Motivational Quotes

Wisdom

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life -- in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.

- Seneca

Best Quotes about Wisdom

1.

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

2.

When you move amidst the world of sense, free from attachment and aversion alike, there comes the peace in which all sorrows end, and you life in the wisdom of the Self.

Bhagavad Gita

3.

If you wish to know the road up the mountain, ask the man who goes back and forth on it.

Zenrin

4.

Follow then the shining ones, the wise, the awakened, the loving, for they know how to work and forbear.

Buddha

5.

No man is wise enough by himself.

Titus Maccius Plautus

6.

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

Santayana, George

7.

It is not white hair that engenders wisdom.

Menander

8.

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

Nietzsche, Friedrich

9.

Action should culminate in wisdom.

Bhagavad Gita

10.

Wisdom makes a slow defense against trouble, though a sure one in the end.

Goldsmith, Oliver

11.

Wisdom is found only in truth.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von

12.

A wise man will see to it that his acts always seem voluntary and not done by compulsion, however much he may be compelled by necessity.

Machiavelli, Niccolo

13.

The wise man can pick up a grain of sand and envision a whole universe. But the stupid man will just lay down on some seaweed and roll around in it until he's completely draped in it. Then he'll stand up and go hey, I'm Vine Man.

Handey, Jack

14.

Wisdom outweighs any wealth.

Sophocles

15.

Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.

Euripides

16.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

Socrates

17.

The end result of wisdom is... good deeds.

Talmud, The

18.

The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.

Blake, William

19.

By the time your life is finished, you will have learned just enough to begin it well.

Marx, Eleanor

20.

Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?

Nietzsche, Friedrich

21.

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

22.

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

Larson, Doug

23.

It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite.

Levenson, Samuel

24.

A man never reaches that dizzy height of wisdom that he can no longer be lead by the nose.

Twain, Mark

25.

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.

26.

Many people might have attained wisdom had they not assumed they already had it.

27.

The only one who is wiser than anyone is everyone.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

28.

Wise care keeps what it has gained.

Proverb, Danish

29.

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

La Rochefoucauld, Francois De

30.

What a wonderful world this would be if there were as many wise people as there are clever people.

31.

Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability.

Plautus, Titus Maccius

32.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Bacon, Francis

33.

The extreme limit of wisdom --that's what the public calls madness.

Cocteau, Jean

34.

True wisdom lies in gathering the precious things out of each day as it goes by.

Bouton, E. S.

35.

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

36.

It is not from reason that justice springs, but goodness is born of wisdom.

Maeterlinck, Maurice

37.

Wisdom overcomes fortune.

Juvenal, (Decimus Junius Juvenalis)

38.

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

Ward, William A.

39.

There often seems to be a playfulness to wise people, as if either their equanimity has as its source this playfulness or the playfulness flows from the equanimity; and they can persuade other people who are in a state of agitation to calm down and manage a smile.

Hoagland, Edward

40.

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

Noll, Chuck

41.

Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.

James Boswell

42.

Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.

Phaedrus

43.

Wisdom is not finally tested in the schools, Wisdom cannot be pass'd from one having it to another not having it, Wisdom is of the soul, is not susceptible of proof, is its own proof.

Walt Whitman

44.

He who exercises wisdom exercises the knowledge which is about God.

Epictetus

45.

Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom; and with all your getting get understanding.

Bible

46.

Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.

Ziggy

47.

The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.

Gabirol, Ibn

48.

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

49.

A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top .

50.

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

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