--- title: "12 Want Wisdom Quotes by 12 authors" description: "Browse 12 Want Wisdom quotes by 12 authors. Discover the best Want Wisdom sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b71/percy-bysshe-shelley-476_love_the-wise-want-love-and-those-who-love-wa_1230645.jpg" --- > [The wise want love; and those who love want wisdom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percy-bysshe-shelley/the-wise-want-love-and-those-who-love-want-wisdom/) [Percy Bysshe Shelley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/percy-bysshe-shelley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b71/percy-bysshe-shelley-476_love_the-wise-want-love-and-those-who-love-wa_1230645.jpg) > [“People need no advice, they want wisdom-based entertainment.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toba-beta/people-need-no-advice-they-want-wisdom-based-entertainment/) [Toba Beta](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/toba-beta/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/270/toba-beta-105_wisdom_people-need-no-advice-they-want-wisdom-b_1982759.jpg) > [“Want wisdom? Laugh at yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maggie-bishop/want-wisdom-laugh-at-yourself/) [Maggie Bishop](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maggie-bishop/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe0/maggie-bishop-258879_humor_want-wisdom-laugh-at-yourself-1075982_1075982.jpg) > [“Winners will take what they know and share it with others. The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/winners-will-take-what-they-know-and-share-it-with-others-the-lips-of/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/862/anonymous-1_fools_winners-will-take-what-they-know-and-sha_461374.jpg) > [“Look into yourself, Think about what you will need in the long run and not what you think you want now. #wisdom!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hopal-green/look-into-yourself-think-about-what-you-will-need-in-the-long-run-and/) [Hopal Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hopal-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/72e/hopal-green-28660_long-run_look-into-yourself-think-about-what-you_1954365.jpg) > [When you want wisdom and insight as badly as you want to breathe, it is then you shall have it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/when-you-want-wisdom-and-insight-as-badly-as-you-want-to-breathe-it/) [Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/90b/socrates-405_breathe_when-you-want-wisdom-and-insight-as-badl_2789658.jpg) > [Instead of looking at life as a narrowing funnel, we can see it ever widening to choose the things we want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-carpenter/instead-of-looking-at-life-as-a-narrowing-funnel-we-can-see-it-ever/) [Liz Carpenter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-carpenter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5de/liz-carpenter-37716_life_instead-of-looking-at-life-as-a-narrowin_202303.png) > [“You want the light shine on you or you want to be the light itself? You want to get wisdom from a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mehmet-murat-ildan/you-want-the-light-shine-on-you-or-you-want-to-be-the-light-itself/) [Mehmet Murat ildan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mehmet-murat-ildan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d3/mehmet-murat-ildan-3_education_you-want-the-light-shine-on-you-or-you-w_764958.jpg) > [My goal as a theologian is to move beyond the acquisition of knowledge to its application in real life: in a word,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-vanhoozer/my-goal-as-a-theologian-is-to-move-beyond-the-acquisition-of/) [Kevin Vanhoozer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-vanhoozer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0d/kevin-vanhoozer-37868_acquisition_my-goal-as-a-theologian-is-to-move-beyon_3145066.png) > [It is in the interest of Americans to find out what those wanting to be president think about a wide range of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-n-haass/it-is-in-the-interest-of-americans-to-find-out-what-those-wanting-to/) [Richard N. Haass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-n-haass/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c57/richard-n-haass-3803_challenges_it-is-in-the-interest-of-americans-to-fi_1258693.jpg) > [God has already done everything He's going to do. The ball is now in your court. If you want success, if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-osteen/god-has-already-done-everything-he-s-going-to-do-the-ball-is-now-in/) [Joel Osteen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-osteen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e3/joel-osteen-194_balls_god-has-already-done-everything-he-s-goi_1127751.jpg) > [What we want to do is make sure they're not totally kept from what's going on in the world. We don't want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-kendrick/what-we-want-to-do-is-make-sure-they-re-not-totally-kept-from-what-s/) [Alex Kendrick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-kendrick/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/273/alex-kendrick-13107_balance_what-we-want-to-do-is-make-sure-they-re_1617551.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want-wisdom/#itemlist", "name": "Want Wisdom Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The wise want love; and those who love want wisdom.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Percy Bysshe Shelley" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/percy-bysshe-shelley/the-wise-want-love-and-those-who-love-want-wisdom/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b71/percy-bysshe-shelley-476_love_the-wise-want-love-and-those-who-love-wa_1230645.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b71/percy-bysshe-shelley-476_love_the-wise-want-love-and-those-who-love-wa_1230645.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b71/percy-bysshe-shelley-476_love_the-wise-want-love-and-those-who-love-wa_1230645.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The wise want love; and those who love want wisdom.” — Percy Bysshe Shelley", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“People need no advice, they want wisdom-based entertainment.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Toba Beta" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/toba-beta/people-need-no-advice-they-want-wisdom-based-entertainment/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/270/toba-beta-105_wisdom_people-need-no-advice-they-want-wisdom-b_1982759.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/270/toba-beta-105_wisdom_people-need-no-advice-they-want-wisdom-b_1982759.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/270/toba-beta-105_wisdom_people-need-no-advice-they-want-wisdom-b_1982759.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“People need no advice, they want wisdom-based entertainment.” — Toba Beta", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Want wisdom? 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