Intelligence Quotes - Page 11

• How much intelligence does it take to sneak up on a leaf?

  Larry Niven

  Doe, Leafs, Sneak

  Larry Niven (1984). “Ringworld Engineers”, Del Rey

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• Don't try to be brave when it is enough to be intelligent.

  Paulo Coelho

  Inspirational, Life, Courage

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• Islam came to teach us that there is no faith without intelligence and here we are: destroying our intelligence in the name of faith.

  Tariq Ramadan

  Names, Islam, Destroying

  Twitter post from Jan 22, 2014

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• Ultimately there is light and love and intelligence in this universe. And we are it, we carry that within us, it’s not just something out there, it is within us and this is what we are trying to re-connect with, our original light and love and intelligence, which is who we are, so do not get so distracted by all this other stuff, you know, really remember what we are here on this planet for.

  Tenzin Palmo

  Love, Spiritual, Buddhist

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• When we are angry we are blind to reality. Anger may bring us a temporary burst of energy, but that energy is blind and it blocks the part of our brain that distinguishes right from wrong. To deal with our problems, we need to be practical and realistic. If we are to be realistic, we need to use our human intelligence properly, which means we need a calm mind.

  Dalai Lama

  Block, Mean, Reality

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• I think you're intelligent and charming, and that you're a person with a kind heart. I know that when you want to, you can look more beautiful than anyone I've ever met. You're independent, you've got a good sense of humor, and you show surprising patience with children." -Alex

  Nicholas Sparks

  Beautiful, Children, Heart

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  Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

  Ernest Hemingway

  Life, Happiness, Happy

  Ernest Hemingway (2014). “Garden of Eden”, p.95, Simon and Schuster

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• If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Funny, Truth

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• Once you develop confidence in your own ability, you'll be able to make a real contribution to creating a better world. Self-confidence is very important. Not in the sense of blind pride, but as a realistic awareness of what you can do. As human beings we can transform ourselves by our good qualities and reducing our faults. Our intelligence enables us to judge what is good from what is harmful.

  Dalai Lama

  Real, Self Confidence, Pride

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• I am capable, confident, intelligent, resilient and in charge. Health and happiness are my birthrights and I accept with gratitude.

  Kris Carr

  Happiness, Being Happy, Thankful

  FaceBook post by Kris Carr from Dec 12, 2013

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• If there's an intellectual highway, there's also an intellectual subway.

  Stanley Crouch

  Intellectual, Subway, Highways

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• Every heart has a divine intelligence and natural guidance system. With every prayer, every meditation and every thought of love, we tune in to ours.

  Marianne Williamson

  Prayer, Heart, Meditation

  FaceBook post by Marianne Williamson from Jul 26, 2012

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• No one is mediocre who has good sense and good sentiments.

  Joseph Joubert

  Mediocre, Sentiments, Good Sense

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• In order to acquire intellect one must need it. One loses it when it is no longer necessary.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Knowledge, Order, Needs

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• The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.

  William Arthur Ward

  Motivational, Leadership, Basketball

  William Arthur Ward (1968). “Thoughts of a Christian Optimist: The Words of William Arthur Ward”

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• The true sage is not he who sees, but he who, seeing the furthest, has the deepest love for mankind.

  Maurice Maeterlinck

  Wisdom, Sage, Mankind

  Maurice Maeterlinck (2015). “Wisdom and Destiny: Works of Maeterlinck”, p.44, 谷月社

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• The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.

  Solomon Ibn Gabirol

  Inspirational, Life, Wisdom

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• He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever.

  Mark Twain

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• The commerce of intellect loves distant shores. The small retail dealer trades only with his neighbor; when the great merchant trades he links the four quarters of the globe.

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

  Retail, Links, Four

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• If people waited to know one another before they married, the world wouldn't be as overpopulated as it is now.

  W. Somerset Maugham

  Wisdom, People, World

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• He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Funny, Wisdom, Religion

  Andrew Carnegie (2015). “The Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie”, p.69, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.

  Albert Einstein

  Love, Inspirational, Life

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• There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.

  Logan Pearsall Smith

  Life, Happiness, Inspiring

  Afterthoughts (1931) "Life and Human Nature"

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• If you want to achieve things in life, you've just got to do them, and if you're talented and smart, you'll succeed.

  Juliana Hatfield

  Inspirational, Success, Smart

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• One cannot escape the feeling that these mathematical formulas have an independent existence and an intelligence of their own, that they are wiser than we are, wiser even than their discoverers.

  Heinrich Hertz

  Independent, Math, Feelings

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