Famous Quotes
- Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.
- Khalil Gibran on Wisdom
- Wisdom too often never comes, and so one ought not to reject it merely because it comes late.
- Felix Frankfurter on Wisdom
- Wisdom we know is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two.
- John Cheever on Wisdom
- Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.
- Wisdom, prudence, forethought, these are essential. But not second to these that noble courage which adventures the right, and leaves the consequences to God.
- Robert Dale Owen on Wisdom
- Wise kings generally have wise counselors and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.
- Wise men make more opportunities than they find.
- Francis Bacon on Wisdom
- Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.
- Arthur Helps on Wisdom
- Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.
- Baltasar Gracian on Wisdom
- Without wisdom, the future has no meaning, no valuable purpose.
- Herbie Hancock on Wisdom
- Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience.
- H. L. Mencken on Wisdom
- Women's strength, women's industry, women's wisdom are humankind's greatest untapped resource. The challenge then for U.N. Women is to show our diverse constituencies how this resource can be effectively tapped in ways that benefit us all.
- Michelle Bachelet on Wisdom
- Words of wisdom are spoken by children at least as often as scientists.
- James Newman on Wisdom
- Writing is no dying art form in America because most published writers here accept the wisdom and the necessity of encouraging the talent that follows in their footsteps.
- Elizabeth George on Wisdom
- Yale is a crucible in American life for the accommodation of intellectual achievement, of wisdom, of refinement, with the democratic ideals of openness, of social justice and of equal opportunity.
- Benno C. Schmidt, Jr. on Wisdom
- You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom.
- Herbie Hancock on Wisdom
- You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own.
- Clarence Day on Wisdom
- 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.
- You know how people always talk about how vision is the key to entrepreneurship and perseverance and really seeing what other people don't see? We can actually redeem a fair amount of that folk wisdom.
- You know, it's sort of common wisdom among New York publishers that short story collections don't make money.
- Chad Harbach on Wisdom
- You know, many people have said that I'm on the edge and I'm maverick for some of the big operations that I've done. I'm not at all. I pray I ask God to give me wisdom, 'Should I do it?', guidance in terms of how to do it, who to consult with. All those kind of things are incredibly important.
- Benjamin Carson on Wisdom
- You must accept responsibility for your actions, but not the credit for your achievements.
- Denis Waitley on Wisdom
- You must learn day by day, year by year to broaden your horizon. The more things you love, the more you are interested in, the more you enjoy, the more you are indignant about, the more you have left when anything happens.
- Ethel Barrymore on Wisdom
- You want people walking away from the conversation with some kernel of wisdom or some kind of impact.
- Harry Dean Stanton on Wisdom
- Your aim will be knowledge and wisdom, not the reflected glamour of fame.
- Abbott L. Lowell on Wisdom
- Your art kind of changes as you get older, by nature of the fact that you're hopefully gaining wisdom and you're starting to watch things with a better overview.
- Sheryl Crow on Wisdom
- Your law may be perfect, your knowledge of human affairs may be such as to enable you to apply it with wisdom and skill, and yet without individual acquaintance with men, their haunts and habits, the pursuit of the profession becomes difficult, slow, and expensive.
- William Dunbar on Wisdom
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