Wisdom Quotes

9357 quotes by 3203 authors

The profound thinker always suspects that he is superficial. — Benjamin Disraeli
A man is not a wall, whose stones are crushed upon the road; or a pipe, whose fragments are thrown away at a street corner.… — George Sand
Your intelligence often bears the same relation to your heart as the library of a chateau does to its owner. — Nicolas Chamfort
If the human intellect functions, it is actually in order to solve the problems which the man's inner destiny sets it. — Jose Ortega y Gasset
The greatest intelligence is precisely the one that suffers the most from its own limitations. — Andre Gide
A great maxim of personal responsibility and mature achievement: "Do it yourself" is now the enthroned cliche for being occupied with nonessentials. — Louis Kronenberger
Success comes more quickly to the entrepreneur that follows his instincts rather than following the progress of his competitors. — Alan Sugar
Two evils, of almost equal weight, may befall the man of erudition; never to be listened to, and to be listened to always. — Walter Savage Landor
Science has always promised two things not necessarily related; an increase first in our powers, second in our happiness or wisdom, and we have come… — Joseph Wood Krutch
There is the silence of age, too full of wisdom for the tongue to utter it in words intelligible to those who have not lived… — Edgar Lee Masters
Wisdom loves the children of men, but she prefers those who come through foolishness to wisdom. — Paul Tillich
A good mind possesses a kingdom. — Seneca the Younger
Through me the way into the suffering city, Through me the way to the eternal pain, Through me the way that runs among the lost.… — Dante Alighieri
A mistake is simply another way of doing things — Katharine Graham
Our valleys may be filled with foes and tears; but we can lift our eyes to the hills to see God and the angels, heaven's… — Billy Graham
There often seems to be a playfulness to wise people, as if either their equanimity has as its source this playfulness or the playfulness flows… — Edward Hoagland
Instead of looking at life as a narrowing funnel, we can see it ever widening to choose the things we want to do, to take… — Liz Carpenter
Let your light shine. Be a source of strength and courage. Share your wisdom. Radiate love. — Wilferd Peterson
Our Founding Fathers never meant for Washington, D.C. to be the fount of all wisdom. As a matter of fact they were very much afraid… — Rick Perry
Consciously or unconsciously, every one of us does render some service or other. If we cultivate the habit of doing this service deliberately, our desire… — Mahatma Gandhi

Who Wrote These Wisdom Quotes

3,203 authors contributed a total of 9,357 Wisdom Quotes, led by these top contributors: