“The way to stop financial "joy-riding" is to arrest the chauffeur not the automobile.”
More from Woodrow Wilson on Wisdom
“The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.”
“If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.”
“All things come to him who waits- provided he knows what he is waiting for.”
“One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty councils. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.”
“One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.”
“I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.”
“I not only use all the brains that I have, but all I can borrow.”
Others on Wisdom
Sun Tzu
30 quotes“Do not swallow bait offered by the enemy. Do not interfere with an army that is returning home.”
Dalai Lama
22 quotes“Compassion is the radicalism of our time.”
Cervantes
20 quotes“A closed mouth catches no flies.”
Aesop
19 quotes“Little by little does the trick.”
Confucius
19 quotes“The gem cannot be polished without friction nor man perfected without trials.”
Ben Franklin
18 quotes“Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.”
Napoleon
16 quotes“Ability is of little account without opportunity.”
Cicero
15 quotes“Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.”
George Washington
14 quotes“Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.”
Rudyard Kipling
14 quotes“I keep six honest serving men. (They taught me all I know) Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and...”
Khalil Gibran
14 quotes“Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.”
George R.R. Martin
14 quotes“This was how an enemy should be dealt with: with a dagger, not a declaration.”