“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don’t adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.”– Confucius Related Quotes “Great wisdom is generous petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.”– Zhuang Zi “Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy can give us wisdom.”– Will Durant “Instead of looking at life as a narrowing funnel, we can see it ever widening to choose the things we want to do, to take the wisdom we’ve learned and create something.”– Liz Carpenter