Wisdom Quotes

Wisdom is the daughter of experience. Leonardo da Vinci

A short saying often contains much wisdom. Sophocles

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. Immanuel Kant

One of the greatest pieces of economic wisdom is to know what you do not know. John Kenneth Gilbraith

Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something. Plato

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens. Jimi Hendrix

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet. James Oppenheim

The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom. James Allen

Life is a continual process of remaking ourselves. Author Unknown

The wise man bridges the gap by laying out the path by means of which he can get from where he is to where he wants to go. John Pierpont Morgan

Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue. Edith Wharton

The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth. Pierre Abelard

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things. Henry David Thoreau

We judge of man's wisdom by his hope. Ralph Waldo Emerson

Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of non-essentials. Lin Yutang

To know when to be generous and when firm—that is wisdom. Elbert Hubbard

Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child. Ron Wild

Honesty is the first chapter of the book of wisdom. Thomas Jefferson

Every now and again take a good look at something not made with hands - a mountain, a star, the turn of a stream. There will come to you wisdom and patience and solace and, above all, the assurance that you are not alone in the world. Sidney Lovett

The wisest man is he who does not believe he is wise. Proverb

God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. Serenity Prayer

We seem to gain wisdom more readily through our failures than through our successes. We always think of failure as the antithesis of success, but it isn't. Success often lies just the other side of failure. Leo F. Buscaglia

Learn wisdom from the ways of a seedling. A seedling which is never hardened off through stressful situations will never become a strong productive plant. Stephen Sigmund

One's first step in wisdom is to question everything - and one's last is to come to terms with everything. George Christoph Lichtenberg

Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences. Norman Cousins

Good people are good because they've come to wisdom through failure. We get very little wisdom from success, you know. William Saroyan

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. M. K. Soni

It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense. Robert Green Ingersoll

Kindness is more important than wisdom, and the recognition of this is the beginning of wisdom. Theodore Rubin

Often our eyes see "those who are".....But who are we? A simple reflection of those who are? I am reminded to look within my own soul for answers. For we are all given a spirit of wisdom. Today may I not only see those who are, but may I also see who I am. Colleen Smith

Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man how to fish, he'll eat for a lifetime. Proverb

The wisest mind has something yet to learn. George Santayana

These days people seek knowledge, not wisdom. Knowledge is of the past, wisdom is of the future. Vernon Cooper

I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater it will be. Thomas Jefferson

It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err. Gandhi

If facts are the seeds that later produce knowledge and wisdom, then the emotions and the impressions of the senses are the fertile soil in which the seeds must grow. Rachel Carson

Six essential qualities that are the key to success: Sincerity, personal integrity, humility, courtesy, wisdom, charity. William Menninger

Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it. Albert Einstein

The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our capacities, we will then be a happy and a virtuous people. Mark Twain

The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living that are desired when dying. Author Unknown

The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotations. Isaac D'Israeli

I not only use all the brains that I have but all that I can borrow. Woodrow Wilson

Knowledge comes by taking things apart: analysis. But wisdom comes by putting things together. John A. Morrison

There is this difference between happiness and wisdom, that he that thinks himself the happiest man really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool. Charles Caleb Colton

Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction are useful so far as they go, but, without the discipline of real life, they remain of the nature of theory only. Samuel Smiles

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom. Samuel Coleridge

Understanding is knowing what to do; wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is actually doing it. Tristan Gylberd

We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do; and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery. Samuel Smiles

A man doesn't begin to attain wisdom until he recognizes he is no longer indispensable. Richard E. Byrd

He that never changes his opinions, never corrects his mistakes, will never be wiser on the morrow than he is today. Tryon Edwards

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich. Tao Te Ching

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance. Benjamin Franklin

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