Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.
Interpretation
Wisdom is acquired more through experiences and choices than through inheritance or gifts.
This quote by Wilbur Wright emphasizes the idea that true wisdom, like wealth, is gained primarily through what individuals choose to preserve and learn from their experiences, rather than what is simply handed to them. It suggests that the process of saving knowledge, lessons, and insights plays a crucial role in developing a wise character, much like saving money contributes to financial richness.
In practice
In a motivational speech about personal growth, one might say, 'Remember, men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.'
I am an enthusiast, but not a crank in the sense that I have some pet theories as to the proper construction of a flying machine. I wish to avail myself of all that is already known and then, if possible, add my mite to help on the future worker who will attain final success.
I confess that in 1901 I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for fifty years.
The fact that the great scientist believed in flying machines was the one thing that encouraged us to begin our studies.
The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who... looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space... on the infinite highway of the air.
An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
Don't play everything (or every time); let some things go by... What you don't play can be more important than what you do.
Tell me what you think and then tell me what the really smart person in the room who disagrees with you thinks.
We can easily become as much slaves to precaution as we can to fear. Although we can never rivet our fortune so tight as to make it impregnable, we may by our excessive prudence squeeze out of the life that we are guarding so anxiously all the adventurous quality that makes it worth living.
I've always found a cure for the blues is wandering into something unknown, and resting there, before coming back to whatever weight you were carrying.
All good qualities must be sown and cultivated. We canβt expect to change overnight from an ordinary person into one with high realizations.
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