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Words of Wisdom
WISDOM OBUDIGHA:

Words of Wisdom



Think before you act

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Richard Ozanne:

Wisdom...



My life has been about art. My parents and their parents too...If I went back it would be well over 150 years. Why not utilize my own "dream", afterall it is ...
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Catherine Browning McFarlane:

70 Years A Christian



There hasn’t been a time as far back as I can remember when I wasn’t fascinated by the life of Jesus; His way with little children, ...
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Elizabeth: Words of Wisdom

few things i have learned. one would be people make mistakes no one is perfect you learn from your mistakes. like they say you live you learn and its very true ...
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Debra Juhl Jones-Miller:

This chapter is dedicatted to my mom



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Mathematics:

 Math skills



My learning and teaching styles that helped me learn the most in math was, when the teacher went step by step breaking down the problems, and solutions, and giving me ...
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charlotte gibbs:

Togetherness, Respect



I have learned that family, is the most important thing you need. Yes we fall out and argue but make sure at the end of the day you are close. Because I need you and you need me to survive. With my family in my life I will never be the same. I pray that everybody have a relationship of trust and integrity.

 

I hope we would love one another as christ love us .

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Florence Louise Light Manning Flynn:

The Special Things......



"The last dinner we had together...she picked me up ...
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MARVA:

 



Life can put beauty ...
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Kathleen M. Plona Rogers:

Words of Wisdom



My mom once said this to me...

"I will have you for all of my life, but you won’t have me for all of yours"

My Brother Ed once told me...

"your heart is the center of your universe"

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Corrina Cop Rain McFarlane:

What Would The World Be, Once Bereft..



They say, of all People on Earth, it’s those of Scottish blood that feels the deepest root no matter how far from that land they wander. When my daughter’s were young ...
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Pam Blewster Schoultheis:

Now I have a clue.........



It took me a while to figure myself out, but I now that I have a clue, it’s getting easier. When I seek out new people, places or things, I learn ...
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Betty Endrek:

I Hope I Have a Spot Reserved in Heaven



Well, I hope that I have been a faithful Christian and that I’ve got a spot reserved in Heaven.

 

 

 

 

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Ron Westerman: Nothing is more Precious than Dear Friends and Family

Nothing’s more precious than dear friends and family. You know, if you have that you’re wealthy. 

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John Matson:

Do the best you can, up to the very best of your abilities



The one thing I would say about elementary school, high school, and those years running up to college: don’t lose it and do the best you can, ...
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Dorothy Gibson:

Marry A Millionaire!



I believe in doing on to everybody else as they do unto me.  I try to be good to everyone.  That’s about it, I guess.

Oh, and marry a millionaire!

So just enjoy what you live. Don’t do something you don’t enjoy.

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Faye Stone:

Don't try to grow up too fast. Enjoy your childhood.



Don’t try to grow up too fast. Enjoy your childhood. There’s plenty of time to be a grown-up. Go with your goals. If you feel strongly about being something, then go ...
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Virginia Congdon Robertson:

  Work Hard and Pay Your Bills



I don’t know, I can’t think of any words of wisdom. (Laughs.) We just worked hard and paid our bills. Something that I’ve been going to tell my granddaughter, because all ...
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Dorothy Zeyen:

Learn Something from Everyone You Meet



First of all, you’ve got to stay positive. You’ve got to feel that even if things are bad now and all, you can make a difference. You can do that. And ...
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Zora Thompson:

"Don’t live by these words. "



To be a good parent, you have to do what you think ...
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Than Bischoff:

I’m Glad I’m Writing this Life Story



The greatest thing I’ve learned about the sober is being honest. That’s why I’m glad I’m writing my great life story. I’m not trying to preach. I’ve told my kids everything ...
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Vern Tucker:

Some Hilarious, Some Satirical, Some True



At our fortieth wedding anniversary, our daughters gave us a plaque “what we learned from our parents”. Some of it is hilarious, some of it is satire, and some of it ...
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Sharon Abernethy:

Simplify, Simplify



Things get too busy. It’s good to simplify. It’s good to take time to smell the flowers. You can get too wrapped up in your everyday have-to’s. It’s good to share that with friends as well as do it on your own.

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Scott Bloom:

You Get out of It what you Put into It



I would tell a young person the same thing that my dad always used to say: “you only get out of something as much as you put in.”

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Ruth Sampson:

Read the Bible



Well, I think just what I told you. Get Jesus in your heart and go to a good bible preaching church and read the bible.

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Ron Lyons:

Chart your own course



Get as much background and direction as you can. Be willing to take some setbacks every once in awhile as well as the ...
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Robert Ede:

Decide On What You Want



Decide what you want to do then plot how to get there. Self-control is essential. Economic self-control. It still puzzles me why so many people feel that they have to be ...
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Rikki Willett:

Be Comfortable in your own Skin



Everyone says: ...
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Rick James:

I’ve Learned to be True to My Feelings



I’ve learned to be true to myself and my feelings and to who I am. I’ve learned to be vulnerable. I’ve learned to stand firm on my commitment to myself and my feelings. If I get to know myself I can be there for others. I can’t be there for anyone else unless I know myself. I need to be honest with myself and comfortable with myself.

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Richard Magen:

?Life is Short?



There’d been some other life change in moments in my life as well. About eight years ago I had some problems with my stomach. To make a long story short I ...
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Ralph Hempfling:

Listen More than You Speak



Probably it helps to do a lot more listening than it does talking, and you don’t have to have a lot necessarily to have a good life, you know? We started ...
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Ralph Appio:

Work for the city, it has good benefits.



WORDS OF WISDOM

Work for the city, it has good benefits. Today, you have to have a job with benefits.

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Bequia Cooper:

Be Kind. Be Polite



Be kind. That’s the most important thing. Try to be kind and gentle to yourself, too.

Be polite. Mind your manners. It helps to work things out, even in difficult situations.

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Phoebe Katherine Cookson Plassman:

Our Bodies Were Made to Deal with God-Made Substances



The lady that was just in here, we were talking and we said our creator, we think of our own bodies and how they function; you have a respiratory system, you ...
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Phil Camacho:

Let’s All Get Along



(Laughs) I can’t understand one thing, is why don’t people get along? I mean, I am no better than you are and visa versa. You got some people that come in ...
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Peggy Winkle:

Do the Best You Can, then Let Go of Life’s Problems



Do the ...
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Peggy McGovern:

Follow the Golden Rule



I think you should always treat someone as you would like to be treated. Always be true to yourself. Even though somebody wants another answer, if you believe in your heart… ...
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Pauline Dora Zeltner:

Don’t Put Things Off



Don’t put things off. Do what you want to do right away as soon as you can. I put things off and I regret that now, but I was backward in ...
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Bob Stahl:

By Turning into your Pain, You Will Find Your Heart



I’m going to go straight to the words of the Buddha. I will let the Buddhist be the words of wisdom and I will just pass them on. One of the ...
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Bob Newman:

Look for Serendipity, then Follow-Up



Also pay your ...
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Bertine Hancock:

I Always Enjoyed a Good Laugh



My one brother especially, he and his wife were just great. They lived down the road from us in Illinois and ...
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Bernie Miller:

Get a Good Education



When I was a kid we didn’t do the things kids do nowadays. Our folks controlled us more. We worked a lot. I used to work all summer long to make ...
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Barry Morris Brooks:

"Quality Family Time"



Quality family time. Spend quality time with your family. You can spend a lot of time with your kids, but it needs to be quality. I so see it. I think ...
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Ann Urbanski:

We’ve Never Had our First Argument



Annie: Well, I’ve always said, this is just one little thing. Lou and I have had a wonderful romance in our life and I just always have said, never let a ...
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Analydia Scoggins:

Life Lessons from the Wisest Woman I Knew



My parents came to America from Cuba in the early nineteen seventies. My grandmother on my mother’s side was a very wise woman. She was probably the wisest person I have ...
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Aldo Cooper:

Jimmy Buffett is My Prophet



It’s all cliché, and I have to admit that my life is full of clichés that I choose to live by. Jimmy Buffett is my prophet. Not the “get drunk and ...
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Florence Hunter:

Pray a Lot and Believe What You are Saying



Oh, my wisdom? I pray a lot and I believe you really have to believe what you are saying, what you’re praying and not be selfish. I don’t know…let’s see, I’ve ...
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Emilia Gallegos:

Always tell the truth, even if it works against you



Always tell the truth, even if it works against you. If people don’t want to believe that it’s up to them. If people turn it against you that’s not your fault; ...
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Elnora Taylor:

For Pain, take a Shot of Bourbon



Too many young people today are getting ...
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Elizabeth Lucille Rozelle:

Live Every Day



Live every day. Don’t sit around and feel sorry for yourself ever. Life is what you make it. You get out of life exactly what you put into it. If you ...
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Edward John McInerney:

Living Fully Engaged



Lately, I have been focusing on trying to be fully engaged in my life. I think it is easier to get carried away by the currents around us. I think it is good to have goals, align to those, and pursue them. I have been trying to do that in my life, but there are a lot of distractions in life that are really distracting and it is easy to get caught up in them.

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Eddie Rojas:

It’s Easy to Do Good things if you put your mind to it



Along my years, I learned a lot of things, you know. I learned a lot of things. I learn what is really the bad things and the good things, you know ...
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Doris Robertson-Polley:

Don’t Expect too much from People, and You Won’t be Disappointed



People are equal in many ways. It doesn’t matter how intelligent they are or how stupid they are. If you don’t expect too much from anyone you won’t be disappointed. ...
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Walta Lou Wilcox:

Our First 40 Years Were Rough



Think it through.  There’s two sides to every story and don’t make haste because it may be the wrong way to go. ...
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Denise Morra:

The Wisdom of the Tortoise and the Hare



My favorite children’s book is the Tortoise and the Hare. I really believe that doing things slowly and purposefully it is better than fast and spur-of-the-moment.

Enjoy the now. It’s all we really have. It doesn’t pay to worry. You can’t re-do the past.

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Debra Hummel:

Go with the flow, you can’t change it. Go with the flow.



I’ve had a lot of experiences that nobody could ever believe or see. A lot that I didn’t even mention. You can’t change those. I used to think that it was ...
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Jeremy Lezin:

Nothing is Wasted Unless You Waste It



When you’re growing up, or at any phase in your life, you don’t know which are going to do next. So do the best job you can where you are at ...
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Darwin Hintz:

Enjoy Life While You Can



You get to my stage where the last several years I’ve had problems walking so I need assistance. When you start ...
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Dale Townsend:

Get Up Every Day and Go to Work. Embrace It. Enjoy It.



It seems so cliché, but keep it simple. My life doesn’t look like it’s simple but it is really pretty simple. Don’t be complicated about which are doing. Get to the ...
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Chris Beaudoin:

Start Saving Money, and Never Lose Your Perspective



Okay, well the first thing that pops to mind for young people is ...
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John Donovan:

Let the past go!



You’re not a fortune – teller. They out of the futures me: you don’t know what’s going to happen. Do your best and the future will take care of itself. That’s ...
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Jim McGovern:

Never Give Up



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George Newell:

I Don’t Feel Very Wise



I don’t feel very wise. It’s hard to… I am not sure I have any words of wisdom.

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John Urbanski:

How I Won the “Jesse Owens Unsung Hero” Award



When I was a senior in ...
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Kathleen Gambogi:

I Want Beauty in My Life



Patience. I’ve learned that living here. Be kind; be nice. It’s pretty simple.

I want beauty in my life; it’s very important to me. No matter what kind of home I live in I want it to feel good to me. I want my friends to feel welcome.

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George Dunn:

Get Along with People



You want to get along with people, I guess. You don’t want to try to run over them and stuff and things. You want to work with them and join with ...
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Frank Maxwell:

“Stay Out of Trouble.”



I never really got in trouble. I came close of couple of times but I guess ...
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Mickey Frazer:

Be Honest



I don’t have any. I’m not one of these people that think you should do this, or do that. Because I work with people, I don’t inquire about them. Most people ...
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Mel Wilcox:

I Wish My Father Had Pushed me Harder in High School



If my father would have been more – he didn’t follow sports very much at school. It was more or less reading, writing, arithmetic, anything beyond that was not necessary. ...
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Mattie Leeds:

Learn How to Listen



Learn how to listen. I feel that I am still a beginner. The more I can listen without assuming anything… there is a lot of wisdom out there, and we don’t have to re-invent it. To listen deeply is something I am working on.

Art is an opportunity to communicate. There is an art to everything. It’s not just painting. There is an art to life.

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Matt Cocchi:

"Don’t be a Spectator in Your Own Life"



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Marjorie Hook:

Do the Best You Can



Well, whatever you’re doing you have to do the best you can. It might not be as good as the next door neighbor man, but if it’s the best you can ...
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Vince Tolaio:

Eat Well, Stay Well, Be Healthy



I don’t think I’ve learned enough.  That’s for sure, I didn’t learn enough.  I don’t know to tell you the truth.  It would be hard for me to give any advice because our whole lifestyle is changing so darned fast.  How do you advise anyone what to do?

The only thing to do is eat well, stay well, and be healthy.

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Mardi Brick:

"Get Involved!"



My philosophy of life is that I get involved and I know that I have to work if I am going to get involved in something. I try to pick a ...
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Madonna Wagner:

We’re All Connected



Tom smoothed it out and I painted these ...
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Larry Coppes:

Go with the Flow



You have to go with the flow. If you’re not willing to bend a little, and put forth a little extra effort, you’ll get nowhere. I don’t have my high school ...
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Juanita Marie Schuck-Harris:

Children Pay More Attention to What You Do than What You Say



I wouldn’t say anything to my children or grandchildren. I don’t think kids listen to you. One time one of my grandchildren sent me a mother’s day card. The essence of ...
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John Rialson:

I have always been a guy who wants to explore



I’ve always been a guy who wants to explore, and wants to see what’s over the next hill. I still love getting into the car and finding out what’s there.  With ...
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Lela Coppes: I’ve been telling them all along: communication!

Words of wisdom Communicate with each other. If you don’t talk how will anyone know what ...
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Marilyn Patton: Give Back

Help people; give ...
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