Motivational Quotes

Wisdom

The ultimate wisdom which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls faith rather than reason.

- Borland, Hal

Best Quotes about Wisdom

1.

It is not wise to be wiser than necessary.

Quinault, Philippe

2.

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

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

3.

The growth of wisdom may be gauged exactly by the diminution of ill temper.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

4.

It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.

Menander

5.

The wisdom of a learned man comet by opportunity of leisure: and he that hath little business shall become wise. [Ecclesiasticus 38:25]

Bible

6.

I have known it for a long time but I have only just experienced it. Now I know it not only with my intellect, but with my eyes, with my heart, with my stomach.

Hesse, Hermann

7.

Wisdom alone is the science of others sciences.

Plato

8.

Who is a wise man? He who learns of all men.

Talmud, The

9.

Understanding the limitations of human beings as well as understanding your own is the beginning of true wisdom.

10.

The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson. The mountain teaches stability and grandeur; the ocean immensity and change. Forests, lakes, and rivers, clouds and winds, stars and flowers, stupendous glaciers and crystal snowflakes, -- every form of animate or inanimate existence, leaves its impress upon the soul of man. Even the bee and ant have brought their little lessons of industry and economy.

Marden, Orison Swett

11.

Great men are the commissioned guides of mankind, who rule their fellows because they are wiser.

Carlyle, Thomas

12.

There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.

Nietzsche, Friedrich

13.

Wisdom is perishable. Unlike information or knowledge, it cannot be stored in a computer or recorded in a book. It expires with each passing generation.

Taylor, Sid

14.

They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom.

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von

15.

Wisdom is better than weapons of war. [9:18b, Ecclesiastes]

Bible

16.

Wise men still seek Him today.

Bell, Dan

17.

Though wisdom cannot be gotten for gold, still less can be gotten without it.

Butler, Samuel

18.

Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.

Sophocles

19.

Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Franklin, Benjamin

20.

The testimony of the Lord is sure making wise the simple. [Psalms 19:7]

Bible

21.

Committing a great truth to memory is admirable; committing it to life is wisdom.

Ward, William A.

22.

Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.

Titus Maccius Plautus

23.

Mixing one's wines may be a mistake, but old and new wisdom mix admirably.

Brecht, Bertolt

24.

Some men are wise, and some are otherwise.

Smollett, Tobias G.

25.

We cannot advance without new experiments in living, but no wise man tries every day what he has proved wrong the day before.

Adams, James Truslow

26.

Some folks are wise and some otherwise.

Billings, Josh

27.

We don't receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us.

Marcel Proust

28.

It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

29.

The ultimate wisdom which deals with beginnings, remains locked in a seed. There it lies, the simplest fact of the universe and at the same time the one which calls faith rather than reason.

Borland, Hal

30.

Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.

Basho, Matsuo

31.

The heart of the wise man lies quiet like limpid water.

Proverb, Camerounian

32.

A life of frustration is inevitable for any coach whose main enjoyment is winning.

Noll, Chuck

33.

Beauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men.

Proverb, Chinese

34.

The days that are still to come are the wisest witnesses.

Pindar

35.

Well I am certainly wiser than this man. It is only too likely that neither of us has any knowledge to boast of; but he thinks that he knows something which he does not know, whereas I am quite conscious of my ignorance. At any rate it seems that I am wiser than he is to this small extent, that I do not think that I know what I do not know.

Socrates

36.

Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. Where there is patience and humility, there is neither anger nor vexation. Where there is poverty and joy, there is neither greed nor avarice. Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.

Francis of Assisi, St.

37.

Timing, degree and conviction are the three wise men in this life.

Fitzhenry, R. I.

38.

The foolish sayings of a rich man pass for wise ones.

Proverb, Spanish

39.

There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.

Confucius

40.

As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

41.

Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability.

Plautus, Titus Maccius

42.

It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

43.

Kings may be judges of the earth, but wise men are the judges of kings.