Quotes About Wisdom

Today is yesterday's pupil.

Study as if you were to live forever. Live as if you were to die tomorrow.

My head is buried in the sands of tomorrow, while my tail feathers are singed by the hot sun of today.

Today's egg is better than tomorrow's hen.

A library is thought in cold storage.

It is human nature to think wisely and to act in an absurd fashion.

The thoughts that come often unsought, and, as it were, drop into the mind, are commonly the most valuable of any we have.

What was once thought can never be unthought.

Facts in books, statistics in encyclopedias, the ability to use them in men's heads.

Thought is born of failure.

Speaking without thinking is shooting without taking aim.

Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.

This-this was what made life: a moment of quiet, the water falling in the fountain, the girl's voice ... a moment of captured beauty. He who is truly wise will never permit such moments to escape.

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence.

The power of Thought, - the magic of the Mind!

Learning without thought is labor lost.

The mind grows by what it feeds on.

Great thoughts come from the heart.

It's no use filling your pocket with money if you have got a hole in the corner.

A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.

Once in Persia reigned a king Who upon his signet ring Graved a maxim true and wise, Which if held before the eyes Gave him counsel at a glance Fit for every change and chance. Solemn words, and these are they: "Even this shall pass away."

Tomorrow! - Why, tomorrow I may be Myself with yesterday's sev'n thousand years.

Boast not thyself of tomorrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

As the Spanish proverb says, 'He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies, must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.' So it is with traveling. A man must carry knowledge with him if he would bring home knowledge.