Quotes about Wisdom
It is important for us to see that our mentors are human and therefore fallible; it makes our own shortcomings more tenable.
- John Wooden
What it comes down to, I believe, is that mentoring often involves telling people what they need to hear, rather than what they want to hear. When you are able to be humbly honest with someone about a situation with which you have personal experience—even if you risk angering or hurting that person—you are offering the most valuable gift of all.
- John Wooden
Seven Things to Do." It read as follows: 1. Be true to yourself. 2. Help others. 3. Make each day your masterpiece. 4. Drink deeply from good books, especially the Bible. 5. Make friendship a fine art. 6. Build a shelter against a rainy day. 7. Pray for guidance and count and give thanks for your blessings every day.
- John Wooden
It's what you learn after you know it all that counts. -John Wooden
- John Wooden
There is also the professional mentor, a person whose success in his or her career can be a source of practical wisdom and inspiration. This success might be mea sured in material gain or far-reaching influence, or in lives touched and relationships fostered. These mentors can offer a model for good business, ethical practices, and effective work habits, and they often provide the motivation we need to seize whatever opportunities come our way.
- John Wooden
Good planning and hard work lead to prosperity, but hasty shortcuts lead to poverty (Proverbs 21:5).
- John Wooden
If you don't have the time to do it right, how can you have the time to do it over?
- John Wooden
Drink deeply from good books.
- John Wooden
Some people today may think these are naive or kind of corny. But think a moment about what they mean and who you become if you abide by them. That isn't naive. You don't become corny.
- John Wooden
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday
- John Wooden
Be true to yourself, help others, make each day your masterpiece, make friendship a fine art, drink deeply from good books — especially the Bible, build a shelter against a rainy day, give thanks for your blessings and pray for guidance every day.
- John Wooden
you should learn as if you were going to live forever, and live as if you were going to die tomorrow.
- John Wooden