Quotes About Wisdom

Remember your past mistakes just long enough to profit by them.

A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart." — Jonathan Swift

Continual learning is the key to continual living.

If you stop learning you have effectively stopped living.

Your only "security" is knowing what you do well. Knowing your areas of competence will give you freedom amid corporate politics and unexpected layoffs. Wayne Gretzky was once asked why he was such a great hockey player. He responded with an eloquent morsel of wisdom: "I simply went to where the puck was going to be." An average player would go where the puck was or is.

The man who doesn't read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them." —Mark Twain

Continual learning is the key to continual living. If you stop learning you have effectively stopped living.

The man who is too old to learn was probably always too old to learn." —Henry S. Haskins3

Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty." —Henry Ford5

Life has three rules: Paradox, Humor, and Change. - Paradox: Life is a mystery; don't waste your time trying to figure it out. - Humor: Keep a sense of humor, especially about yourself. It is a strength beyond all measure - Change: Know that nothing ever stays the same.

Everything you'll ever need to know is within you; the secrets of the universe are imprinted on the cells of your body.

The world's a puzzle; no need to make sense out of it." - Socrates

Live in the Moment", "Empty Your Mind of the Trash" Wisdom is the Use of Knowledge

Millions of words are written annually purporting to tell how to beat the races, whereas the best possible advice on the subject is found in the three monosyllables 'Do not try.'

Be happy, be smart, be kind, and laugh every day — even if only maniacally

I have made good judgments in the past. I have made good judgments in the future.

We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.

What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.

What a waste it is to lose one's mind. Or not to have a mind. How true that is.

Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.

The shortest route to courage is absolute ignorance.

There is a fullness and calmness there which can come only from knowing pain.

Words are the only bullets in truth's bandolier. And poets are the snipers.

You have to live to really know things, my love