Wisdom Quotes · Page 275

“More things in this world have been accomplished in this world by persistence than by wisdom.”

— Elaine Cunningham

It costs nothing to ask wise advice from a good friend.

— Anonymous

“You discuss philosophy about what you read but never really live the wisdom.”

— Dragos Bratasanu, Ph.D

Only through Beauty's morning-gate, dost thou penetrate the land of knowledge.

— Anonymous

Words matter, and the right words matter most of all. In the end they're all that remain of us.

— John Birmingham

Knowledge is Bought only with a weary care, And wisdom means a world of pain.

— Joaquin Miller

“Your fate is never determined when your massive imagination is.”

— Curtis Tyrone Jones

Wisdom is immortal. She can wait forever, but you cannot.

— Baltasar Gracian

If you search everywhere, yet cannot find what you are seeking, it is because what you seek is already in your possession.

— Anonymous

“Wisdom evolves, but one core principle in it does not. It is the principle of becoming better, by demolishing the shortcomings of…

— Abhijit Naskar

Science without philosophy, facts without perspective and valuation, cannot save us from havoc and despair. Science gives us knowledge, but only philosophy…

— Will Durant

If we want to awaken, we don't need to eradicate the ego, we simply need to be conscious of the deeper self…

— Timothy Freke

“Laughter comes later, like wisdom teeth, and laughter at yourself comes last of all in a mad race with death, and sometimes…

— John Steinbeck

When the answer doesn't come, it's not supposed to come yet. Don't make eternity try and conform to what you want. That's…

— Frederick Lenz

It is said that only a fool learns from his own mistakes, a wise man from the mistakes of others.

— Anonymous

Not by wisdom do they [poets] make what they compose, but by a gift of nature and an inspiration similar to that…

— Socrates

“Justice is the only worship. Love is the only priest. Ignorance is the only slavery. Happiness is the only good. The time…

— Robert Green Ingersoll

This is the great secret. This is the sacred wisdom. Do unto others as you would have it done unto you. All…

— Neale Donald Walsch

Let us have "sweet girl graduates" by all means. They will be none the less sweet for a little wisdom; and the…

— Thomas Huxley

“One of my rules in consulting is simple: never solve the problem I am asked to solve. Why such a counter-intuitive rule?…

— Don Norman

Wisdom is meaningless until your own experience has given it meaning. Everyone has a struggle and for every struggle there is a…

— Brian Young

“A wisdom as constant as the North Star shines within all of us. It is always present. waiting to be tapped, waiting…

— Nancy Cobb

It's harder to take politics seriously, to understand the issues, than it is to drown it all in a sea of scorn.…

— Rory Bremner

My stories often begin with a situation or character rather than an insight about the human condition. It's always been difficult for…

— Karl Iagnemma

“When you get rid of all the older people, you get rid of all the wisdom.”

— Terraine Francois

“The cloth of a person is never a true measure of his wisdom and understanding”

— Ernest Agyemang Yeboah

If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.

— George Herbert

“There is only one thing which is generally safe from plagiarism -- self-denial.”

— G.K. Chesterton

Much of this world's wisdom is still acquired by necromancy,--by consulting the oracular dead.

— Augustus William Hare

Enjoyment is only possible when you are beyond your mind.

— Nirmala Srivastava

Challenges are the most truthful and strictest of teachers.

— Vikrant Parsai

It may be the rooster that does all the crowing but it's the hen that delivers the goods.

— Jim Hightower

“Don't mention your move before you make a move.”

— Amit Kalantri

Good listeners believe they can learn something from everyone.

— Charles R. Swindoll

I'm writing this book because we're all going to die.

— Anonymous

So weird. I woke up this morning with infinite wisdom. Not sure why

— Neil Patrick Harris

The things one experiences alone with oneself are very much stronger and purer.

— Eugene Delacroix

A woman has either something to put on or nothing to take off.

— Vikrant Parsai

Authentic faith is lived wisdom, exact cognition, direct experience.

— Samael Aun Weor

“Purpose drives the process by which we become what we are capable of being.”

— Lolly Daskal