Quotes about wisdom
I have selected out various themes of quotations to make them a little easier to browse, all these quotes are about 'Wisdom'.- Never try to catch two frogs with one hand. (Chinese Proverb)
- If you get melted chocolate all over your hands, you're eating it too slowly. (Unknown)
- The naked truth and bald faced lies sometimes conflict with the bare faced facts. (Joseph P. Martino) [(1937~) American Poet, Author]
- Chocolate covered raisins, cherries, orange slices and strawberries all count as fruit, so eat as many as you want. (Unknown)
- A genius without balance is like a wise man devoid of common sense. (Joseph P. Martino) [(1937~) American Poet, Author]
- Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience. (Unknown)
- The quieter you become the more you hear (Unknown)
- The fool who knows he is a fool is for that very reason wise. The fool who thinks himself wise is the greatest fool of all. (Unknown)
- All receive advice; only the wise profit from it. (Syrus)
- Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad. (Unknown)
- Wisdom begins in wonder. (Socrates)
- Look deep into nature and then you will understand everything better. (Albert Einstein)
- Wise and strong is he who leaves his heart open and searches without fear. (The Monna)
- Knowing others is wisdom; Knowing the self is enlightenment. (Tao Te Ching)
- Those who confess ignorance show it once. The person who conceals it shows it many times. (Unknown)
- It takes a wise person to have the last word and not use it. (Unknown)
- Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's relativity (Albert Einstein)
- The search for wisdom is a great challenge; to act on wisdom is an even greater challenge. (Siddhaswarupananda)
- A wise man knows his limitations but never sets limits on himself. A fool does not recognize his limitations, thus limiting himself. (Joseph P. Martino) [(1937~) American Poet, Author]
- Figure out the meaning of life and you have conquered the universe. (Joseph P. Martino) [(1937~) American Poet, Author]
- Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own. (Aesop)
- To make the world a friendly place, one must show it a friendly face. (James Whitcomb Riley)
- Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference (Winston Churchill) [former prime minister]
- Truth and the knowledge of the ages are often the hardest and most intangible thing to learn in life. But, once comprehended and fully understood, they will provide the possessor with a wealth of wisdom and insight more valuable than both gold and diamonds combined. (Joseph P. Martino) [(1937~) American Poet, Author]
- What is powerful is when what you say is just the tip of the iceberg of what you know. (Jim Rohn)
- Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't. (Erica Jong)
- Judge all things by their content and not by the beauty of its wrapping. (Joseph P. Martino) [(1937~) American Poet, Author]
- If you change the things you look at. The things you look at change. (Wayne Dyer)
- Wisdom is knowing what path to take next... Integrity is taking it. (Unknown)
- Avoid the bad habit of domesticating the prophet of your choice, turning him into a cheerleader for your way of thinking and way of life. Remember that all the great prophets were courageous and outrageous folks who railed against the powers-that-be, challenged self-satisfied piosity, threatened the prevailing social order, and would find you falling short in some significant ways. (Parker J. Palmer )
- Success is not final. Failure is not fatal. It is the courage to continue that counts (Winston Churchill) [former prime minister]
- Show me your horse and I will tell you who you are. (Old English saying)
- Wisdom. That soft and gentle voice. It will always guide you faithfully to make the wisest choice. (Joseph P. Martino) [(1937~) American Poet, Author]
- Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. (African Proverb)
- All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, till they take root in our personal experience. (Johann von Goethe)
- Birth and death are not different states, but they are different aspects of the same state. (Ghandi)
- A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice. (Bill Cosby)
- Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens. (Carl Jung)
- Advice is like snow - the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper in sinks into the mind. (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
- The true genius possesses the wisdom and judgment to know and stay 'within' his parameters and boundaries while still thinking 'outside' the box. (Joseph P. Martino) [(1937~) American Poet, Author]
- Patience is the companion of wisdom. (Saint Augustine)
- Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, and most fools do. (Benjamin Franklin)
- Books are the windows through which the soul looks out. A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them with books, if he has the means to buy them. It is a wrong to his family. He cheats them! Children learn to read by being in the presence of books. The love of knowledge comes with reading and grows upon it. (Horace Mann)
- The most important thing I have learned is trust. Trust in the knowledge that I do have the ability to make choices and trust that living in the moment will take me through my decision cycle quite naturally. (Lynda Standley Richardson)
- The wise man relies on his two most trusted and loyal companions. Their names are moderation and common sense. (Joseph P. Martino) [(1937~) American Poet, Author]
- Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you. (Oprah Winfrey)
- Anger deprives a sage of his wisdom, a prophet of his vision. (Rabbi Simeon B. Lakish)
- The past is where you learned the lesson. The future is where you apply the lesson. (Unknown)
- The wise man bridges the gap by laying out the path by means of which he can get from where he is to where he wants to go. (John Pierpont Morgan)
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