Quotes About Wisdom

The most practical information about life is sneered at by social planners.

Death doesn't frighten me; now I can think peacefully of ending a long life.

Life is about making mistakes. Death is about wishing you made more.

Life isn't about winning it's about what you learn and how much you can grow.

The real student is studying, learning, inquiring, exploring, not just until he is twenty or twenty-five, but throughout life.

Wisdom is not what comes from reading great books. When it comes to understanding life, experiential learning is the only worthwhile kind, everything else is hearsay.

Of all peoples the Greeks have dreamt the dream of life best.

Books have always helped me make sense of things. With any life experience, you can find someone who has documented it in a poetic way.

When you know what God says, what He means, and how to put His truths into practice, you will be equipped for every circumstance of life.

Much earnest philosphical thought is born of the life which springs from close association with nature.

I can't think of anything I would do differently in my life. It would be nice to undo some of my mistakes I made over the years, but then I wouldn't have grown professionally or personally.

Common Sense is that which judges the things given to it by other senses.

Ask advice of him who governs himself well.

I was facing life for the first time. I was 12 years old, but I felt like a 20 year old. I knew then what life was.

I'm older, and I wish that a lot of things that I did in my life, I didn't do, but I'm able to talk about it.

I'm 21 years old and I think that I've got a lot of perspective in life.

The trouble with school is they give you the answer, then they give you the exam. That's not life.

Bad friends could ruin your whole life. Be wise when it comes to choosing your friends. You set the standard. You be the one who stands strong. Don't be a follower.

It is extreme evil to depart from the company of the living before you die.

I want to talk to people that have been through big disappointments, big emotional crises, deep life struggles, and I will learn something from that.

Such as thy words are, such will thy affections be esteemed; and such will thy deeds be as thy affections and such thy life as thy deeds.

Life teaches you the art of letting go in every event. When you have learnt to let go, you will be joyful and as you start being joyful, more will be given to you.

I have an adult emotional life and an editing system inside me which prevents me from being preposterously stupid.

The ability to take pleasure in one's life is a skill and is a kind of intelligence.