Motivational Quotes

Wisdom

The wise person has long ears and a short tongue.

- Proverb, German

Best Quotes about Wisdom

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

Talmud, The

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

Epictetus

In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it, thou art a fool.

Azai, Rabbi Ben

Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil -- not the strength to choose between the two.

Cheever, John

No one over thirty-five is worth meeting who has not something to teach us, --something more than we could learn for ourselves, from a book.

Connolly, Cyril

Some folks are wise and some otherwise.

Billings, Josh

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

Zenrin

The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid.

Aurelius, Marcus

A nation's treasure is its scholars.

Proverb, Yiddish

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The beginning of wisdom is a definition of terms.

Socrates

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Wisdom outweighs any wealth.

Sophocles

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Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability.

Plautus, Titus Maccius

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

Nietzsche, Friedrich

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Where sense is wanting, everything is wanting.

Franklin, Benjamin

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

Twain, Mark

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Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.

Cato The Elder

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We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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Who is wise? One who learns from all.

Talmud, The

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

Young, Andrew

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Wisdom is knowing when to speak your mind and when to mind your speech.

Evangel

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Force without wisdom falls of its own weight.

Horace

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Through wisdom is a house built; and by understanding it is established; and by knowledge shall every room be filled with precious and pleasant riches.

Bible

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Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.

Phaedrus

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Without wisdom, knowledge is more stupid than ignorance.

25.

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

Oprah Winfrey

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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

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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

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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

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If I don't have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.

Buscaglia, Leo

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

Bouton, E. S.

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

Maeterlinck, Maurice

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The only one who is wiser than anyone is everyone.

Bonaparte, Napoleon

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

Boileau, Nicholas

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

Noll, Chuck

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

Carlyle, Thomas

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A wise man never knows all, only fools know everything

Proverb, African

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

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

Thurber, James

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Wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of your times.

Bible

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

Pindar

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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

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

Evans, Bergen

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Wise people are foolish if they cannot adapt to foolish people.

Montaigne, Michel Eyquem De

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Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

Santayana, George

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