Quotes About Wisdom

Success is a miserable teacher. It tempts intelligent people to believe they cannot lose. And it is an unreliable guide to the future.

When thoughts arise, recognize them clearly as your teacher.

Successful people ask questions. They seek new teachers. They're always learning.

I am self-taught. In other words, God is my teacher.

Our duty, privilege, and security are in believing, not in knowing; in trusting God, and not our own understanding. They are to be pitied who have no more trustworthy teacher than themselves.

We think we learn from teachers, and we sometimes do. But the teachers are not always to be found in school or in great laboratories. Sometimes what we learn depends upon our own powers of insight.

Experience is a great teacher, and sometimes a pretty teacher is a great experience.

Be your own teacher. Let life write your textbook.

Music is the ultimate teacher.

Enemies were teachers in disguise.

Genius is the basis for the deepest type of mentoring. When true learning occurs genius teaches genius and both the teacher and the student grow.

I regard Heart-Master Adi Da as one of the greatest teachers in the Western world today.

Teaching is the highest art; before the doctor, there was a teacher.

You can't buy enlightenment, but you can hire a mirror so you can watch it happen.

Every great leader is a great teacher, and the greatest leaders seize every opportunity to teach well.

If you want to learn a thing, read that. If you want to know a thing, write that; if you want to master a thing, teach that.

Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop.

Experience is the great teacher; unfortunately, experience leaves mental scars, and scar tissue contracts.

I accept relationship as my primary teacher about myself, other people, and the mysteries of the universe.

Don't set your wit against a child.

The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and that the true teacher is a learner.

Experience is the worst teacher; it gives the test before presenting the lesson.

In criticizing, the teacher is hoping to teach. That's all.

Experience is a brutal teacher, but you learn fast.