Wisdom Quotes
140 quotations about Wisdom
Wisdom oft times consists of knowing what to do next.
Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
Wisdom is learning what to overlook.
He is no wise man who will quit a certainty for an uncertainty.
Wisdom overcomes fortune.
It is more easy to be wise for others than for ourselves.
It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
It's the height of folly to want to be the only wise one.
Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd preferred to talk.
Wisdom is nothing more than healed pain.
It's so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and say the opposite.
We have no words for speaking of wisdom to the stupid. He who understands the wise is wise already.
He swallowed a lot of wisdom, but all of it seems to have gone down the wrong way.
It is not from reason that justice springs, but goodness is born of wisdom.
Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being.
By the time your life is finished, you will have learned just enough to begin it well.
No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average woman of forty-eight.
Wise people are foolish if they cannot adapt to foolish people.
We can be knowledgeable with other men's knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men's wisdom.
Wisdom hath her excesses, and no less need of moderation than folly.
There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy.
Does wisdom perhaps appear on the earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?
The growth of wisdom may be gauged exactly by the diminution of ill temper.
A life of frustration is inevitable for any coach whose main enjoyment is winning.