![It is not that I’m so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XL4ETg_kDMs/X1tvO-5HpyI/AAAAAAAAH1c/N36FKYBaBoMCdMfXg7n5udFll4Z2PjGEACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/it-is-not-that-im-so-smart-but-i-stay-with-the-questions-much-longer.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Tag: Intelligence
![It is not that I’m so smart. But I stay with the questions much longer.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-XL4ETg_kDMs/X1tvO-5HpyI/AAAAAAAAH1c/N36FKYBaBoMCdMfXg7n5udFll4Z2PjGEACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/it-is-not-that-im-so-smart-but-i-stay-with-the-questions-much-longer.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
![I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jFLkM0UONrs/X1tqNKAxYkI/AAAAAAAAHAE/Km1ZdvQHNIkGoLbjkzYZ8AOJzP_aGW6owCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/i-did-then-what-i-knew-how-to-do-now-that-i-know-better-i-do-better.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.
![I’m a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-s9OyLHfY4go/X1tsmigxSnI/AAAAAAAAHcg/hZiUOjY7_kEi_vBp0_QUo936c_7ciN9MgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/im-a-pessimist-because-of-intelligence-but-an-optimist-because-of-will.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
I’m a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.
![The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-P5K8D6myVgo/X1uJy5ej_8I/AAAAAAAAKV8/qMyZ5YsxEIE5tOh6WsxT9m9wzzYA9h5bACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/the-measure-of-intelligence-is-the-ability-to-change.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.
![belief is the death of intelligence.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-MR_NQWeuMSM/X1thrhUefnI/AAAAAAAAFyk/wrGAvd7ekJAj1AC2jcwgT8jH3aUv2t42wCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/belief-is-the-death-of-intelligence.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
belief is the death of intelligence.
![It is one thing to be clever and another to be wise.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-H4l5rEoywsg/X1tvQwkmLTI/AAAAAAAAH1w/-iQpMtwS3aQPe8s2iI21IxnnvfoCp_cmQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/it-is-one-thing-to-be-clever-and-another-to-be-wise.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
It is one thing to be clever and another to be wise.
![Education is no substitute for intelligence.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-LZXsf10ieF4/X1tjfcygksI/AAAAAAAAGNY/p5_lHGZV7VcJrTbeXiEpHASpfCf8SPGbwCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/education-is-no-substitute-for-intelligence.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Education is no substitute for intelligence.
![A knavish speech sleeps in a fool’s ear.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YjfgoGuAVY4/X1tcbQxyMCI/AAAAAAAAFXg/fyX1U5uKRFUnEw_0DPKDIDURNwatwclRQCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/a-knavish-speech-sleeps-in-a-fools-ear.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
A knavish speech sleeps in a fool’s ear.
![The intelligent have plans; the wise have principles.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-_Z95OL_8v4Y/X1uJm-_z9II/AAAAAAAAKTo/j1tfcy04B_Q5gY6Dk7RblXDjfXuE42IEgCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/the-intelligent-have-plans-the-wise-have-principles.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
The intelligent have plans; the wise have principles.
![Wit seduces by signaling intelligence without nerdiness.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-aNQyy1TRqqI/X1uR2SsZnGI/AAAAAAAALi4/o14_RLEun0w615Gf8XYX9pCzy9GAWYWKACLcBGAsYHQ/h750/wit-seduces-by-signaling-intelligence-without-nerdiness.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Wit seduces by signaling intelligence without nerdiness.
![Our children are only as brilliant as we allow them to be.](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/--gtsLx8wcUQ/X1t5uumWeJI/AAAAAAAAI4E/ncgJ0kKSA_oVhqokJbH9n8FUWhXRTcGngCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/our-children-are-only-as-brilliant-as-we-allow-them-to-be.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)
Our children are only as brilliant as we allow them to be.
![What I learned on my own I still remember](https://i0.wp.com/lh3.googleusercontent.com/-s5Tx5pKsbnI/X1uP3ExXDoI/AAAAAAAALQs/_6B_qBO0yjgq-u81hU-eGa4upkJR-gi0wCLcBGAsYHQ/h750/what-i-learned-on-my-own-i-still-remember.jpg?resize=450%2C450&ssl=1)