Quotes About Wisdom

My own philosophy is that one should share what wisdom he has, one should help others to help themselves and one should keep going despite heavy weather, for there is always a calm ahead.

When counting, try not to mix chickens with blessings.

The trouble with most folks isn't their ignorance. It's knowin' so many things that ain't so.

…but it is better to learn wisdom late than never to learn it at all.

The true wisdom is to be always seasonable, and to change with a good grace in changing circumstances.

Solomon made a big mistake when he asked for wisdom.

Wisdom remembers. Happiness forgets.

It must be the ultimate punishment, don't you think, to finally gain wisdom, only to realize that the consequences of your actions are irrevocable?

Wrinkles ought to be worn as a badge of honour, as a mark of survival if not wisdom.

The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God.

In our final moments we all realize that relationships are what life is all about. Wisdom is learning that truth sooner rather than later.

In the mountains of wisdom no climbing is in vain.

My hope for the future is that we learn wisdom again.

Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom.

The child must teach the man.

Half-liberty comes with wisdom, full liberty with death.

Wisdom is not found with those who dwell at their ease; rather nature, when she adds brain, adds difficulty.

When we connect to the infinite source of wisdom within, creative new ideas, opportunities, and healing spontaneously unfold.

Blessed is he who devotes his life to great and noble ends, and who forms his well-considered plans with deliberate wisdom.

Half of wisdom is learning what to unlearn.

But now the giant heads of Plato and Socrates, each with an expression of penetrating wisdom carved on his white features, surveyed the river and the melon beds beyond.

If you try to assert wisdom before people have themselves walked it, be prepared for much resistance, denial, push-back, and verbal debate.

Wisdom is not the understanding of mystery. Wisdom is accepting that mystery is beyond understanding. That's what makes it mystery.

Age brings wisdom to some men, and to others chess.