Quotes about wisdom

Intellect is not wisdom.

Thomas Sowell

It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

Henry David Thoreau

Knowledge is understanding based on what has been studied and learned. Wisdom is understanding based on what has been felt and experienced.

Simon Sinek

Experience makes more timid men than it does wise ones.

Josh Billings

Wise men don’t need advice. Fools won’t take it.

Benjamin Franklin

Gravity is only the bark of wisdom’s tree, but it preserves it.

Confucius

When a wise man is advised of his errors, he will reflect on and improve his conduct. When his misconduct is pointed out, a foolish man will not only disregard the advice but rather repeat the same error.

Buddha

All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, until they take root in our personal experience.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems – not people; to focus your energies on answers – not excuses.

William Arthur Ward

Any damn fool can beg up some kind of job; it takes a wise man to make it without working.

Charles Bukowski