Quotes About Wisdom

It was three o'clock in the morning – the wisest and most accursed hour of the clock. But sometimes it sets us free.

Half a page--and the morning is already ancient.

I didn't wake up one morning and not be in the Replacements. We're all that forever, and I've just grown older. I mean, I haven't lost anything. I've gained a few things.

My mother would take the Band-Aid off, clean the wound, and say, "Things that are covered don't heal well." Mother was right. Things that are covered do not heal well.

My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.

Do not use the sharpness of your speech on your mother who taught you how to speak.

Even more than the time when she gave birth, a mother feels her greatest joy when she hears others refer to her son as a wise learned one.

My mother helped me understand how not to show off what I knew, but how to use it so that others might benefit.

My mother enjoyed old age, and because of her I've begun to enjoy parts of it too. So far I've had it good and am crumbling nicely.

In crowds it is stupidity and not mother wit that is accumulated.

I learned more from my mother than from all the art historians and curators who have informed me about technical aspects of art history and art appreciation over the years.

A good mother is worth hundreds of schoolmasters.

The Clan Mothers ran everything and had the last word. I think that's the answer.

My mother was right: When you've got nothing left, all you can do is get into silk underwear and start reading Proust.

Even the people who come our way look upon us in amazement, that we run only for the healing of Mother Earth

My mother always says, "The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak." I can be very focused and determined. But, I can also be very stubborn. Be flexible be nuanced.

His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork.

If you can't take a small loss, sooner or later you will take the mother of all losses.

Education is the mother of leadership.

My mother and stepfather were married 43 years, so I have watched a long marriage. I feel like I had a very good role model for that. And, you know, it's just a number.

There's two kind of cherries, and two kind of fairies, and two kind of mothers I'm told.

The mother of three notoriously unruly youngsters was asked whether or not she'd have children if she had it to do over again. 'Yes', she replied 'but not the same ones.'

My mother always told me that no matter how late it is, you take your makeup off. Take it off!

Frugality is the mother of all virtues.