Wisdom Quotes

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I have always known that at last I would take this road, but yesterday I did not know that it would be today. — Ariwara no Narihira
I sit beside my lonely fire and pray for wisdom yet for calmness to remember or courage to forget. — Charles Hamilton Aide
On his daughter Malala Yousafzai: When she was very small I used to say to her, 'tell me Malala, how is the school going?' And… — Ziauddin Yousafzai
When people hear my daughter and when they know about her wisdom and maturity, they think that her father must have been sitting with her… — Ziauddin Yousafzai
Humility is the mother of all virtues, courage the father, integrity the child and wisdom the grandchild. — Stephen Covey
I have found that great people do have in common. . .an immense belief in themselves and in their mission. They also have gerat determination… — Yousuf Karsh
.. since it was true that study, even when done properly, can only teach us what wisdom, right conduct and determination consist in, they wanted… — Michel de Montaigne
A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and he… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Wisdom consists in speaking and acting the truth. — Heraclitus
When we forgive someone, the knots are untied and the past is released. — Reshad Feild
Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly and, if you speak, speak accordingly. — Benjamin Franklin
You should always keep your word. All the setbacks in life come only because you don't keep your word. — Sivananda
Just be what you are and speak from your guts and heart - it's all a person has. — Hubert H. Humphrey
As for our pupils talk, let his virtue and his sense of right and wrong shine through it and have no guide but reason. Make… — Michel de Montaigne
Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own: [I hate a sage who is not… — Euripides
An idea whose time has come cannot be stopped by any army or any force. — Ron Paul
Obedience is a choice. It is a choice between our own limited knowledge & power & God's unlimited wisdom & omnipotence. — L. Tom Perry
There are three things you cannot hide: smell of the garlic, fragrance of the flower and the wisdom of the teacher. — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
Which of course is followed by: For those who have Awareness, a hint is quite enough. For the multitudes of heedless mere knowledge is useless.… — Marcel Proust
To attain knowledge, add things every day To attain wisdom, remove things every day — Laozi

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