Quotes for Wisdom

Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.

Saint Augustine

To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not.

Akhenaton

Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.

Sophocles

True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance.

Akhenaton

Preconceived notions are the locks on the door to wisdom.

Mary Browne

And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.

Venerable Bede

A monarchy conducted with infinite wisdom and infinite benevolence is the most perfect of all possible governments.

Ezra Stiles

Mistakes are the usual bridge between inexperience and wisdom.

Phyllis Theroux

The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them, by a single sentence consisting of two or three words.

Robert South

It is essential to employ, trust, and reward those whose perspective, ability, and judgment are radically different from yours. It is also rare, for it requires uncommon humility, tolerance, and wisdom.

Dee Hock

Look at anyone's bookcase at home, no matter how modest, and you're going to find a book that contains wisdom or ideas or a language that's at least a thousand years old. And the idea that humans have created a mechanism to time travel, to hurl ideas into the future, it sort of bookends. Books are a time machine.

Jonathan Nolan

Pain is the doorway to wisdom and to truth.

Keith Miller

God the Father, the supreme Architect, had already built this cosmic home we behold, the most sacred temple of His godhead, by the laws of His mysterious wisdom.

Giovanni Pico della Mirandola

Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means.

Francis Hutcheson

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.

Marcus Tullius Cicero

The problem with Google is you have 360 degrees of omnidirectional information on a linear basis, but the algorithms for irony and ambiguity are not there. And those are the algorithms of wisdom.

William Hurt

An owl is traditionally a symbol of wisdom, so we are neither doves nor hawks but owls, and we are vigilant when others are resting.

Urjit Patel

The greater the step forward in knowledge, the greater is the one taken backward in search of wisdom.

Stephen Gardiner

Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom.

Bernard DeVoto