2007-07-16 07:50:24 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
You're wrong. You say, "Sometimes achieves true greatness."
Fact is, MOST OF THE TIME he who achieves true greatness(by most peoples definition) lacks wisdom.
I'd say the odds are with you.
2007-07-18 16:29:17 · answer #1 · answered by M O R P H E U S 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It is very possible. But I think you may be interpreting it in a more favorable way. They're not saying that you're more apt to succeed with less knowledge...but that wisdom or knowledge itself isn't the end to all means. For you can have all the knowledge and talent in the world...but if you're lazy and don't do anything with it...well then you're demise is your own fault. While on the contrary...hard work ...effort...initiative and heart are what really count. It's the stand up and just man that will succeed...not the wisest one. So therefor if you are pure of heart and have ambition to do it...then the more power to you..and don't let ANYONE tell you differently. :)
2007-07-16 09:07:38 · answer #2 · answered by sweetangel122089 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only time will tell. Einstein himself said: "it's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer."
The secret of success is constancy of purpose.
— Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)
Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim.
— John D. Rockefeller, Jr. 1874
If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
— Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
Fortune favors the brave.
— Virgil, Aeneid
2007-07-17 11:49:09 · answer #3 · answered by HawaiianBrian 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably not. Those who achieve greatness may not always be wise but they are probably doing something other than asking silly questions on Yahoo.
2007-07-16 07:58:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋