Quotes About Wisdom

As for omens, there is no such thing as an omen. Destiny does not send us heralds. She is too wise or too cruel for that.

Beware of spitting against the wind!

'Tis writ on Paradise's gate, Woe to the dupe that yields to fate!

Right now, your destiny is to shut up!

Every nation determines its own destiny; the clever the nation, the better the fate!

The older we become, the more certain our future.

Often the prudent, far from making their destinies, succumb to them. -Francois

I am the captain of my destiny, I do not abandon the ship in hard times, But, I do have sense enough not to go down with the ship.

The boy told himself that, on the way toward realizing his own destiny, he had learned all he needed to know, and had experienced everything he might have dreamed of.

Absolute certainty is not something I strive for anymore. I've learned the hard way that destiny usually looks upon our most strident convictions with amusement, or perhaps even pity.

Where destiny blunders, human prudence will not avail.

William Shakespeare

Silence is the adornment of the wise, and for the foolish the only dignity possible.

It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.

Acquire knowledge, and learn tranquility and dignity.

Education can give you a skill, but a liberal education can give you dignity.

There is a lot of dignity in having the ability to confront the inconsequence of reality.

Dignity and quiet joy in all that we do are the expression of perfect concentration and perfect wisdom.

Human dignity is better served by embracing knowledge.

They are eloquent who can speak low things acutely, and of great things with dignity, and of moderate things with temper.

Peter Townshend shows us it's all right to grow up. There is dignity after rock'n'roll.

Take care of your common sense, and your dignity will take care of itsself

Even death itself sometimes fails to bring the dignity and serenity which one would fain associate with old age.

Haste denies all acts their dignity.