Quotes About Wisdom

We've all, you know, done things that we think at the time were bad, but actually, in hindsight, you look back and go, 'I'm really grateful that happened because I'm a stronger person.'

Unfortunately, I did not do many films but all the aspects and phases of my life have made me a better and a stronger person.

I think that Benjamin Franklin felt very strongly in foreign policy in this world, that you needed to at least show some humility, especially when you were strong.

Sometimes a faint voice based on instinct resonates far more strongly than overpowering logic.

I strongly believe that many of the best decisions are made on gut instinct.

I've been through a lot of pain in my life, but I strongly believe that without that pain I would not know love.

I came back from Standing Rock, and one of the things that struck me was their respect for elders. It was something that I felt like I needed to work on in my life.

Society is notoriously stupid in its failure to harness the wisdom of older women in everything from television to politics, family life to boardrooms, and here is one reminiscing with honesty and realism about women's particular challenge: to create our professional and financial structures in the same period as our peak fertility.

The best wisdom comes from the hardest struggle.

I argue that the Talmud is about the constant struggle to understand.

As I get older the stars have gone from my eyes more, and I see that life is just something that has to be lived with, that it's better not to struggle.

In terms of my own life and the mistakes I made and the struggles I had, I'm grateful for them. It taught me more than success and opportunity ever did.

I used to have so many opinions before I learned the facts.

I learned a lot from Cherry Jones, from the questions she asked and the opinions she had.

I wouldn't impress my opinions on anyone.

The best mentors present their opinions simply as data and not as direction.

Never interrupt your opponent when he's destroying himself.

Sometimes the purpose of our opponents is to be our teachers.

The more you find out about the world, the more opportunities there are to laugh at it.

I think I could look back through the past few years at missed opportunities and stuff, but one thing I have learned is not to dwell on missed chances or times where you have failed.

I'm grateful for every opportunity. I learned the hard way.

There's something to be said about being able to be retrospective about a certain age as opposed to just in it.

While fools shun one set of faults they run into the opposite one.

I grew up watching Oprah on television. So, to say I didn't learn a lot from her just wouldn't be true.