Quotes About Wisdom

It's not always wrong to quit. We should never hold onto a mistake just because we spent a lot of time making it.

The past makes a good bishop but a poor king....it's good to take counsel from the past but not to be ruled by it. Otherwise we end up using today to fight yesterday's battles and miss tomorrow's promise.

It's good to take counsel from the past but not to be ruled by it. Otherwise we end up using today to fight yesterday's battles and miss tomorrow's promis.

Any fool can attack an army and die. A wise man doesn't plan an attack; he plans a victory.

We all have a road to walk. The foolish walk blindly. The intelligent navigate it. The good repair it as they go. CHARLES JAMES'S DIARY

Growing up means putting aside our egocentricity for truth.

The past makes a good bishop but a poor king." "What does that mean?" I said. "It means that it's good to take counsel from the past but not to be ruled by it. Otherwise we end up using today to fight yesterday's battles and miss tomorrow's promise.

The pages continue to turn, and every day I'm a little older, hopefully a little wiser and a lot more grateful. Do I have regrets? I have a few - but not as many as you might think. If it hadn't been for the darkness, I never would have known the light. In life we all take different paths, some more difficult than others, but in the end, all that matters is whether or not they lead us home.

Sometimes, to move forward, we must be willing to look back.

often what we want most in life is just the chance to do what we should have done to begin with.

Some own up to their past. Some are owned by their past. The wise take what they can from the past and then leave it behind.

Beware the stranger offering gifts, as true for man as it is for fish

Life's book is written on the heart.

Tout est simple, lorsqu'on sait ce que l'on fait.

Never trade what you love for what's behind curtain B. Never.

All gold does not glitter.

people spend their entire lives wishing for a second chance to do what they should have done right the first time.

college education does not make one wise; it just fills your head with others' voices.

Regret is a useless emotion.

It's been said that the Magi, wise men, gazed up into the night skies, following a star. But they were not looking for a star. They were looking for hope. Hope of a new world. Hope of redemption. Light is not found in dark places, & hope is not found looking down or looking back. May you always look up.

but a good writer knows when to shut up and listen.

But that is how it is in the world—the wise are hung and the fools are glorified, at least while they are living.

Aguilera is a man who has provided wise counsel over the years, has demonstrated an acute mind and an ability to view things from a perspective different from that of most people. And I think that a different perspective is exactly what we need in this situation." "I

Only the nonreader fears books.