Quotes About Wisdom

Formal education will earn you a living, self-education make you a fortune.

Half of being smart is knowing what you are dumb about.

He who ceases to learn cannot adequately teach.

He who thinks by the inch and talks by the yard deserves to be kicked by the foot.

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.

Listen to life, it is the wisest teacher of all.

Love is not blind, it sees more not less; But because it sees more it chooses to see less.

Many a man thinks he has an open mind, when it's merely vacant.

Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open.

Never complain about growing old, Because so many never get the chance

Never regret being a good person to the wrong people. Let the wrong people enjoy and you continue to suffer.

No great wisdom can be reached without sacrifice.

Often sound advice turns out to be totally wrong. Sometimes things turn out in such a way that only a fool would predict. Which is why fools, too, have their place in analysis and debate.

Once you've accumulated sufficient knowledge to get by, you're too old to remember it.

One who thinks by the inch and talks by the mile should be kicked by the foot.

Pigs get fat hogs get slaughtered.

Right reason is stronger than force.

Should one see a wise man who, like a revealer of treasures, points out faults and reproves, let one associate with such a wise person for the benefits he shall receive.

Socrates seems to be the philosophical napkin with which the ensuing cultural thinkers of history wipe their mouths of pedantic ooze.

Sometimes your heart needs more time to accept what your mind already knows.

The heart never takes the place of the head: But it can, and should, obey it.

The only successful substitute for brains is silence.

The only thing one never regrets are one's mistakes.

The people with the best advice are usually the ones who have been through the most.