Wisdom Quotes and Sayings
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Memory is the mother of all wisdom. Aeschylus
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Of prosperity mortals can never have enough. Aeschylus
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To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not. Akhenaton
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Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world. Archimedes
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Patience is the companion of wisdom. Saint Augustine
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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom. Francis Bacon
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Wise men make more opportunities than they find. Francis Bacon
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I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done. Lucille Ball
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Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to the persons who possess it. Henry Ward Beecher
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We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started. Henry Ward Beecher
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Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread. Josh Billings
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Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe. Josh Billings
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The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease. Josh Billings
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The truest wisdom is a resolute determination. Napoleon Bonaparte
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The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance - it is the illusion of knowledge. Daniel J. Boorstin
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A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool. Robert Bulwer-Lytton
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A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew. Herb Caen
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In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool. Lord Chesterfield
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Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself. Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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Be happy. It's one way of being wise. Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
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By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. Confucius
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When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. Confucius
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Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men. Confucius
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You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own. Clarence Day
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There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart. Charles Dickens
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Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one. Diogenes
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The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations. Benjamin Disraeli
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Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience. Ralph Waldo Emerson
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It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them. Epictetus
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Cleverness is not wisdom. Euripides
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The end of wisdom is to dream high enough to lose the dream in the seeking of it. William Faulkner
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He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass. Edgar R. Fiedler
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Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. Henry Ford
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A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom. Robert Frost
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You have to find out what's right for you, so it's trial and error. You are going to be all right if you accept realistic goals for yourself. Teri Garr
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It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance. Harold S. Geneen
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The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind. Khalil Gibran
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Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents. Khalil Gibran
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The future has already arrived. It's just not evenly distributed yet. William Gibson
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Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone. Baltasar Gracian
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A mistake is simply another way of doing things. Katharine Graham
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Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away. Arthur Helps
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As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round. Ben Hogan
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The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions. Oliver Wendell Holmes
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Repeat anything often enough and it will start to become you. Tom Hopkins
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Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone. Horace
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Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit. Elbert Hubbard
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He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom. James Huneker
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The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense. Dean Inge
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It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own. William Ralph Inge
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Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart. Phil Jackson
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Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength. Phil Jackson
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The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. William James
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Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom. Thomas Jefferson
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Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it. David Starr Jordan
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If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. Michael Jordan
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Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another. Juvenal
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Perspective is worth 80 IQ points. Alan Kay
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The best way to predict the future is to invent it. Alan Kay
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When written in Chinese, the word "crisis" is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity. John F. Kennedy
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If you want to be found stand where the seeker seeks. Sidney Lanier
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Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself. Sidney Lanier
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Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it. Doug Larson
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Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk. Doug Larson
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Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken. David Herbert Lawrence
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It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf. Walter Lippmann
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He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty. Mary Wilson Little
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Winners never quit and quitters never win. Vince Lombardi
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Winning is not everything, but wanting to win is. Vince Lombardi
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Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action. Thomas B. Macaulay
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A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination. Nelson Mandela
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If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart. Nelson Mandela
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The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom. H. L. Mencken
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The difference between chirping out of turn and a faux pas depends on what kind of a bar you're in. Wilson Mizner
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A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation. Moliere
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. John Muir
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In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks. John Muir
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Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. George S. Patton
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The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it. Jean Paul
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Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform. William Penn
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Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek. Dan Rather
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Don't follow any advice, no matter how good, until you feel as deeply in your spirit as you think in your mind that the counsel is wise. Joan Rivers
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Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment. Jim Rohn
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Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time. Theodore Roosevelt
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To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom. Bertrand Russell
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If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the military, nothing is safe. Lord Salisbury
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Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it. George Santayana
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No man was ever wise by chance. Lucius Annaeus Seneca
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Some folks are wise and some are otherwise. Tobias Smollett
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The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing. Socrates
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Wisdom begins in wonder. Socrates
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Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness. Sophocles
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Wisdom outweighs any wealth. Sophocles
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It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it. John Steinbeck
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Self-suggestion makes you master of yourself. W. Clement Stone
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What is man's ultimate direction in life? It is to look for love, truth, virtue, and beauty. Shinichi Suzuki
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From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own. Publilius Syrus
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When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life will have given me the truth, and taken in exchange - my youth. Sara Teasdale
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Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. Alfred Lord Tennyson
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Who is wise in love, love most, say least. Alfred Lord Tennyson
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All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man. Henry David Thoreau
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Wisdom begins at the end. Daniel Webster
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It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary. Richard Whately
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Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. Tom Wilson
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Turn your wounds into wisdom. Oprah Winfrey
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The opportunity for brotherhood presents itself every time you meet a human being. Jane Wyman
