Quotes for Wisdom

Just look at what is right in front of you. People don't do that. They see what they expect to see, what they want to see, what conventional wisdom tells them to see. They only hear the music and not the lyrics of human events.

Vincent Bugliosi

We simply can no longer afford to deny the full potential of one half of the population. The world needs to tap into the talent and wisdom of women. Whether the issue is food security, economic recovery, health, or peace and security, the participation of women is needed now more than ever.

Michelle Bachelet

Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.

Theodore Roosevelt

Trouble shared is trouble halved.

Lee Iacocca

A day of worry is more exhausting than a week of work.

John Lubbock

Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.

William Cowper

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.

Herb Caen

But life is long. And it is the long run that balances the short flare of interest and passion.

Sylvia Plath

What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.

Ellen Glasgow

The best way to obtain truth and wisdom is not to ask from books, but to go to God in prayer, and obtain divine teaching.

Joseph Smith, Jr.

When you give yourself, you receive more than you give.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

It is better to rust out than wear out.

Edwin Markham

Make it your habit not to be critical about small things.

Edward Everett Hale

People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy.

Anton Chekhov

There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.

Charles Dickens

I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime.

Elisabeth Kubler-Ross

Giving opens the way for receiving.

Florence Scovel Shinn

Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.

Charles Caleb Colton

Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end.

Leonard Nimoy