Quotes about wisdom

May our adversities make us strong. May our victories make us wise. May our actions make us proud.

H. Jackson Brown

If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom.

Antoine de Saint-Exupery

In dealing with the dead, if we treat them as if they were entirely dead, that would show a want of affection and should not be done; or, if we treat them as if they were entirely alive, that would show a want of wisdom and should not be done.

Confucius

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

George Bernard Shaw

There are moments in our lives when we summon the courage to make choices that go against reason, against common sense and the wise counsel of people we trust.

Howard Schultz

Wise people prefer to benefit fromconstructive criticism rather than be ruined by false praise.

Shiv Khera

The great source of calamity lies in regret or anticipation: he, therefore, is most wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or the future.

Oliver Goldsmith

A library of wisdom, is more precious than all wealth, and all things that are desirable cannot be compared to it. Whoever therefore claims to be zealous of truth, of happiness, of wisdom or knowledge, must become a lover of books.

Plato

The wise man never loses his temper.

Cicero

Pray not for things, but for wisdom and courage.

H. Jackson Brown