Quotes on Wisdom

The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things.

Man's ideal state is realized when he has fulfilled the purpose for which he is born. And what is it that reason demands of him? Something very easy-that he live in accordance with his own nature.

The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head.

And the winds and the waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gardens, don’t nest in corncribs, they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.

The only thing certain is nothing is certain.

True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.

Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five.

Joy comes not through possession or ownership but through a wise and loving heart.

God has bestowed upon you intelligence and knowledge. Do not extinguish the lamp of Divine Grace and do not let the candle of wisdom die out in the darkness of lust and error. For a wise man approaches with his torch to light up the path of mankind.

Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.

Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop

You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?

The study of history is the best medicine for a sick mind; for in history you have a record of the infinite variety of human experience plainly set out for all to see; and in that record you can find yourself and your country both examples and warnings; fine things to take as models, base things rotten through and through, to avoid.

Whatever you do, you need courage. Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong.

Loneliness, when accepted, becomes a gift that will lead us to find a purpose in life.

The public have an insatiable curiosity to know everything, except what is worth knowing.

If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.

Life is too short to be wasted in finding answers. Enjoy the questions.

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.