Quotes About Wisdom

I learned much from my teachers, more from my books, and most from my mistakes.

The antidote for civilization.

It's not nice to fool Mother Nature!

The early bird might get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.

A mind is a terrible thing to waste.

Confucius say: "Baseball wrong — man with four balls cannot walk."

En boca cerrada no entran moscas [The closed mouth swallows no flies].

If thou seest a man of understanding, get thee betimes unto him, and let thy foot wear the steps of his door.

Grandparents are a delightful blend of laughter, caring deeds, wonderful stories, and love.

Hew not too high lest the chips fall in thine eye.

Grandmas don't just say "that's nice" — they reel back and roll their eyes and throw up their hands and smile. You get your money's worth out of grandmas.

It's important to have a twinkle in your wrinkle.

The wise and moral manShines like a fire on a hilltop,Making money like the bee,Who does not hurt the flower.

Your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.

You know you've reached middle age when a doctor, not a policeman, tells you to slow down, all you exercise are your prerogatives and it takes you longer to rest than to get tired.

Nobody knows the age of the human race, but everybody agrees that it is old enough to know better.

I still have a full deck; I just shuffle slower now.

They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear;Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.

Invest a few moments in thinking. It will pay good interest.

Grandfathers are for loving and fixing things.

The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb.

In much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.

God wisely designed the human body so that we can neither pat our own backs nor kick ourselves too easily.

Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.