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More Quotes by  Chris Christie

I believe we have become paralyzed, paralyzed by our desire to be loved. Now our founding fathers had the wisdom to know that social acceptance and popularity were fleeing, and that this country's principles needed to be rooted in strengths greater than the passions and the emotions of the times.

Chris Christie

A retired teacher paid $62,000 towards her pension and nothing, yes nothing, for full family medical, dental and vision coverage over her entire career. What will we pay her? $1.4 million in pension benefits and another $215,000 in health care benefit premiums over her lifetime.

Chris Christie

And the greatest lesson that mom ever taught me though was this one. She told me there would be times in your life when you have to choose between being loved and being respected. Now she said to always pick being respected.

Chris Christie

Now, do I think there has to be shared sacrifice among other nations in the world who want a stable and secure world? Absolutely, there has to be. But I don't think that America can ever abdicate its leadership role in the world because of who we are and where we've come from. We are the symbol for the world for freedom and liberty.

Chris Christie

They said it was impossible to touch the third rail of politics, to take on public-sector unions and to reform a pension and health benefits system that was headed to bankruptcy. But with bipartisan leadership, we saved taxpayers $132 billion dollars over 30 years and saved retirees their pensions. We did it.

Chris Christie

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The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.

William James

A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own.

Latin proverb

No man was ever wise by chance.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.

Bertrand Russell

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Socrates

Study the past, if you would divine the future.

Confucius

Time is the wisest counsellor of all.

Pericles

Wisdom begins in wonder.

Socrates

Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.

Sophocles

A short saying often contains much wisdom.

Sophocles

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

William Shakespeare

Silence is a fence around wisdom.

German proverb