Quotes About Wisdom

...you spend a much larger part of your life being old, not young. Rules change along the way. The first things to go are those things you thought were eternal.

You can have information or you can have a life, but you can't have both.

Anyone at any age is able to tell the story of his or her life with authority.

Life - No, I've nothing to teach you about it for the moment. May be writing about it another week.

Throughout life, one does not miss any chance to hold onto the things that are really precious, if one is truly wise.

I have drunk of the wine of life at last, I have known the thing best worth knowing, I have been warmed through and through, never to grow quite cold again till the end.

June [Hillary] is a very strong influence in my life and particularly now in my ancient years there is no doubt at all: if there's a decision to be made, quite often June is the one who makes it.

A taste for books, which is still the pleasure and glory of my life.

Mad? Is one who has solved the secret of life to be considered mad?

Be wise today; 'tis madness to defer. Next day the fatal precedent will plead; thus on, til wisdom is pushed our of life.

Life's not about expecting, hoping and wishing. It's about doing, being and becoming. It's about t Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.

My teachers [ had the most impact in my life]. Of course, my father and grandfather, but after my family, my teachers.

God, how I have wasted my life.

No experience in this world has ever been cathartic without the willing participation of the individual. Life does not automatically bestow wisdom or growth upon anyone just for showing up.

Ryle Hira: Life is what it is

I think there are a lot of older people who are moving through life the right way, and they just don't know it.

Life has taught me that the greatest tragedy is not to die too soon but to live too long.

Theories have nothing to do with life.

Might as Well Laugh ...remember ...when ...Life ...made ...sense

As I get older, the more I don't want my life to be emotionally out of balance in the way it was in my twenties.

Life is the finest secret. So long as that remains, we must all whisper.

Someone once told me that the most dynamic actors are people who have stories. People who have lived life. People with experiences.

My mom said, 'Don't get married. You're too young. Go out there and experience what life has to offer.' And I did.

You get to a certain point in your life where you get closer to the end of your life than the beginning, and it colors your life, in a way.