8,789 Words Of Wisdom is brimming with great advice, maxims, sayings and saws, proverbs, precepts and truths-8,789 of them, to be exact. Turn to any spot in the book and there is the secret to living a happier, healthier, saner, more productive life. Learn to unlearn. Appreciate the questions as much as the answers. Stretch beyond what is comfortable. There are folksy expressions polished smooth over time: If you think you can, you can. Experience is the best teacher. Quotes: Those who know don't speak, those who speak don't know (Lao-tzu). Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there (Will Rogers). Unexpected turns: Listen with your eyes. Good judgment comes from experience and experience comes from bad judgment. Taken together it's the ultimate source of self-improvement.
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Proverbs, precepts, maxims, saws, adages, and axioms. Polished over years of use, here are thousands of sayings that are just as true today as the day they were coined.
- Learn to unlearn.
- Truth does not blush.
- Enjoy the journey as much as the stay.
- Stretch beyond what is comfortable.
- If you think you can, you can.
- Pack you own parachute.
- Fall seven times, stand up eight.
- Keep your soul young.
Turn to any page and find the secrets of life.
About the Author
Barbara Ann Kipfer is the author of more than 45 books, ranging from 14,000 Things to Be happy About to Roget’s International Thesaurus, 7th Edition. She holds numerous degrees, including a Ph.D. and M.Phil. in linguistics, a Ph.D. in archaeology, and a Ph.D.. in Buddhist studies. She is a lexicographer and ethnographist and lives in New England.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Lots of interesting and thoughtful sayings but there is no organization to the book. If you are looking for a saying to use, it is very hard to fine one about a particular topic.
14 of 17 people found the following review helpful
By Gina
Format:Paperback
Trite and disappointing. Reads like a box of fortune cookies. Small thoughts masquerading as deep thoughts. The blurbs are so similar that it's nearly impossible to tell one page from the next.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:Paperback
I love this book! Daily I read just a few pages to inspire me and sets my mood for the day to do things more wisely. One sentence quotes from Proverbs, to saying heard you heard growing up. This is a fun book to keep in your car to read in traffic or in a bathroom setting. A great gift for those that might be feeling down.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
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words of wisdom
This book is simply adorable. It will look great on a coffee table of mine someday in my house! Easy, pickup read.
Published 15 days ago by Hanna Vrabely
4.0 out of 5 stars
Pure fun
This book is a small, but thick, compendium of proverbs, aphorisms and sayings--some of which were familiar to me, and othes not. Read more
Published 18 days ago by Roberta
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Bought as a gift!
I like mine so much I bought one for a friend! Good advice between the covers. Great reading while waiting in the drive through bank line or in the waiting room.
Published 1 month ago by L. S. Stiles
4.0 out of 5 stars
Nice, at a glance book
This is a nice, feel-good book. Good for a gift for the person who has everything. Or, a nice book to keep at work - just flip to a page during moments of frustration to lighten... Read more
Published 4 months ago by A. Taylor
4.0 out of 5 stars
Depends on your frame of mind
I think you need to be in the right frame of mind to appreciate this book. i happened to be feeling very open and free when i picked it up and it really touched me at times, and... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Gary Nackenson
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Well received.
Items were gifts. Recipients have loved these books. Would recommend them to anyone. My husband did not put the book down for three days.
Published 4 months ago by stephanie combs
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent
Excellent selection of very short quotes - good for everybody and for any occasion. All quotations are VERY SHORT and therefore 'to the point'. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Andrzej Kijko
5.0 out of 5 stars
How doesn't need wisdom?
Reading this helps me to know where I'm 'at' on any given day. Sometimes when I let the wrong things get me down I can read this book and then say... Read more
Published 5 months ago by J Long
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not What I Wanted
I hoped that these quotations would have the author, but it's just a series of sayings without the name of the person who said them. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Riley B. Mason
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Words
This is an unusual book because there appears to be no rhyme or reason as to how the words are placed...randomly just there with out connectivesness. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Mary C. Cain
