Top 457 Wisdom Quotes

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

Khalil Gibran

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.

Joseph Addison

Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.

Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.

Charles Caleb Colton

There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.

There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.

Charles Caleb Colton

I'm grateful for my lines of wisdom. Of course, there are days when I think: 'Oh my gawd, I look a bit tired.' But I can pull it together if I have to.

I'm grateful for my lines of wisdom. Of course, there are days when I think: 'Oh my gawd, I look a bit tired.' But I can pull it together if I have to.

Twiggy

The only medicine for suffering, crime, and all other woes of mankind, is wisdom. Teach a man to read and write, and you have put into his hands the great keys of the wisdom box. But it is quite another thing to open the box.

Thomas Huxley

It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.

It is the mind that maketh good or ill, That maketh wretch or happy, rich or poor.

Michel de Montaigne

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.

Napoleon Bonaparte

The United Nations' founders understood that decisions affecting war and peace should happen only by consensus, and with America's consent, the veto by Security Council permanent members was enshrined in the United Nations Charter. The profound wisdom of this has underpinned the stability of international relations for decades.

Vladimir Putin

Experience is knowledge; but knowledge, when it is sought only as a material resource, is not always a blessing. Experience is wisdom; but wisdom, with those who lack vision, is not always power. Experience is tolerance; but tolerance, when it is induced by apathy, is not in the least a virtue.

Ameen Rihani

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