Quotes About Wisdom

wisdom is knowing the right path to take. Integrity is taking it.

Maturity does not always come with age; sometimes age comes alone.

A deaf ear is the first indication of a closed mind.

If you think you are the entire picture, you will never see the big picture.

People say there are two kinds of learning: experience, which is gained from your own mistakes, and wisdom, which is learned from the mistakes of others.

The Courage to Teach

Value self-improvement above self-promotion. King Solomon of ancient Israel said, "Let instruction and knowledge mean more to you than silver or the finest gold. Wisdom is worth much more than precious jewels or anything else you desire." Make your next career move based on how it will improve you personally rather than how it will enhance you financially.

The real art of conversation is not only to say the right thing in the right place, but to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.

Learning to pause and ask questions turns experience into insight.

Learn to be flexible. Thomas Jefferson once said, "In matters of principle, stand like a rock. In matters of taste, swim with the current.

Cartoonist Henri Arnold said, "The wise man questions himself, the fool others.

Esto no se acaba hasta que hayas aprendido de ello".

El fracaso es la oportunidad de comenzar de nuevo más inteligentemente.

Without the wise counsel and insightful answers I've received to questions over those decades, I wonder where I would be today.

When you hear someone say, Now this is just off the top of my head, expect dandruff. The only people who believe thinking is easy are those who don't habitually engage in it.

It's said that a wise person learns from his mistakes. A wiser one learns from others' mistakes. But the wisest person of all learns from others' successes.

They know that the person who forgets the ultimate is a slave to the immediate.

Playwright George Bernard Shaw asserted, "A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

Poet Lord Byron was right when he stated, "Adversity is the first path to truth.

Cuando las personas cometen errores, generalmente hacen una de tres cosas como respuesta a ellos: deciden no volver a cometer nunca otro error, lo cual es imposible. Permiten que su error los convierta en cobardes, lo cual es necio. O deciden aprender de su error y aplicar la lección a su vida, lo cual es beneficioso.

What is the greatest lesson you have learned? By asking this question I seek their wisdom. What are you learning now? This question allows me to benefit from their passion. How has failure shaped your life? This question gives insight into their attitude.

Education makes all the difference.

Failure is inevitable; learning is optional

Los puntos críticos pueden proveer perspectiva, que es la capacidad de ver los cambios mayores dentro del marco de una vida entera y dejar que actúe el poder sanador del tiempo.