Quotes for Wisdom

However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue.

Wilhelm von Humboldt

If we have built on the fragile cornerstones of human wisdom, pride, and conditional love, things may look good for a while, but a weak foundation causes collapse when storms hit.

Charles Stanley

No man was ever wise by chance.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Perspective is worth 80 IQ points.

Alan Kay

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Socrates

Time is the wisest counsellor of all.

Pericles

He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.

Marcus Aurelius

Silence and reserve will give anyone a reputation for wisdom.

Myrtle Reed

Wisdom begins in wonder.

Socrates

Step with care and great tact, and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act.

Dr. Seuss

Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation.

Robert H. Schuller

Wisdom and understanding can only become the possession of individual men by travelling the old road of observation, attention, perseverance, and industry.

Samuel Smiles

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none.

William Shakespeare

Silence is a fence around wisdom.

German proverb

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.

Thomas Paine

When an opponent comes forward, move in and greet him; if he wants to pull back, send him on his way.

Morihei Ueshiba

To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue.

William Hazlitt

A wise man learns by the mistakes of others, a fool by his own.

Latin proverb

A short saying often contains much wisdom.

Sophocles

The all-seeing eye of God beheld our deplorable state; infinite pity touched the heart of the Father of mercies; and infinite wisdom laid the plan of our recovery.

David Brainerd