Quotes about wisdom
wisdom fun fool
I assure you, an educated fool is more foolish than an uneducated one. Moliere
wisdom islamic may
Say the truth even if it may be bitter.
wisdom giving-up surrender
As soon as you learn to never give up, you have to learn the power and wisdom of unconditional surrender, and that one doesn't cancel out the other; they just exist as contradictions. The wisdom of it comes as you get older. Kris Kristofferson
wisdom knowledge knowing
[Marriage is] like signing a 356-page contract without knowing what's in it. Ken Blanchard
wisdom peace war
The way to win an atomic war is to make certain it never starts. Omar N. Bradley
wisdom men advice
He read his mind. He's a strange sort of man, isn't he? It's not just the advice and the wisdom that he has. Omar Sharif
wisdom giving miracle
You have a gift that only you can give the world - that's the whole reason you're on the planet. Use your precious energy to build a magnificent life that really is attainable. The miracle of your existence calls for celebration every day. Oprah Winfrey
wisdom mistake lessons
My biggest mistake was my best lesson... you don't learn anything when everything is going perfectly. Olivia Newton-John
wisdom gratitude living-my-life
I live my life in gratitude.
wisdom truth fool
Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway, and fools, who came to scoff, remained to pray. Oliver Goldsmith
wisdom doubt mirth
Who mix'd reason with pleasure, and wisdom with mirth: If he had any faults, he has left us in doubt.
wisdom causes effects
True wisdom consists of tracing effects to their causes.
wisdom animal circles
The wisdom of the ignorant somewhat resembles the instinct of animals; it is diffused in but a very narrow sphere, but within the circle it acts with vigor, uniformity, and success.
wisdom fighting right-time
He who flees at the right time can fight again. Marcus Terentius Varro
wisdom understanding enjoy
We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her. Marcus Tullius Cicero
wisdom passion way
Wisdom is the only thing which can relieve us from the sway of the passions and the fear of danger, and which can teach us to bear the injuries of fortune itself with moderation, and which shows us all the ways which lead to tranquility and peace.
wisdom democracy politics
Freedom is participation in power.
wisdom gains spontaneity
There is a trade off - as you grow older you gain wisdom but you lose spontaneity. Kenny Rogers
wisdom self mind
Instant enlightenment. A quintessential modernism, culture and religion accommodated to the age of fast food and bumper stickers. But psyche and spirit are not so exempt from the natural domain that they can simply produce self-change instantaneously, on demand. Wisdom precipitates through a notoriously slow apparatus of retorts and flasks, and it has to find receptive ground only in a properly seasoned mind. Kenny Smith
wisdom philosophy thinking
People who turn to philosophy expecting to harvest a crop of formulas of wisdom or understanding do not understand-philosophy has such things, but they are merely incidental, not the essence of the matter. Philosophy is about subtilizing and tuning up the coherence and acuity of one's seeing, it is about opening new dimensions for insight, learning to think about what one is doing when one thinks instead of just blundering through the processes of putting thoughts together.
wisdom men moon
Every man is a moon; he has a side no one sees. Mark Twain
wisdom men names
Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerve give to wisdom.
wisdom christian-inspirational religion
The Great Commission is not an option to be considered; it is a command to be obeyed. Hudson Taylor
wisdom differences despair
There is a great deal of difference between living and surviving. You can survive in debauchery, even in sickness and despair. But you live with a spirit of vitality and a spirit of participation, of being wanted, and having something to contribute. Hubert H. Humphrey
wisdom children kids
Hubert Humphrey with kids"Be clear where America stands. Human brotherhood and equal opportunity for every man, woman, and child, we are committed to it, in America and around the world."
wisdom judging people
I am not here to judge whether people are locked in poverty because of themselves or because of the society in which they live. All I know is that they are there and we are trying to do something about it.
wisdom expression justice
What do we want for people? Human dignity, personal expression and fulfillment, justice, freedom.
wisdom differences defeat
There is a lot of difference between failure and defeat. Failure is when you are defeated and neither learn nor contribute anything.
wisdom heart people
In the minds and hearts of the American people, there is a great hunger for peace based on a universal recognition of the values of freedom and human dignity.
wisdom grace earth
In this time of national crises...per haps we would do well to spend a few minutes in considering projects which grace and embellish the earth, instead of shaking it.
wisdom white rights
The leadership for civil rights has to take place in the White House or it is going to take place in the streets.
wisdom country teacher
You cannot tell a poor boy from a small country town on the plains of South Dakota who has had the opportunity to be a teacher, a mayor, a senator, and a vice president, that America is not a nation of promise.
wisdom world gaps
The gap between the rich and the poor is the most dangerous threat to world peace we have.