Wisdom quotes
551 quotes. Authors include Abigail Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Abraham Maslow, Aeschylus, Aesop, Afrika Bambaataa, Akhenaten, Albert Einstein, Aldous Huxley, Alexander Pope, Alexandre Dumas, Amber Valletta, Amelia Earhart, Anatole France, Andy Warhol, Ansel Adams, Anton Chekhov, Archimedes, Aristotle, Arthur Conan Doyle, Arthur Schopenhauer, Audrey Hepburn, Augustine of Hippo, Avery Brooks, Ayn Rand, Baltasar Gracián, Barack Obama, Barbara De Angelis, Basil of Caesarea, Ben Fountain.
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“We live in a society bloated with data yet starved for wisdom. We're connected 24/7, yet anxiety, fear, depression and loneliness are at an all-time high. We must course-correct.”
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“Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.”
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“Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use.”
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“Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in the way in which the man of practical wisdom would determine it.”
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“A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.”
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“Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.”
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“Should someone do good, let them do it again and again. They should develop this habit, for the accumulation of goodness brings joy.”
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“For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.”
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“One who is too insistent on his own views, finds few to agree with him.”
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“A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.”
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“The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth.”
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“I look forward to a great future for America - a future in which our country will match its military strength with our moral restraint, its wealth with our wisdom, its power with our purpose.”
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“All things must come to the soul from its roots, from where it is planted.”
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“The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress.”
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“Know what's important and what isn't. Have the wisdom to know the right thing to do, the integrity to do it, the character to stand up to those who don't, and the courage to stop those who won't.”
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“Appreciation can make a day, even change a life. Your willingness to put it into words is all that is necessary.”
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“Life is the only real counselor; wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.”
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“The superior man is modest in his speech but exceeds in his actions.”
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“He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.”
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“The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.”
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“Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do.”
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“Change in all things is sweet.”
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“What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.”
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“Imagination allows us to escape the predictable. It enables us to reply to the common wisdom that we cannot soar by saying, 'Just watch!'”
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“You can't shake hands with a clenched fist.”
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“Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of knowledge is not the tree of life.”
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“A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.”
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“The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.”
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“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”
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“Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.”
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“Where there is love there is life.”
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“Delight in heedfulness! Guard well your thoughts!”
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“The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.”
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“All experiences are preceded by mind, having mind as their master, created by mind.”
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“Before we acquire great power, we must acquire wisdom to use it well.”
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“The calmed say that what is well-spoken is best; second, that one should say what is right, not unrighteous; third, what's pleasing, not displeasing; fourth, what is true, not false.”
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“Change your thoughts and you change your world.”
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“Commitment is an act, not a word.”
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“Better it is to live one day seeing the rise and fall of things than to live a hundred years without ever seeing the rise and fall of things.”
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“If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum.”
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“I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.”
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“Resolutely train yourself to attain peace.”
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“America's freedom of religion, and freedom from religion, offers every wisdom tradition an opportunity to address our soul-deep needs: Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, secular humanism, agnosticism and atheism among others.”
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“This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible value to him.”
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“Our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world as being able to remake ourselves.”
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“The opportunity for brotherhood presents itself every time you meet a human being.”
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“Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.”
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“The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.”
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“A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.”
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“To change one's life, start immediately, do it flamboyantly, no exceptions.”