Wisdom Quotes

Silence is a source of great strength.
Lao Tzu

Great, Strength, Silence

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
Khalil Gibran

Knowledge, Worth, Idle

Honesty is the best policy.
Benjamin Franklin

Best, Honesty, Policy

If you only have a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
Abraham Maslow

Problem, Hammer, Nail

A mistake is simply another way of doing things.
Katharine Graham

Another, Mistake, Simply

I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.
Lao Tzu

Patience, Greatest, Compassion

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.
Lao Tzu

Yourself, Others, Knowing

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.
Henry Ward Beecher

Judge, Point, Started

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
George Bernard Shaw

Future, Wise, Past

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit.
Elbert Hubbard

Fool, Five, Limit

Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.
Confucius

Men, Courage, Compassion

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.
Friedrich Nietzsche

Love, Knowledge, Hate

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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings.
John Muir

Good, Mountains, Climb

As you walk down the fairway of life you must smell the roses, for you only get to play one round.
Ben Hogan

Life, Down, Play

Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal.
Henry Ford

Goal, Eyes, Off

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.
Socrates

Knowledge, True, Nothing

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We can't command our love, but we can our actions.
Arthur Conan Doyle

Love, Actions, Command

The greater our knowledge increases the more our ignorance unfolds.
John F. Kennedy

Knowledge, Ignorance, Greater

A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.
Herb Caen

Time, Off, Begins

There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.
Benjamin Franklin

Money, Wife, Friends

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

Good, Knowledge, Decision

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.
Benjamin Franklin

Knowledge, Ignorance, Temple

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.
William James

Art, Wise, Knowing

Be happy. It's one way of being wise.
Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

Turn your wounds into wisdom.
Oprah Winfrey

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