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.

Wise men still seek Him today.

Bell, Dan

2.

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

Marx, Eleanor

3.

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

Buddha

4.

Among mortals second thoughts are wisest.

Euripides

5.

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

Bible

6.

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

7.

Wisdom is knowledge, rightly applied.

8.

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

9.

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

Talmud, The

10.

Wisdom is what's left after we've run out of personal opinions.

Cullen Hightower

11.

Society cannot exist unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without.

Edmund Burke

12.

A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.

Thurber, James

13.

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

Bouton, E. S.

14.

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

Nietzsche, Friedrich

15.

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

Basho, Matsuo

16.

The only thing that we know is that we know nothing and that is the highest flight of human wisdom.

Tolstoy, Count Leo

17.

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

Bible

18.

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

19.

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

Larson, Doug

20.

Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.

Phaedrus

21.

For it is not possible to join serpentine wisdom with columbine innocence, except men know exactly all the conditions of the serpent: his baseness and going upon his belly, his volubility and lubricity, his envy and sting, and the rest; that is, all forms and natures of evil: for without this, virtue lieth open and unfenced.

Bacon, Francis

22.

Wisdom is learning what to overlook.

James, William

23.

Wisdom overcomes fortune.

Juvenal, (Decimus Junius Juvenalis)

24.

The wise person has long ears and a short tongue.

Proverb, German

25.

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

Confucius

26.

Wisdom is meaningless until our own experience has given it meaning.

Evans, Bergen

27.

Inner wisdom is more important than wealth. The more you spend it, the more you gain.

Oprah Winfrey

28.

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

29.

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

Santayana, George

30.

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

Pindar

31.

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

Marilyn vos Savant

32.

Let us not take ourselves too seriously. None of us has a monopoly on wisdom.

Elizabeth, Queen

33.

Look at those they call unfortunate and at a closer view, you'll find many of them are unwise.

Young, Andrew

34.

Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.

Titus Maccius Plautus

35.

Wisdom is your perspective on life, your sense of balance, your understanding of how the various parts and principles apply and relate to each other. It embraces judgment, discernment, comprehension. It is a gestalt or oneness, and integrated wholeness.

Covey, Stephen R.

36.

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

Proverb, Spanish

37.

Wisdom hath her excesses, and no less need of moderation than folly.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

38.

The wisest man is he who does not fancy that he is so at all.

Boileau, Nicholas

39.

The live in wisdom who see themselves in all and all in them, who have renounced every selfish desire and sense craving tormenting the heart.

Bhagavad Gita

40.

The only one who is wiser than anyone is everyone.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

41.

To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Russell, Bertrand

42.

The greatest wisdom is to realize one's lack of it

Stanislavisky, Konstantin

43.

The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.

Gabirol, Ibn

44.

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

Noll, Chuck

45.

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

Levenson, Samuel

46.

The price of wisdom is eternal thought.

Birch, Frank

47.

Blessed is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gains understanding, for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold. She is more precious than rubies; nothing you desire can compare with her. [Proverbs 3:13-15]

Bible

48.

Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.

Aristophanes

49.

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

Nietzsche, Friedrich

50.

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