wisdom Quotes (126)

“Until the day when God shall deign to reveal the future to man, all human wisdom is summed up in these two words,--'Wait and hope'.”

“For myself I am an optimist - it does not seem to be much use being anything else.”

“Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; but remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for.”

“The wisest men follow their own direction.”

“In the end, everything is a gag.”

“Our critics are our friends; they show us our faults.”

“Necessity never made a good bargain.”

“Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few; friend to one; enemy to none.”

“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.”

“He that can have patience can have what he will.”

“Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.”

“He who multiplies riches multiplies cares.”

“If your head is wax, don't walk in the sun.”

“An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.”

“Wish not so much to live long as to live well.”

“Distrust and caution are the parents of security.”

“Read much, but not many books.”

“A penny saved is a penny earned.”

“He that blows the coals in quarrels that he has nothing to do with, has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face.”

“If you wouldst live long, live well, for folly and wickedness shorten life.”

“A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over.”

“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.”

“He that would live in peace and at ease, must not speak all he knows nor judge all he sees.”

“Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.”

“If you would be wealthy, think of saving as well as getting.”

“Passion governs, and she never governs wisely.”

“To be proud of virtue is to poison oneself with the antidote.”

“Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.”

“Be slow in choosing a friend, slower in changing.”

“If you would persuade, you must appeal to interest rather than intellect.”

“Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other.”

“An investment in knowledge still yields the best returns.”

“It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.”

“A long life may not be good enough, but a good life is long enough.”

“All would live long, but none would be old.”

“Anger is never without Reason, but seldom with a good One.”

“To follow by faith alone is to follow blindly.”

“Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex ... it takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.”

“You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.”

“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving.”

“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”

“Try not to become a man of success but rather to become a man of value.”

“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.”

“Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything that can be counted counts.”

“If A is success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.”

“Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.”

“Never underestimate your own ignorance.”

“Peace cannot be kept by force. It can only be achieved by understanding.”

“The significant problems we have cannot be solved at the same level of thinking with which we created them.”

“Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.”