Quotes About Wisdom

If a lion invites you to dinner, turn down the offer, no matter how hungry you are.

If a lion takes its advice from sheep, it will go hungry.

Counting your chickens before they hatch is only wise if God has told you how many will survive.

The earliest bird gets the worm only if the worm is stupid enough to show up.

Beatings from truth are better than kisses from lies.

The world's greatest classroom has no walls: nature.

A sage is a library whose bookshelves are in his soul.

In knowledge there is strength, in understanding there is might, and in wisdom there is power.

A scholar's pen is more valuable than a warrior's sword.

If you fish without proper bait, you will only catch disappointment.

The elephant is the largest, but not the fiercest. The giraffe is the tallest, but not the strongest. The cheetah is the fastest, but not the wisest. The ant is the smallest, but not the gentlest.

Only fools are born wise.

I know a number of clever people who lack wisdom.

It is only safe to mock a crocodile when you have crossed the river.

Knowledge is strength, understanding is mastery, and wisdom is power.

Wisdom is intelligence set on fire.

The early bird gets the first worm, but the wisest bird gets the fattest one.

We all come into the world rocks, but the enlightened leave it diamonds.

Take your time to find and understand what you don't know and in the end, you shall know that it is not all the things you know that shows you something you don't know, but something you don't know!

Noble leaders choose: wisdom over wealth, knowledge over fame, understanding over honor, virtue over titles, and people over power.

If you try to test a river's depths with both feet, you will drown.

If you venture to be a sageLet your virtues subside your rageFor deep wisdom you'll be veneratedLet cold veins feel blood cells generated

Never trust books on the question of whether or not to trust your rational thinking. Trust your rational thinking on the question of whether or not to trust the books.

A lesson in folly is worth two in wisdom.