Quotes About Wisdom

A good book is an education of the heart.

I prefer intellect and charm. Good looks only take you so far.

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.

Who learns most from a good book is the author.

Don't waste a good mistake, learn from it.

It is good to express a thing twice right at the outset and so to give it a right foot and also a left one. Truth can surely stand on one leg, but with two it will be able to walk and get around.

The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.

Always read something that will make you look good if you die in the middle of it.

The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune.

I have great judgment. I have good judgment. I know what's going on.

If a good person does you wrong, act as though you had not noticed it. They will make note of this and not remain in your debt long.

To think well and to consent to obey someone giving good advice are the same thing.

You can develop good judgment as you do the muscles of the body — by judicious, daily exercise.

Forget about what you used to do. Don't make those same mistakes again. Everybody says, "Oh the good old days" - the good old days are right this second! This moment controls the next moment.

No amount of advice change his attitude. He does not listed to good advice. Rather he gets angry.

I can see that now. I can see everything once it's already happened — I'm very good at the past. It's the present I can't understand.

Hope has a good memory, gratitude a bad one.

Stop this attitude that older people ain't any good anymore! We're as good as we ever were - if we ever were any good.

A good father believes that he does wisely to encourage enterprise, productive skill, prudent self-denial, and judicious expenditure on the part of his son.

Being humbled is always good for us, even if it doesn't feel good to us.

Good judgment, common sense, and reason all fly out the window when emotions kick down your door.

One God idea is worth more than a thousand good ideas.

It is good food and not fine words that keeps me alive.

Good things come in small packages.