Wisdom Quotes

T may be wisdom on earth as a raven which is inspired by the smell of carrion?
Friedrich Nietzsche

Do not follow advice, regardless of the good, until you feel it deep in your mind that you think in your mind that is wise counsel.
Joan Rivers

Do not taunt the alligator until after you cross the stream.
Dan Rather

Every man is a fool for five minutes a day, wisdom consists of not more than the limit.
Elbert Hubbard

Only a few of the many wise sayings that were uttered have prevented a single foolish action.
Thomas B. Macaulay

From the mistakes of others, a wise man corrects his own.
Publilius Syrus

Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place, and I will move the world.
Archimedes

Good nature is worth more than knowledge, more than money, more than honor, to those who possess it.
Henry Ward Beecher

He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step toward wisdom.
James Huneker

Who spends sixteen hours a day to hard study may be less than sixty as wise as he thought he was at twenty.
Mary Wilson Little

He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass.
Edgar R. Fiedler

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

Honesty is often the person may possess wealth, and yet all the honesty in the world is not legitimate for a tender bread.
Josh Billings

I'd rather regret the things I do regret the things I've done.
Lucille Ball

If you believe the doctors, nothing is wholesome: if you believe the theologians, nothing is innocent, if you believe the military, nothing is certain.
Lord Salisbury

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

If you want to be found stand where the plaintiff seeks.
Sidney Lanier

If you are trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I have every had. But the obstacles should not stop you. If you hit a wall, do not turn around and give up. Discover how to climb it, to stabbing, or work around it.
Michael Jordan

Ignorant people raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

In all walks of life with nature one receives far more than he seeks.
John Muir