Menu

 Authors
A B C D E F
G H I J K L
M N O P Q R
S T U V W S
Y Z
Get Socialize
My Account
Make Free Wallpaper

"935 Wisdom Quotes

Be prepared, and be careful not to do your good deeds when there's no one watching you.

Be prepared Be careful Good deeds No one
  Favorite Make wallpaper

You don't necessarily go in to talk to the person to try to find some secret key to the lock.

Don't necessarily The person Some secret key The lock
  Favorite Make wallpaper

Sometimes it's more important to be human, than to have good taste.

Sometimes More important Be human Good taste
  Favorite Make wallpaper

Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

Intelligence No mistakes But quickly Them good
  Favorite Make wallpaper

Every time you name yourself, you name someone else.

Every time Name yourself Someone else
  Favorite Make wallpaper

Before you speak ask yourself if what you are going to say is true, is kind, is necessary, is helpful. If the answer is no, maybe what you are about to say should be left unsaid.

You speak True Kind Necessary
  Favorite Make wallpaper

Words are like breath," she said, "you say them and they're gone. But writing traps them.

Words Like breath Writing traps Them
  Favorite Make wallpaper

Always fight the horse, not the rider.

Always fight The horse The rider
  Favorite Make wallpaper

Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.

Consistency Requires you Ignorant today Year ago
  Favorite Make wallpaper

Teach but never try to change people because sometimes they change back.

Teach Never try Change people Sometimes
  Favorite Make wallpaper

Share wisdom with those who will receive it.

Share wisdom Will receive
  Favorite Make wallpaper

Follow the trend lines, not the headlines.

Follow Trend lines The headlines
  Favorite Make wallpaper

Man's sensitivity to the little things and insensitivity to the greatest are the signs of a strange disorder.

Man's sensitivity Little things The greatest Signs
  Favorite Make wallpaper

The last function of reason is to recognize that there are an infinity of things which surpass it.

Last function Reason Infinity Things
  Favorite Make wallpaper

Don't be too clever for an audience. Make it obvious. Make the subtleties obvious also.

Too clever An audience Obvious The subtleties
  Favorite Make wallpaper

I have learnt from experience, never run from your creditors.

Have learnt Experience Never run Your creditors
  Favorite Make wallpaper

Not engaging in ignorance is wisdom.

Not engaging Ignorance Wisdom
  Favorite Make wallpaper

One of the hardest things for boys to learn is that a teacher is human. One of the hardest things for a teacher to learn is not to try and tell them.

Hardest things Boys Learn Teacher
  Favorite Make wallpaper

Never tell all you know—not even to the person you know best.

Never tell You know The person Best
  Favorite Make wallpaper

We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.

We cannot More sensitive Pleasure Pain
  Favorite Make wallpaper

Even when people act nastily to you, don't condemn them or retaliate.

When people Act nastily Condemn them Retaliate
  Favorite Make wallpaper

Less glory is more liberty. When the drum is silent, reason sometimes speaks

Glory Liberty Drum Silent
  Favorite Make wallpaper

All human wisdom is contained in these two words - Wait and Hope

Human wisdom Wait Hope
  Favorite Make wallpaper

If you wish to discover the guilty person, first find out to whom the crime might be useful.

You wish Discover The guilty Crime
  Favorite Make wallpaper

If it is ones lot to be cast among fools, one must learn foolishness.

Be cast Among fools Must learn foolishness
  Favorite Make wallpaper

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers

Knowledge comes Wisdom lingers
  Favorite Make wallpaper

I am the same kind of moron as the rest of you, it's the method that does the work, for me as well as for you.

Same kind Moron The method The work
  Favorite Make wallpaper

To gain your own voice, forget about having it heard. Become a saint of your own province and your own consciousness.

Gain Voice Forget Heard
  Favorite Make wallpaper

Always seek for wisdom before taking the next step.

Always seek For wisdom Taking Next step
  Favorite Make wallpaper
To be ignorant of one's ignorance is the malady of the ignorant.
Ignorant One Malady
  Favorite Make wallpaper

Why do you think you are missing something you never had?

You think Missing something Never had
  Favorite Make wallpaper

What makes something special is not just what you have to gain, but what you feel there is to lose.

What makes Something special You have Gain
  Favorite Make wallpaper

Freed from the thoughts of winning, I instantly play better. I stop thinking, start feeling. My shots become a half-second quicker, my decisions become the product of instinct rather than logic.

Freed Thought Winning Play better
  Favorite Make wallpaper

I prefer the errors of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom.

I prefer The errors Enthusiasm Indifference
  Favorite Make wallpaper

The best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person.

Best Classroom World Elderly
  Favorite Make wallpaper

For me, it is always important that I go through all the possible options for a decision.

Always important Go through Possible options A decision
  Favorite Make wallpaper

We learn much during our sleep, and the knowledge thus gained slowly filters into the physical brain, and is occasionally impressed upon it as a vivid and illuminative dream.

Learn much Our sleep The knowledge Gained slowly
  Favorite Make wallpaper

Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.

Remain silent Even think Not prepared To act
  Favorite Make wallpaper

Authority without wisdom is like a heavy axe without an edge, fitter to bruise than polish.

Authority Wisdom Like Edge
  Favorite Make wallpaper

Wisdom with an inheritance is good, but wisdom without an inheritance is better than an inheritance without wisdom.

Wisdom Inheritance Good Without
  Favorite Make wallpaper

Don't bite till you know if it's bread or stone.

Don't bite You know It's bread Stone
  Favorite Make wallpaper

Wisdom comes not from age, but from education and learning.

Wisdom comes From age From education Learning
  Favorite Make wallpaper

Nothing can be accomplished by logic and ethics.

Nothing Be accomplished By logic Ethics
  Favorite Make wallpaper

It's better to live down a scandal than to ruin one's life.

It's better Live down Scandal Ruin
  Favorite Make wallpaper

Wisdom tends to grow in proportion to one’s awareness of one’s ignorance.

Wisdom Grow Proportion Awareness
  Favorite Make wallpaper
Wisdom comes to those who learn nothing, unlearn everything.
Wisdom Comes Learn Nothing
  Favorite Make wallpaper

Wisdom can be learned. But it cannot be taught.

Wisdom Learned Cannot Taught
  Favorite Make wallpaper

When you come to see you are not as wise today as you thought you were yesterday, you are wiser today.

When You See Wise
  Favorite Make wallpaper

Enlightenment is: absolute cooperation with the inevitable.

Enlightenment Absolute Cooperation Inevitable
  Favorite Make wallpaper

Fame is something that must be won. Honor is something that must not be lost

Fame Is something Be won Honor
  Favorite Make wallpaper