Quotes About Wisdom

How wise she was, knowing when to let go, and having the strength and generosity to put the needs of the people she loved above her own.

the people grew tired of this little gossip. Fathers looked at their children and thought: "They are not learning much. What will make them brave and wise? What will teach them to love their country and old Norway? Will not the stories of battles, of brave deeds, of mighty men, do this?

Read,read,read! It is good and promotes better academics. It helps in all sorts of ways. So read no matter what!

AS A HUMAN BEING," Einstein once wrote, "one has been endowed with just enough intelligence to be able to see clearly how utterly inadequate that intelligence is when confronted with what exists.

Having experienced everything you don't want in a partner over time, it starts to narrow down to what you actually do want.

I am grateful to learn from their mistakes, because I am not injecting s--- into my face. I see them and my heart breaks. I think, 'Oh God, if you only know how much older you look.' They are trying to stop the clock and all you can see is an insecure person who won't let themselves just age.

Simple explanations are usually the wisest ones - a person can complicate a straightforward situation with unnecessary dramatics and end up in a complete mess.

It's all right," he said with the wisdom of his ten years. "He's a polar bear, like me. I'll take care of him, now.

And of course you believed their wise counsel," said Elizabeth lightly, "because people who have never met me are always the best judge of my character.

One thing I know for certain is that the longer I live and the more I learn, the more I realize that I know very little.

When Eve ate the apple her knowledge increased. But God liked dumb women so Paradise ceased. Gwen Goodnight. Her Work.

Reading became my sanctuary," Belle continued. "I found so much in those books. I found histories that inspired me. Poems that delighted me. Novels that challenged me…" Belle paused, suddenly self-conscious. She looked down at her hands, and in a wistful voice, said, "What I really found, though, was myself.

There were times when I lifted my face to the sky, stretched my arms wide to the winter night, and laughed out loud, so happy was I. The memory of it makes me laugh now, but not from happiness. Be careful what you show the world. You never know when the wolf is watching.

I need a boy who thinks with his big head, not his little one. Since they do not exist, I have fashioned my own.

good warrior knows when to lose a battle so she can live to fight the war.

I think your vision gets better as you get older.

Things are NEVER what they seem, Pa, I thought. I used to think they were, but I was wrong or stupid or blind or something. Old folks are forever complaining about their failing eyesight, but I think your vision gets better as you get older. Mine surely was.

What had I seen? Too much. What did I know? Only that knowledge carries a damned high price. Miss Wilcox, my teacher, had taught me so much. Why had she never taught me that?

One is not born knowing how to lead, one learns.

DNA tells you all the secrets of life,' he used to say. Except for one—how to live it.

I try to remember that hard knocks leave dents.

Lots of things are true. Doesn't mean you can go round saying them

We must not run from our unhappiness. We must listen to it. It has much to tell us.

Lots of things are true. Doesn't mean you have to go around saying them.