Quotes About Wisdom

And above all, work smarter instead of harder.

If you want to be a sophisticated investor, you must train your mind to see what your eyes cannot see.

Beauty isn't worth thinking about; what's important is your mind. You don't want a fifty-dollar haircut on a fifty-cent head. ~Garrison Keillor

Never say anything bad about a man until you've walked a mile in his shoes. By then he's a mile away, you've got his shoes, and you can say whatever you want to.

I have seen the truth and it makes no sense.

you are never so smart again in a language learned in middle age nor so romantic, brave or kind.

Some luck lies in not getting what you thought you wanted but getting what you have, which once you have got it you may be smart enough to see is what you would have wanted had you known

If it were not for the truth of fiction there would not be any truth at all.

Book is a gift that you can open again and again.

A book is a gift you can open again and again!!!!!

Beauty isn't worth thinking about; what's important is your mind. You don't want a fifty-dollar haircut on a fifty-cent head.

Martinez: I guarantee you this: not one of us has learned a single thing today. -Condors

Coils within coils," murmured the cat. "Fleas upon fleas, idiots begetting idiots—" "What?" "Mmm, just thinking," whispered Mogget. "You should try it sometimes.

You know what they say: 'The cats and the owls and the better type of raven, know more of what is doing than any human maven.

It is always important to look beyond a pleasant visage.

Shakespeare knew too much.

One thing I did learn early on was not to put all my trust in magic. If it can be done without magic, it's better done without magic.

Fear and realization of ignorance were strong medicines against stupid pride.

your librarians go into battle?" "When they must," said Lirael. "The Library is very old, and deep, and contains many things that have been put away for good reason. Creatures, dangerous knowledge, artifacts made not wisely, but too well . . . books that should not be opened without proper preparation, some books that should never be opened at all." "Creatures?

Knowledge is always useful, even if...if it is not immediately apparent how it will be useful.

Might have been and could have done, neither worth thinking on,' said Huire, repeating one of their mother's favourite sayings.

But the struggles make you stronger and the changes make you wise... And happiness has its own way of taking its sweet time.

The tongue has the power of life and death."1

One way to express love emotionally is to use words that build up. Solomon, author of the ancient Hebrew Wisdom Literature, wrote, "The tongue has the power of life and death."2 Many couples have never learned the tremendous power of verbally affirming each other. Solomon further noted, "An anxious heart weighs a man down, but a kind word cheers him up.