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.
Character is always known. Thefts never enrich; alms never impoverish; murder will speak out of stone walls.
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Search, no matter what situation you are in. O thirsty one, search for water constantly. Finally, the time will come when you will reach the spring.
It's terrible to realize you don't learn how to live until you're ready to die, and then it's too late.
An easy life does not make men, nor does it build nations. Challenges make men, and it is these men who build nations.
The self-confidence of the warrior is not the self-confidence of the average man. The average man seeks certainty in the eyes of the onlooker and calls that self-confidence. The warrior seeks impeccability in his own eyes and calls that humbleness. The average man is hooked to his fellow men, while the warrior is hooked only to infinity.
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