Quotes About Wisdom

A sharp tongue is the only edge tool that grows keener with constant use.

The most important thing about power is to make sure you don't have to use it.

Time abides long enough for those who make use of it.

If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.

It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean.

Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.

Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.

I feel like I've reached an age where I can relax a little bit with the knowledge of what I've been through, take all that experience and use it. I love the challenge of trying to get back to where I've been, and beyond it.

I used to read five psalms every day - that teaches me how to get along with God. Then I read a chapter of Proverbs every day and that teaches me how to get along with my fellow man.

My maturity level has increased, as earlier I was rather childish and was easily influenced by what others used to say, and I have changed myself a lot. Now, I understand things before doing anything and also, I used to say anything, but I think one should think carefully before speaking.

The older I get the better I used to be!

A trail through the mountains, if used, becomes a path in a short time, but, if unused, becomes blocked by grass in an equally short time.

When I was a kid, I used to think pork chops and karate chops were the same thing.

My old drama coach used to say, 'Don't just do something, stand there.' Gary Cooper wasn't afraid to do nothing.

I wasn't made to take orders. My grandmother used to tell me: 'Laws are for idiots.' She was right.

Petty things don't bother me as much as they used to.

I used to say to my bubbe, 'Bubbe, is this story true?' And she'd say, 'Of course it's true! But it may not have happened.' What my bubbe was saying is profound: All stories are true. The truth is the journey you take through it - did it make you laugh, cry, seek and want justice? Then it's true.

Albert Einstein when asked what he considered to be the most powerful force in the universe answered: Compound interest! What you have become is the price you paid to get what you used to want.

I definitely do live my life at a different pace now than I used to... I feel like I'm guilty of all the overindulgences of a guy in his 20s and early 30s could've gone through, but I look back on it with great fondness. I don't have a lot of regrets.

Certainly tears are given to us to use. Like all good gifts, they should be used properly.

When you're used to being prepared to reject conventional wisdom, it leaves you open to learn more.

My overall look on things is a lot more mature than it used to be.

I'm a fast learner. I may not run as fast as I used to, but I think I still learn as fast.

Any place that anyone can learn something useful from someone with experience is an educational institution.