Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe. Josh Billings on wisdom
Repeat anything often enough and it will start to become you. Tom Hopkins on wisdom
Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it. Doug Larson on wisdom
He who lives by the crystal ball soon learns to eat ground glass. Edgar R. Fiedler on wisdom
When an opponent comes forward, move in and greet him if he wants to pull back, send him on his way. Morihei Ueshiba on wisdom
Of prosperity mortals can never have enough. Aeschylus on wisdom
Perspective is worth 80 IQ points. Alan Kay on wisdom
When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life will have given me the truth, and taken in exchange - my youth. Sara Teasdale on wisdom
Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence. Jean Paul on wisdom
If you want to be found stand where the seeker seeks. Sidney Lanier on wisdom
Public opinion is no more than this: what people think that other people think. Alfred Austin on wisdom
It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary. Richard Whately on wisdom
What is man's ultimate direction in life? It is to look for love, truth, virtue, and beauty. Shinichi Suzuki on wisdom
Every silver lining has a cloud. Mary Kay Ash on wisdom
He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty. Mary Wilson Little on wisdom
You can't sweep other people off their feet, if you can't be swept off your own. Clarence Day on wisdom
The difference between chirping out of turn and a faux pas depends on what kind of a bar you're in. Wilson Mizner on wisdom
Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform. William Penn on wisdom
Singleness of purpose is one of the chief essentials for success in life, no matter what may be one's aim. John D. Rockefeller on wisdom
Life is a travelling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken. David Herbert Lawrence on wisdom