, and finally break through into the collective beauty of who we really are.

  Marianne Williamson

  Beautiful, Smart, Humility

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from Aug 31, 2013

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• We need a sense of the oneness of the 7 billion human beings alive today. When I meet people, I don't think about being different from them, about being Tibetan, Buddhist or even the Dalai Lama. I only think about being a human being. We all share the potential for positive and negative emotions, yet one of our special qualities is our human mind, our intelligence. If we use it well we'll be successful and happy.

  Dalai Lama

  Buddhist, Successful, Thinking

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• Learning the art of painting is not an easy task. It takes a great deal of intelligence, keen analysis, study and practice.

  Edgar Alwin Payne

  Art, Practice, Tasks

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• Vladimir: I don't understand. Estragon: Use your intelligence, can't you? Vladimir uses his intelligence. Vladimir: (finally) I remain in the dark.

  Samuel Beckett

  Dark, Use, Waiting For Godot

  Samuel Beckett (2012). “The Complete Dramatic Works of Samuel Beckett”, p.17, Faber & Faber

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• Well I am certainly wiser than this man. It is only too likely that neither of us has any knowledge to boast of; but he thinks that he knows something which he does not know, whereas I am quite conscious of my ignorance. At any rate it seems that I am wiser than he is to this small extent, that I do not think that I know what I do not know.

  Socrates

  Wisdom, Ignorance, Knowledge

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• I usually say the aim of life is to be happy. Our existence is based on hope. Our life is rooted in the opportunity to be happy, not necessarily wealthy, but happy within our own minds. If we only indulge in sensory pleasure, we'll be little different from animals. In fact, we have this marvellous brain and intelligence; we must learn to use it.

  Dalai Lama

  Happy, Animal, Opportunity

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• I teach kids how to be rich by the time they are age 40, 35 if they are extra bright. Most kids think they are extra bright, so they go for 35.

  Jim Rohn

  Kids, Thinking, Age

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Sep 04, 2012

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• As human beings we are all the same. We have this marvelous intelligence, which sometimes creates problems for us, but when influenced by warm-heartedness can be very constructive. In this context we need to appreciate the value of having moral principles.

  Dalai Lama

  Appreciate, Principles, Needs

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• For every studen with a spark of brilliance, there are about ten with ignition trouble.

  Milton Berle

  Education, Teaching, Sparks

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• Even when the experts all agree, they may well be mistaken.

  Bertrand Russell

  Inspirational, Government, Experts

  Bertrand Russell (2004). “Sceptical Essays”, p.2, Psychology Press

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• If the horse you're drawing looks more like a dog, make it a dog.

  Cynthia Lewis

  Dog, Horse, Drawing

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• Getting lost teaches you how to read a map.

  Cynthia Lewis

  Teaching, Assessment, Intellectual

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• Even babies like to grab for things just beyond their reach.

  Cynthia Lewis

  Baby, Intellectual

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