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    Wisdom Throughout the Ages
    Wisdom Throughout the Ages
    Wisdom Throughout the Ages
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    Wisdom Throughout the Ages

    By Herman Guy

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    As a Historian, Ive had the opportunity to study various cultures and their religious views, spiritual beliefs, and philosophical thoughts throughout the ages. While doing so, I came across many quotes, proverbs, and popular phrases. Some of these were very familiar, while others were obscure and/or variations of some more common sayings. I began collecting the ones that appeared to be anonymous, and even added a few of my own creation. I started utilizing this compilation for classroom review, student warm-up activities, and even as a means to entertain guests at my home. They help foster discussion, debate, and higher level thinking skills. Many of them are also motivating and inspirational. What I now share with you, took over fifteen years to collect and publish. I truly hope you find this collection as interesting, entertaining, and useful as I do. Best wishes through your lifes journeys. Enjoy and have fun
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse
    Release dateMay 7, 2012
    ISBN9781468547696
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      Wisdom Throughout the Ages - Herman Guy

      Contents

      Lesson/Warm Up Activity/Guest Entertainment

      Action

      Adaptability & Opportunity

      Adversity & Challenges

      Advice

      Aging

      Alcohol

      Anger & Patience

      Animals & Babies

      Business & Career

      Choice & Common Sense

      Combat & War

      Complaining & Criticism

      Conceit

      Conscience

      Control

      Courage

      Defeat & Determination

      Direction & Encouragement

      Diplomacy

      Discipline

      Dreams

      Education

      Enthusiasm & Excellence

      Envy & Forgiveness

      Experience & Facts

      Flattery & Speaking

      Freedom & Patriotism

      Friends & Family

      Generosity & Humor

      Goals & Success

      Gossip

      Happiness & Heart

      Home & Hope

      Honor

      Humility

      Integrity

      Kindness

      Labor & Laziness

      Law

      Leadership

      Lies & Truth

      Life & Death

      Listening

      Love

      Loyalty & Marriage

      Miscellaneous

      Neighbors

      Opinions

      Parenting & Children

      Pessimism/Optimism

      Preparation

      Pride

      Promises & Responsibility

      Reputation

      Silence

      Sincerity

      Smiling

      Spirituality

      Tact

      Teamwork

      Time

      Trouble

      Trust

      Understanding

      Wisdom

      Words

      Youth

      As a Historian, I’ve had the opportunity to study various cultures and their religious views, spiritual beliefs, and philosophical thoughts throughout the ages. While doing so, I came across many quotes, proverbs, and popular phrases. Some of these were very familiar, while others were obscure and/or variations of some more common sayings. I began collecting the ones that appeared to be anonymous, and even added a few of my own creation. I started utilizing this compilation for classroom review, student warm-up activities, and even as a means to entertain guests at my home. They help foster discussion, debate, and higher level thinking skills. Many of them are also motivating and inspirational. What I now share with you, took over fifteen years to collect and publish. I truly hope you find this collection as interesting, entertaining, and useful as I do. Best wishes through your life’s journeys. Enjoy and have fun . . .

      This book is dedicated to my wonderful wife, Abbie Capobianco, and to our beautiful baby boy, Mason Alexander Guy.

      Lesson/Warm Up Activity/Guest Entertainment

      1)   Post the quote (and following questions) on the board, overhead projector, or piece of paper.

      2)   What do YOU believe this quote to mean?

      3)   Is the quote literal or interpretive?

      4)   Do you agree or disagree with the quote? WHY?

      5)   Student or Guests have 2 minutes (timed) to work on the questions individually or as a team.

      6)   Call on students/guests to share their responses (1 minute time limit).

      7)   Eventually, pick half of the class/guests to agree with the quote, and the other half to disagree. Repeat steps 2-6. They then stand up and debate (conduct a point/counter-point).

      Action

      •   The thing to try, when all else fails, is to try again

      •   Giving something another try is better than an alibi.

      •   Other people may see your deeds, but God sees your motives.

      •   He who asks a question may be a fool for five minutes; he who never asks a question remains a fool forever.

      •   Asking saves a lot of guesswork.

      •   Those who wish to move mountains must start by carrying away small stones.

      •   It is often easy identifying a problem, but another matter in taking action to correct it.

      •   Once you believe, you can achieve.

      •   If it can be imagined, it can be accomplished.

      Adaptability & Opportunity

      •   Most people are willing to adapt, not because they see the light, but because they feel the heat.

      •   The world changes so fast, that you couldn’t stay wrong all the time if you tried.

      •   The trouble with opportunity is that it’s always more recognizable going than coming.

      •   Opportunity may knock, but it never turns the knob and walks in.

      •   He who kills time buries opportunities.

      •   Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.

      •   When opportunity knocks, the pessimist complains about the noise.

      •   Ability, without opportunity, may lead to nowhere.

      Adversity & Challenges

      •   He who wants a place in the sun should expect blisters.

      •   It takes both rain and sunshine to make a rainbow.

      •   Sometimes you find you’re up against it, because you back up instead of going ahead.

      •   Prosperity makes friends, while adversity tries them.

      •   Adversity causes some men to break, and others to break records.

      •   He who has not met adversity knows not his own strength.

      •   Heaven prepares good men with crosses.

      •   The best way to solve your problem is to help someone else solve theirs.

      •   If a care is too small to be turned into a prayer, it is too small to be made into a burden.

      •   Knowledge is power.

      •   Time heals all wounds.

      •   Everything in life is what you make of it.

      •   Prosperity would not be so welcome, without the taste of adversity.

      •   Springtime would not be so pleasant, without the winter that preceded it.

      •   Laughing is inexpensive medicine.

      Advice

      •   Guidance means that I can count on God; commitment means that God can count on me.

      •   Advising a fool is like beating the air with a stick.

      •   The way to be successful is to follow the advice that you give others.

      •   Advice is one thing most people would rather give than get.

      •   A pint of example is worth a gallon of advice.

      •   Do not waste time with the negative pessimist; it is better spent on someone who is aware enough to respond with a positive attitude.

      •   Good judgment often comes from experience, and experience usually comes from bad judgment.

      Aging

      •   When you were

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