Quotes About Wisdom

That man is prudent who neither hopes nor fears anything from the uncertain events of the future.

Nothing is ever behind us.

Never make bad predictions, especially about the futture.

The only way to engineer the future tomorrow is to have lived in it yesterday.

A healthy vision of the future is not possible without an accurate knowledge of the past.

Your future is only as bright as your mind is open.

Here is the rule to remember in the future, When anything tempts you to be bitter: not, 'This is a misfortune' but 'To bear this worthily is good fortune.'

Slowly, I've come to realize That I cannot heal my past And that fearing the unavoidable future Is pointless

We cannot live in the past, nor can we re-create it. Yet as we unravel the past, the future also unfolds before us, as though they are mirrors without which neither can be seen or happen.

The person who failed often knows how to avoid future failures.

The softest breeze to fairest flowers gives birth: Think not that Prudence dwells in dark abodes, She scans the future with the eye of gods.

Education is the foundation upon which we build our future.

This moment is your portal to the future. Use it wisely!

There have been many Buddhas before me and will be many Buddhas in the future.

While we may open the books of the past, we may but grant flying glances of the future, through the mist that veils it.

The past shouldn't be forgotten. It should be used as a guide for future situations and not used as a reason to avoid making difficult decisions. There was always a choice.

The past and the future are abstractions without any concrete reality.

Live both in the future and the past. Who does not live in the past does not live in the future.

I believe we should make use of what we know. We know that the future of the Earth must not be compromised.

Regrets over the past should chasten the future.

To understand the living present, and the promise of the future, it is necessary to remember the past.

Unusual commencement advice: Ladies and gentlemen of the class of '97: Wear sunscreen. If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it.

One of the things that I think we have learned is that we should all be very careful about making predictions about the future.

If I say, if I talk about, 'I want to be enlightened...' it implies a future. And there isn't any.