Quotes About Wisdom

Sometimes it takes years to really grasp what has happened to your life.

The Yale president must be a Yale man. Not too far to the right, too far to the left or a middle-of-the-roader. Ready to give the ultimate word on every subject under the sun from how to handle the Russians to why undergraduates riot in the spring. Profound with a wit that bubbles up and brims over in a cascade of brilliance. You may have guessed who the leading candidate is, but there is a question about him Is God a Yale man

I respect faith, but doubt is what gets you an education.

In the battle of existence, Talent is the punch; Tact is the clever footwork

To profit from good advice requires more wisdom than to give it.

Those who welcome death have only tried it from the ears up.

I respect faith, but doubt is what gives you an education.

A fellow who is always declaring he's no fool usually has his suspicions.

A fellow who is always declaring that he's no fool, usually has his suspicions.

I wanted only what I had asked from the pipe of the sun dancer—that the words that came from the spirits through me change a million hearts. They needed changing. Twenty

Ultimately, you will learn to consult your greater resources so easily and quickly that you will be able to do so as quickly as an eye blink in the middle of a conversation, with no one else noticing.

Pause before making your next big decision. Look around and notice the slight irregularities of the ceiling, the texture of brick underfoot, the feel of your knee bending and straightening, and the slight shifts of sensation in your shoulders, stomach, neck, and face. You can't really explain why, but when you widen your neurological contact with the world in this way you feel stronger, wiser, and more creative—and you choose more wisely.

For I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and big words Bother me.

You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.

Mountaintops inspire leaders but valleys mature them.

When I look back on all these worries, I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened

I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which never happened.

Short words are best and the old words when short are best of all.

Saving is a very fine thing. Especially when your parents have done it for you

If we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find that we have lost the future.

Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most times he will pick himself up and carry on.

When I look back on all the worries I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which never happened.

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry on as if nothing had happened.

Broadly speaking, short words are best, and the old words, when short, are best of all.