Wisdom Quotes

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of cruelty. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.

Bertrand Russell

It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something.

Franklin D Roosevelt

Knowledge comes, but wisdom stays.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

The reward of all action is to be found in enlightenment.

Bhagavad-Gita

Wisdom is not in words. Wisdom is meaning within words

Khalil Gibran

The wise man in the storm prays God, not for safety from danger, but for deliverance from fear.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.

Ansel Adams

The most certain sign of wisdom is continual cheerfulness; her state is like the things above the moon, always clear and serene. -

Michael de Montaigne

Colors fade, temples crumble, empires fall, but wise words endure.

Edward Thorndike

A fence to wisdom is silence.

Akiba ben Joseph

Solomon made a great mistake when he asked for wisdom.

Anton Pavlovich Chekhov

Wisdom cannot prevent a fall, but may cushion it.

Mason Cooley

Great strength of body is the gift of nature; But to be able to advise whate'er Is most expedient for one's country's good, Is the peculiar work of sense and wisdom.

Bias

Chance and change are busy ever; Man decays, and ages move; But His mercy waneth never; God is wisdom, God is love.

Sir John Bowring

Beauty, the eternal Spouse of the Wisdom of God and Angel of his Presence thru' all creation.

Robert Seymour Bridges