Wisdom Quotes

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
Ralph Waldo Emerson 

Experience is not what happens to you; it's what you do with what happens to you.
Aldous Huxley 

For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.
Audrey Hepburn 

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
Michael Jordan 

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
Confucius 

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.
Socrates 

A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
Moliere 

Wisdom begins in wonder.
Socrates 

We are what our thoughts have made us; so take care about what you think. Words are secondary. Thoughts live; they travel far.
Swami Vivekananda 

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.
Nelson Mandela 

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

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.
Khalil Gibran 

Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.
Thomas Jefferson 

The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.
William Arthur Ward 

If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.
Nelson Mandela 

I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.
Lucille Ball 

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
Albert Einstein

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton 

It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.
Henry David Thoreau 

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
Jim Rohn 

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.
George Bernard Shaw 

When written in Chinese, the word 'crisis' is composed of two characters. One represents danger and the other represents opportunity.

John F. Kennedy 

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

Khalil Gibran 

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

Lao Tzu 

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.

Lao Tzu 

Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.

Phil Jackson 

Honesty is the best policy.

Benjamin Franklin 

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.

Friedrich Nietzsche 

If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.

Abraham Maslow 

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.

Confucius 

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.

George Bernard Shaw 

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

Socrates 

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.

Henry Ford 

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

Henry Ward Beecher 

A mistake is simply another way of doing things.

Katharine Graham 

Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.

John Muir 

The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.

John F. Kennedy 

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

Elbert Hubbard 

We can't command our love, but we can our actions.

Arthur Conan Doyle 

As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.

Ben Hogan 

From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.

Publilius Syrus 

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.

Benjamin Franklin 

There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.

Benjamin Franklin 

Turn your wounds into wisdom.

Oprah Winfrey 

Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.

Khalil Gibran 

A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.

Plato