Quotes About Wisdom

A wise man should never resolve upon anything, at least, never let the world know his resolution, for if he cannot reach that he is ashamed.

Wit and wisdom are born with a man.

I'm not quite pompous enough to think of myself as an educator or a man capable of definitive refutation of falsehoods.

Give me a used Bible and I will, I think, be able to tell you about a man by the places that are edged with the dirt of seeking fingers.

A kind of second childhood falls on so many men. They trade their violence for the promise of a small increase of life span. In effect, the head of the house becomes the youngest child.

Every man's follies are the caricature resemblances of his wisdom.

I have observed that not the man who hopes when others despair, but the man who despairs when others hope, is admired by a large class of persons as a sage.

Judgement is given to men that they may use it. Because it may be used erroneously, are men to be told that they ought not to use it at all?

There's a crystallization that goes on in a poem which the young man can bring off, but which the middle-aged man can't.

Spare your breath to cool your porridge.

True eloquence forgoes eloquence.

If a thing goes without saying -- let it.

For if he like a madman lived; At least he like a wise one died.

Never speak more clearly than you think.

Don't waste another moment crying over what went wrong! If it wasn't a blessing - it was a lesson.

The first lesson every child of Athena learned: Mom was the best at everything, and you should never, ever suggest otherwise.

My mom used to tell me, 'I live every day of my life for you.' I understand that now. The older I get, the more I understand.

Now, my mom always said two wrongs don't make a right. But she never said anything about four wrongs, and that always left me confused.

My mom raised me to be successful and not be a knucklehead and do the wrong things. She still talks to me to this day about those things.

Most mothers are instinctive philosophers.

I really learned it all from mothers.

Every single thing I learned about marketing and building my business, I learned from my mom, and she had never been in the workforce. She just had great practical sense.

My mom, Emilie, always taught me to think hard about marriage.

In a nutshell, I am a mom, a grandma, and a midwife.