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Quotes About Wisdom

Modest women choose a man by the mind, not the eye.
~ Publilius Syrus
Let us be poised, and wise, and our own, today. Let us treat men and women well; treat them as if they were real; perhaps they are.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
The more women there are about, the softer a wise man steps.
~ Robert Jordan
Twenty-four is a prudent age for women to marry at.
~ Samuel Richardson
Also, I think women really come into their own in their 30s.
~ Sophie Ellis Bextor
I've always been told that women know everything. Is that not accurate?
~ Steve Berry
The secret to enlightenment is to lighten up. Whether you are talking rock or women, all there.
~ Steven Tyler
The future of Dharma is in women's hands now because they have this energy which was never really tapped.
~ Tenzin Palmo
I've been an admirer of Helen Mirren for a long time. As I get older, I find myself admiring older women who have poise and elegance.
~ Thomas Haden Church
I'm a grown woman. I've earned my experiences, my scars.
~ Tori Amos
I talk to women all the time and try to impart wisdom.
~ Viola Davis
Women have a very good sense for seeing instantly what constitutes a good man. Not physically. The physical strength is only a small side of it.
~ Werner Herzog
Few women are dumb enough to listen to reason.
~ William Feather
Then sing as Martin Luther sang, As Doctor Martin Luther sang, "Who loves not wine, woman and song, He is a fool his whole life long."
~ William Makepeace Thackeray
Ho, pretty page, with the dimpled chin That never has known the barber's shear, All your wish is woman to win, This is the way that boys begin. Wait till you come to Forty Year.
~ William Makepeace Thackeray
I'm full of clichés - I was raised by a Southern black woman and they had a saying for everything.
~ Willie Parker
Are you going to cater to the whims and prejudices of people who have no intelligent knowledge of what they condemn?
~ Susan B. Anthony Collection
An' I learned about women from 'er.
~ Rudyard Kipling
He who begun has half done. Dare to be wise begin.
~ Horace
Advice to my younger self:1 Start where you are with what you have2 Try not to hurt other people3 Take more chances4 If you fail, keep trying
~ Germany Kent
A PHD is not the end of education. Education exists even among the bees who feed their queen only with the purest
~ Sahndra Fon Dufe
The weak dread the storm, the foolish invite the storm, the wise avoid the storm, the strong battle the storm, and the great overcome the storm.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Knowledge gives you the world, intelligence gives you the sky, understanding gives you the stars, but wisdom gives you the universe.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
The storm only comes to teach you how to skillfully sail your ship.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo