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.
Deliberately seek opportunities for kindness, sympathy, and patience.
This is perhaps the most profound meaning of the book of Job, the best example of wisdom.
You must accept responsibility for your actions, but not the credit for your achievements.
No one has a monopoly on truth, and science continues to advance. Yesterday’s heresies may be tomorrow’s conventional wisdom.
Few people have the wisdom to prefer the criticism that would do them good, to the praise that deceives them.
We need to hear stories from older women. There’s a wealth of wisdom and real resilience there, but they’re silenced.
It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.
We learned in World War II that no single nation holds a monopoly on wisdom, morality or right to power, but that we must fight for the weak and promote democracy.
Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.
When in doubt, don’t.
A short saying often contains much wisdom.
And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.
Knowing that you are going to die is, I suspect, the beginning of wisdom.
Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.
Christian, learn from Christ how you ought to love Christ. Learn a love that is tender, wise, strong; love with tenderness, not passion, wisdom, not foolishness, and strength, lest you become weary and turn away from the love of the Lord.
All of us, at certain moments of our lives, need to take advice and to receive help from other people.
Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.
And when the world is created, it is created in such a way that those eternal objects of God’s loving wisdom become actualities – interacting with one another, relating to God in the finite realm.
After the knowledge of, and obedience to, the will of God, the next aim must be to know something of His attributes of wisdom, power, and goodness as evidenced by His handiwork.
I do interviews because it’s a chance to be myself. I sometimes wonder what I could have to say that would be of any interest. I don’t have any great wisdom.
Quick decisions are unsafe decisions.
To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.
I am not the first Buddha who came upon Earth, nor shall I be the last. In due time, another Buddha will arise in the world – a Holy One, a supremely enlightened One, endowed with wisdom in conduct, auspicious, knowing the universe, an incomparable leader of men, a master of angels and mortals.
Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.
Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken.
Much of the wisdom of one age, is the folly of the next.
Books are the ever burning lamps of accumulated wisdom.
In justice to human society it may perhaps be said of almost all the polities and civil institutions in the world, however imperfect, that they have been founded in and carried on with very considerable wisdom.
True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.
Though I am fascinated by knowledge, I am even more fascinated by wisdom.
Influential people are never satisfied with the status quo. They’re the ones who constantly ask, ‘What if?’ and ‘Why not?’ They’re not afraid to challenge conventional wisdom, and they don’t disrupt things for the sake of being disruptive; they do it to make things better.
As a parent and a citizen, I’ll take a Bill Gates (or Warren Buffett) over Steve Jobs every time. If we must have billionaires, better they should ignore Jobs’s example and instead embrace the morality and wisdom of the great industrialist-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?
I’m not a money manager, but I can tell you what the conventional wisdom is. The younger you are, the more risk you can take on.
Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.
Wisdom alone is the science of other sciences.
True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance.
O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!
Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance.
Our happiness depends on wisdom all the way.
The sublimity of wisdom is to do those things living, which are to be desired when dying.
To suppose more than one supreme Source of infinite wisdom, power, and all perfections, is to assert that there is no supreme Being in existence.
In conclusion, wisdom quotes remind us of the profound insights, life lessons, and transformative power that wisdom brings. They inspire us to embrace lifelong learning, cultivate self-awareness, and navigate life’s complexities with discernment and grace. Let these quotes resonate with you as you seek to deepen your own wisdom or honor the wisdom of others, and may they serve as a reminder of the beauty, power, and significance of wisdom in our lives.
