Quotes About Wisdom

We thought we were done with these things but we were wrong. We thought, because we had power, we had wisdom.

The will is free; Strong is the soul, and wise, and beautiful; The seeds of godlike power are in us still; Gods are we, bards, saints, heroes, if we will!

Sometimes I wish I hadn't said something foolish. It is then that I realize the power of mime.

Power gravitates to the man who knows how.

There is no greater power in the world than the zest of a postmenopausal woman.

There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way.

Power rests on the kind of knowledge one holds. What is the sense of knowing things that are useless?

First with the head, then with the heart.

Didn't Gandalf say "With great power comes great responsibility"? (If it wasn't Gandalf, maybe it was Thomas Jefferson. Or Spider-Man's uncle.)

Fairy tales have a hidden power, and their appeal never ends. They're the best way to get messages across.

Heraclitus says that Pittacus, when he had got Alcæus into his power, released him, saying, "Forgiveness is better than revenge.

Funny is a good foil. Humor is illuminating, and it also gives you power.

Had I the power, I would scatter libraries over the whole land as the sower sows his wheatfield.

A new degree of intellectual power seems cheap at any price.

Maybe the gift of any great person is the power to converse with our own hearts.

The truly great man is as apt to forgive as his power is able to revenge.

Those who have no power to judge of past times but by their own, should always doubt their conclusions

Use your power gently.

There is power in well-chosen words, and often there is equal power in silence. Learning when to talk and when to listen are among the most powerful skills you can develop.

Greatness knows itself.

I think there's a lot of power in admitting that you don't know everything.

For the weak who seek power it'll bring, infallible the power, knowledge is king.

Obedience is an emblem of our faith in the wisdom and power of the highest authority, even God.

To conquer others is to have power, to conquer yourself is to know the way.