Wisdom Quotes

A charming woman... doesn't follow the crowd. She is herself.

We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

Repeat anything often enough and it will start to become you.

The wisdom of the wise is an uncommon degree of common sense.

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.

Memory is the mother of all wisdom.

Wisdom outweighs any wealth.

This is what I learned: that everybody is talented, original and has something important to say.

If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome; if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent; if you believe the military, nothing is safe.

He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty.

Giving opens the way for receiving.

It's the little details that are vital. Little things make big things happen.

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

What is man's ultimate direction in life? It is to look for love, truth, virtue, and beauty.

In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head.

A mistake is simply another way of doing things.

Please all, and you will please none.

It is much more difficult to measure nonperformance than performance.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

You have to find out what's right for you, so it's trial and error. You are going to be all right if you accept realistic goals for yourself.