Wisdom Quotes

140 quotations about Wisdom
Who is a wise man? He who learns of all men.
The Talmud · Wisdom
Who is wise? One who learns from all.
The Talmud · Wisdom
It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.
Henry David Thoreau · Wisdom
A word to the wise is not sufficient if it doesn't make sense.
James Thurber · Wisdom
The only thing that we know is that we know nothing and that is the highest flight of human wisdom.
Count Leo Tolstoy · Wisdom
A man never reaches that dizzy height of wisdom that he can no longer be lead by the nose.
Mark Twain · Wisdom
Wisdom is knowledge, rightly applied.
Source Unknown · Wisdom
If wisdom were on sale in the open market, the stupid would not even ask the price.
Source Unknown · Wisdom
Many people might have attained wisdom had they not assumed they already had it.
Source Unknown · Wisdom
The best mind might be the wisest mind if it were a mind alone that produces wisdom.
Source Unknown · Wisdom
The wise man says it cannot be done, but the fool goes and does it.
Source Unknown · Wisdom
What a wonderful world this would be if there were as many wise people as there are clever people.
Source Unknown · Wisdom
Wise men are not always silent, but they know when to be.
Source Unknown · Wisdom
Without wisdom, knowledge is more stupid than ignorance.
Source Unknown · Wisdom
You can buy education, but wisdom is a gift from God.
Source Unknown · Wisdom
He is a hard man who is only just, and a sad one who is only wise.
Voltaire · Wisdom
Committing a great truth to memory is admirable; committing it to life is wisdom.
William A. Ward · Wisdom
Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use.
Thomas J. Watson · Wisdom
Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life.
Aristophanes · Wisdom
The wise man sees in the misfortune of others what he should avoid.
Marcus Aurelius · Wisdom
In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it, thou art a fool.
Rabbi Ben Azai · Wisdom
Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.
Francis Bacon · Wisdom
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Seek what they sought.
Matsuo Basho · Wisdom
Wise men still seek Him today.
Dan Bell · Wisdom
Action should culminate in wisdom.
Bhagavad Gita · Wisdom

Authors on Wisdom

African Proverb Aristophanes Marcus Aurelius Rabbi Ben Azai Francis Bacon Matsuo Basho Dan Bell Bhagavad Gita Bible Josh Billings Frank Birch William Blake Nicholas Boileau Napoleon Bonaparte E. S. Bouton Bertolt Brecht Leo Buscaglia Camerounian Proverb Thomas Carlyle Cato The Elder