This page is a collection of inspirational wisdom quotes.
The wise people I've met have come from all walks of life and share a few common traits.
They manage to help people, without telling them what to do. It's as if they magically pull the answers out from within. They live life full of passion, yet are not attached to the outcome of their actions.They have a carefree and happy attitude.
It seems being wise involves a way of life, without getting caught up in the hows of life.
Enjoy this page of wisdom quotes, it has been inspired by the wise people I've met in my life.
The wisdom quotes below are a great starting point. For further inspiring wisdom check out the
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Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life. -Sandra Carey
Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. -Plato
Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it. -Albert Einstein
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. -Lao Tzu
Be happy. It's one way of being wise. -Sidonie Gabrielle
By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third, by experience, which is the most bitter. -Confucius
In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer. -Oscar Wilde
A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion. -Chinese Proverbs
God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. -Reinhold Niebuhr
A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren't we like that wise old bird? -nursery rhyme
The key to wisdom is knowing all the right questions. -John A. Simone, Sr.
The highest form of wisdom is kindness. -The Talmud
Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it. -David Starr Jordan
A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance. -Gian Carlo Menotti
Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself. -Kahlil Gibran
More Wisdom Quotes
The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
When an argument flares up, the wise man quenches it with silence. -unknown
The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves. -Oscar Wilde
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday. -Abraham Lincoln
The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are. -C.S. Lewis
Of all the things which wisdom provides to make life entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship. -Epicurus
We seem to gain wisdom more readily through our failures than through our successes. We always think of failure as the antithesis of success, but it isn't. Success often lies just the other side of failure. -Leo F. Buscaglia
When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. -Confucius
Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit. -Baltasar Gracian
The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil. -Cicero
The truest greatness lies in being kind, the truest wisdom in a happy mind. -Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it. -George Santayana
Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. -Immanuel Kant
The beginning of wisdom is found in doubting; by doubting we come to the question, and by seeking we may come upon the truth. -Pierre Abelard
Follow your instincts. That's where true wisdom manifests itself. -Oprah Winfrey
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