Quotes About Wisdom

he was about 20 years older than I was.

If they think money will solve problems, they will have a rough ride. Intelligence solves problems and produces money. Money without financial intelligence is money soon gone.

As Warren Buffett, America's richest investor says, "Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing." My

I would say that I just gave you a taste of life.

Anne laughed and sighed. She felt very old and mature and wise — which showed how young she was.

All life lessons are not learned at college,' she thought. 'Life teaches them everywhere.

Anne: But have you ever noticed one encouraging thing about me, Marilla? I never make the same mistake twice. Marilla: I don't know as that's much benefit when you're always making new ones.

But I believe I rather like superstitious people. They lend color to life. Wouldn't it be a rather drab world if everybody was wise and sensible . . . and good? What would we find to talk about?

Words aren't made — they grow,' said Anne.

the sorrows God sent us brought comfort and strength with them, while the sorrows we brought on ourselves, through folly or wickedness, were by far the hardest to bear.

That's one of the things we learn as we grow older -- how to forgive. It comes easier at forty than it did at twenty.

But it ain't our feelings we have to steer by through life--no, no, we'd make shipwreck mighty often if we did that. There's only the one safe compass and we've got to set our course by that--what it's right to do.

Ruby Gillis thinks of nothing but young men, and the older she gets the worse she is. Young men are all very well in their place, but it doesn't do to drag them into everything, does it?

It's good advice, but I expect it will be hard to follow; good advice is apt to be, I think.

Proverbs are all very fine when there's nothing to worry you, but when you're in real trouble, they're not a bit of help.

I'm glad I never had any children,' said Cousin Sarah. 'If they don't break your heart in one way they do it in another.' 'Isn't it better to have your heart broken than to have it wither up?' queried Valancy. 'Before it could be broken it must have felt something splendid. That would be worth the pain.

There are a great many people who do not understand things so there is no use in telling them.

There is a book of Revelation in every one's life, as there is in the Bible.

It's the fools that make all the trouble in the world, not the wicked.

If you've brains it's better than beauty - brains last, beauty doesn't.

It's fun to be almost grown up in some ways, but it's not the kind of fun I expected, Marilla. There's so much to learn and do and think that there isn't time for big words.

Anybody is liable to rheumatism in her legs, Anne. It's only old people who should have rheumatism in their souls, though. Thanks goodness, I never have. When you get rheumatism in your soul you might as well go and pick out your coffin.

It's rather hard to decide just when people are grown up,' laughed Anne. 'That's a true word, dearie. Some are grown up when they're born, and others ain't grown up when they're eighty, believe me. That same Mrs. Roderick I was speaking of never grew up. She was as foolish when she was hundred as when she was ten.' 'Perhaps that was why she lived so long,' suggested Anne.

Oh, Gilbert, don't let's ever grow too old and wise... no, not too old and silly for fairyland.