Wisdom Quotes

"Wisdom cannot come by railroad or automobile or aeroplane, or be hurried up by telegraph or telephone."

"Conventional wisdom on government's role in inequality often has it backwards. Tax reforms have resulted in a more progressive federal income tax; government transfer payments have become less progressive."

"In science, as in art, and, as I believe, in every other sphere of human activity, there may be wisdom in a multitude of counsellors, but it is only in one or two of them."

"That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in another."

"Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself."

"Every speaker has a mouth; An arrangement rather neat. Sometimes it's filled with wisdom. Sometimes it's filled with feet."

"The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step."

"Let my skin and sinews and bones dry up, together with all the flesh and blood of my body! I welcome it! But I will not move from this spot until I have attained the supreme and final wisdom."

"I always want to be a messenger, a person that, you know, that's not afraid to pass on wisdom."

"First appearance deceives many."

"Nothing that you have not given away will ever be really yours."

"Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread."

"The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention."

"Wisdom begins in wonder."

"None knows the weight of another's burden."

"Silence at the proper season is wisdom, and better than any speech."

"A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them."

"Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time."

"Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity."

"Commitment is an act, not a word."

"Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children."

"The truest wisdom is a resolute determination."

"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity."

"Applause is a receipt, not a bill."

"A prudent question is one-half of wisdom."

"Central banks don't have divine wisdom. They try to do the best analysis they can and must be prepared to stand or fall by the quality of that analysis."

"It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err."

"No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks."

"Gray hairs are signs of wisdom if you hold your tongue, speak and they are but hairs, as in the young."

"Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability."

"Though sages may pour out their wisdom's treasure, there is no sterner moralist than pleasure."

"The enemy of the conventional wisdom is not ideas but the march of events."

"Wisdom comes by disillusionment."

"There are many ways of going forward, but only one way of standing still."