Wisdom Quotes

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Life is a place where it is necessary to move gently. Whether it be in thought, speech, or action, the rhythm must be controlled; the… — Hazrat Inayat Khan
We have God's promise that what we give will be given back many times over, so let us go forth from here and rekindle the… — Ronald Reagan
The highest knowledge is to know that we are surrounded by mystery. Neither knowledge nor hope for the future can be the pivot of our… — Albert Schweitzer
Your earning ability today is largely dependent upon your knowledge, skill and your ability to combine that knowledge and skill in such a way that… — Brian Tracy
Vitally important for a young man or woman is, first, to realize the value of education and then to cultivate earnestly, aggressively, ceaselessly, the habit… — B. C. Forbes
There is no substitute for knowledge. To this day, I read three newspapers a day. It is impossible to read a paper without being exposed… — Eli Broad
Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it. — Doug Larson
An amazing thing, the human brain. Capable of understanding incredibly complex and intricate concepts. Yet at times unable to recognize the obvious and simple. — Jay Abraham
There is something even more valuable to civilization than wisdom, and that is character. — H. L. Mencken
In the formation of our constitution the wisdom of all ages is collected-the legislators of antiquity are consulted, as well as the opinions and interests… — Noah Webster
I join cordially in admiring and revering the Constitution of the United States, the result of the collected wisdom of our country. That wisdom has… — Thomas Jefferson
Patriotic feelings will surely swell, prompting proud proclamations of the wisdom, foresight, and sense of justice shared by the Framers and reflected in a written… — Thurgood Marshall
I own myself the friend to a very free system of commerce, and hold it as a truth, that commercial shackles are generally unjust, oppressive… — James Madison
Passive commerce . . . should thus . . . [compel us] to content ourselves with the first price of our commodities, and to see… — Alexander Hamilton
Is it not time to awake from the deceitful dream of a golden age, and to adopt as a practical maxim for the direction of… — Alexander Hamilton
The natural aristocracy I consider as the most precious gift of nature for the instruction, the trusts, and government of society. And indeed it would… — Thomas Jefferson
The people of the U.S. owe their Independence & their liberty, to the wisdom of descrying in the minute tax of 3 pence on tea,… — James Madison
In fundamental theory socialism and democracy are almost if not quite one and the same. They both rest at bottom upon the absolute right of… — Woodrow Wilson
This business of burning human beings with napalm, of filling our nation's homes with orphans and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate into veins… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Too late for changes, too late perhaps for explanations and ideological webs, but the love goes on, the love goes on, blind to laws and… — Anais Nin

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