Wisdom Quotes

We must expect reverses, even defeats. They are sent to teach us wisdom and prudence, to call forth greater energies, and to prevent our falling into greater disasters.

Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it.

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.

If you want to be found stand where the seeker seeks.

The first point of wisdom is to discern that which is false; the second, to know that which is true.

Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.

When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.

I will give you a definition of a proud man: he is a man who has neither vanity nor wisdom one filled with hatreds cannot be vain, neither can he be wise.

Perspective is worth 80 IQ points.

Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it.

No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks.

To keep your secret is wisdom; to expect others to keep it is folly.

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.

Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.

It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.

The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.

Books give not wisdom where none was before. But where some is, there reading makes it more.

I continue to believe, contrary to the given wisdom, that it's more interesting to have an album - or, indeed, an individual song - which has variety rather than homogeneity.

All human wisdom works and has worries and grief as reward.

We are to seek wisdom and understanding only in the length of days.

Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.

It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.

We live in a culture that doesn't acknowledge or validate human intuition and doesn't encourage us to rely on our intuitive wisdom.

We all have within us a deep wisdom, but sometimes we don't know we have it.

Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.

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.

All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.

A wholesome oblivion of one's neighbours is the beginning of wisdom.