Wisdom And Wise Quotations

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“Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.”
– Lao Tzu

“If I don’t have wisdom, I can teach you only ignorance.”
– Leo Buscaglia

“It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.”
– Logan P. Smith

“Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of knowledge is not the tree of life.”
– Lord Byron

“In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it – thou art a fool.”
– Lord Chesterfield

“I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done.”
– Lucille Ball

“No man was ever wise by chance.”
– Lucius Annaeus Seneca

“Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.”
– Marcus Tullius Cicero

“Every silver lining has a cloud.”
– Mary Kay Ash

“He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty.”
– Mary Wilson Little

“If you call failures experiments, you can put them in your resume and claim them as achievements.”
– Mason Cooley

“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

“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

“When an opponent comes forward, move in and greet him; if he wants to pull back, send him on his way.”
– Morihei Ueshiba

“The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.”
– Napoleon Bonaparte

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

“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

“Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.”
– Og Mandino

“The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.”
– Oliver Wendell Holmes

“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”
– Oprah Winfrey

“Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.”
– Phil Jackson

“A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.”
– Plato

“From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.”
– Publilius Syrus

“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson

“It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.”
– Richard Whately

“A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.”
– Robert Frost

“Spectacular achievement is always preceded by unspectacular preparation.”
– Robert H. Schuller

“I didn’t get where I am today by worryin’ about how I’d feel tomorrow.”
– Ron White

“Patience is the companion of wisdom.”
– Saint Augustine

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