Quotes & Sayings

• It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education than to have education without common sense. -Robert Green Ingersoll

• The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth. -Pierre Abelard

• We can be Knowledgeable with other men’s knowledge, but we cannot be wise with other men’s wisdom. -Michel de Montaigne

• Wisdom doesn’t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. -Tom Wilson

• Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit. -Elbert Hubbard

• Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny. – Frank Outlaw

• These days people seek knowledge, not wisdom. Knowledge is of the past, wisdom is of the future. -Vernon Cooper

• Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more.–William Cowper

• Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich. -Tao Te Ching

• Good people are good because they’ve come to wisdom through failure. We get very little wisdom from success, you know. -William Saroyan

• Anyone can become angry–that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way–this is not easy. -Aristotle

• Do not ask for fulfillment in all your life, but for patience to accept frustration. Do not ask for perfection in all you do, but for the wisdom not to repeat mistakes. Do not ask for more, before saying “Thank You” for what you have already received. -Brenda Short

• Maturity is the ability to do a job whether or not you are supervised, to carry money without spending it and to bear an injustice without wanting to get even. -Ann Flanders

• When wealth is lost, nothing is lost; when health is lost, something is lost; when character is lost, all is lost. -Billy Graham

• Holding on to anger is like holding on to a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.

• God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and wisdom to know the difference. -The Serenity Prayer

• The stupid neither forgive nor forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but do not forget. -Thomas Szasz

• Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it. -Doug Larson

• We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. -George Bernard Shaw

• Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else. -Judy Garland

• The biggest difficulty with mankind today is that our knowledge has increased so much faster than our wisdom. -Frank Whitmore

• These days people seek knowledge, not wisdom. Knowledge is of the past, wisdom is of the future. -Vernon Cooper

• Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living, the other helps you make a life. -Sandra Carey

• Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it. -David Starr Jordan

• Information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, wisdom is not truth, truth is not beauty, beauty is not love.