Wisdom Quotes And Sayings

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“Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you’d have preferred to talk.”
– Doug Larson

“The past has no power over the present moment.”
– Eckhart Tolle

“There are many gates to the house of wisdom.”
– Edward Counsel

“Wisdom is a safe ship; and we may trust ourselves to it in all weathers.”
– Edward Counsel

“Like water in the desert is wisdom to the soul.”
– Edward Counsel

“One must spend time in gathering knowledge to give it out richly.”
– Edward C. Steadman

“No man has all the wisdom in the world; everyone has some.”
– Edgar Watson Howe

“God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas but for scars.”
– Elbert Hubbard

“Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.”
– Elbert Hubbard

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
– Eleonor Roosevelt

“Second thoughts are ever wiser.”
– Euripides

“Think before you speak. Read before you think.”
– Fran Lebowitz

“A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.”
– Francis Bacon

“It is more easy to be wise for others than for ourselves.”
– François Duc de La Rochefoucauld

“The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.”
– Friedrich Nietzsche

“If you risk nothing, then you risk everything.”
– Geena Davis

“The essence of being human is that one does not seek perfection.”
– George Orwell

“Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.”
– Groucho Marx

“Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love.”
– Hamilton Wright Mabie

“Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there’s a difference for me, you know. Because in that other room I shall be able to see.”
– Helen Keller

“Time is a game played beautifully by children.”
– Heraclitus

“A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.”
– Herb Caen

“Wisdom is not communicable. The wisdom which a wise man tries to communicate always sounds foolish… Knowledge can be communicated, but not wisdom. One can find it, live it, do wonders through it, but one cannot communicate and teach it.”
– Hermann Hesse

“Folly is like the growth of weeds, always luxurious and spontaneous; wisdom, like flowers, requires cultivation.”
– Hosea Ballou

“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
– Isaac Asimov

“Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what’s right.”
– Isaac Asimov

“Justice without wisdom is impossible.”
– James Anthony Froude

“He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom.”
– James Gibbons Huneker

“Angry people are not always wise.”
– Jane Austen

“The mouth is made for communication, and nothing is more articulate than a kiss.”
– Jarod Kintz

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