The Wisdom Warrior

Highlander Wisdom

One of my all time favorite television shows is Highlander…There is a lot to be learned from good, well written fantasy. We better hope so anyway, because unfortunately most of the younger generation are learning their values from movies and television.

Although not perfect, Highlander does offer many of truisms concerning honor and integrity. They are there if you look for them. Fortunately for my readers, I did look for them. Here are twenty quotes from Highlander that you should ponder…enjoy!!

If you go hunting tigers be sure you are prepared to find one.

The most important lesson:
Anger doesn’t give you an edge, it blunts you.
Make your adversary angry.
The madder he gets, the more chances
you have he will make a mistake.

Don’t let your opponent see all your skills.

Sometimes life doesn’t give you a choice.

Those who forget the past are condemmed to relive it.

Believing and proving are two different things.

Focus conquers a superior adversary.

A man has to do what a man has to do.

The age old rule…divide and conquer.

Sometimes, when you believe in something that can’t be proved now…
it doesn’t mean it will never be proved.

Knowing what you don’t know is almost
as important as knowing what you do know.

The truth doesn’t always jump up into your arms.
Sometimes you have to sneak up and ambush it.

The main difference between a wise man and a fool
is that the fool’s mistakes never teach him anything.

Some things will never change…some will.

The truth is the truth, no matter what you think about it.

Time does not weaken a vow.

Fear – it can take your soul…your heart.

There are critical moments in everybody’s life -
when it can go one way or another.
Who you are can depend on who you meet.

If you don’t like what you are, you can change it.

A man of honor lives with what he does.

Bohdi
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Wise men say nothing in dangerous times. John Selden

Silence is the safest and best. The Havamal

Habit becomes one’s nature. Japanese Proverb

In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. Einstein

Be cheerful while you are alive.  Ptah-Hotep

There is no pollution like hatred. Buddha

Familiarity breeds contempt. Aesop

The old should be treated with due respect. Okinawan Proverb

The fewer the words the better the prayer. Marin Luther

Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. Thomas Jefferson

Pity the man who does evil. Irish Proverb

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Warrior Quotes 3/20/08

Deal solely with men of honor. Baltasar Gracian

A small hole can sink a big ship. Russian Proverb

Let him who desires peace prepare for war. Vegetius

Every moment of life is the last. Basho

Invincibility depends on one’s self; the enemy’s vulnerability on him. Sun Tzu

He is wise who tries everything before arms. Terence

In peace do not forget war. Japanese Proverb

An enemy surprised is already half-defeated. German Proverb

Betters have their betters. Japanese Proverb

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. Aesop

Though your enemy seems like a mouse, watch him like a lion. Italian Proverb

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Wisdom Quotes 3/20/08

Anger brings out destruction. Kok Yim Ci Yuen

Try to please all and you end by pleasing none. Aesop

Youth and age will not agree. English Proverb

Beware of befriending an enemy’s friend. The Havamal

A fool exposes his folly. Proverbs

We believe that Wakan Tanka is everywhere. Chased-By-Bears

What mortals see are delusions. True vision is detached from seeing. Bodhidharma

You must be the change you wish to see in the world. Gandhi

Scissors and fools require careful handling. Japanese Proverb

Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. Aesop

Speak rightly or be silent. Hadith

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To every man there opens a high way and a low way, and every man decides the way his would will go. John Oxenham

Intuition is a spiritual faculty and does not explain, but simply points the way. Florence Scovel Shinn

A fool does not see the same tree that a wise man sees. William Blake

Rotten wood cannot be carved. Chinese Proverb

Kill the spider and you will destroy the cobweb. Maltese Proverb

The greatest enemies, and the ones we must mainly combat, are within. Cervantes

The fire that seems extinguished often slumbers beneath the ashes. Pierre Corneille

Only one who can swallow an insult is a man. Chinese Proverb

We must interpret a bad temper as a sign of inferiority. Alfred Aldler

It is the mind which makes a man, or mars him. Sai Baba

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Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.  Cervantes

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Because a human being is so malleable, whatever one cultivates is what one becomes.
Lao Tzu

Everything one has a right to do is not best to be done. Benjamin Franklin

The reputation of a thousand years may be determined by the conduct of a single hour. Japanese Proverb

Grace under pressure. Earnest Hemingway

What do we live for if not to make life less difficult for each other? George Eliot

Habits are at first cobwebs; at last, chains. English Proverb

If it is not true, don’t say it. Marcus Aurelius

Be master of your mind rather than mastered by the mind. Zen Maxim

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Practice not your art and it will soon depart. German Proverb

Honor is sacred. Native American Maxim

The cherry blossom among flowers, the warrior among men. Japanese Proverb

We love to listen to the old tunes, but few today can play the music. Yamaoka Tesshu

It is you who must make the effort; the sages can only teach. The Dammapada

In peace do not forget war. Japanese Proverb

He is wise who tries everything before arms. Terence

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Take a deep breath of life and consider how it should be lived. Don Quixote

Do not consider useless the advice of an old person. Spanish Proverb

The wise pursue understanding; fools follow reports of others. Tibetan Proverb

Everything in nature is a cause from which there flows some effect. Baruch Spinoza

It is not death that a man should fear, he should fear never beginning to live. Marcus Aurelius

Things are often spoke and seldom meant. Shakespeare

Those who speak ill of others to you will speak ill of you to others. German Proverb

The best weapon is education. Welsh Proverb

Shun actions that will diminish honor. Tiruvalluvar

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. Emerson

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Character is much easier kept than recovered.  Thomas Paine

Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.  Einstein

A thousand men has bee ruined for the pleasure of a little time short as a dream.  Ptah-Hotep

In pursuit, even of the best things, we ought to be calm and tranquil.  Cicero

Be always sure you’re right, then go ahead.  Davy Crockett 

A man’s action is a picture book of his creed.  EmersonTzu

A wise head keeps a shut mouth.  Irish Proverb

To see what is right and not to do it is cowardice.  Confucius

The sage knows himself.  Lao Tzu

Live rather than avoid death.  Jean-Jacques Rousseau 

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