Quotes and sayings about tag  #wisdom

Quotes and sayings about tag  wisdom

352 Quotes

People know what they do; frequently they know why they do what they do; but what they don't know is what what they do does.

Michel Foucault

Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

You can have many great ideas in your head, but what makes the difference is the action. Without action upon an idea, there will be no manifestation, no results, and no reward

Miguel Ruiz

Once the writer in every individual comes to life (and that time is not far off), we are in for an age of universal deafness and lack of understanding.

Milan Kundera

Wisdom ain't a virtue I ever aspired to.

Moira Young

Where ignorance lurks, so too do the frontiers of discovery and imagination

Neil deGrasse Tyson

To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.

Nicolaus Copernicus

Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.

Niels Bohr

Wisdom is knowing I am nothing,Love is knowing I am everything,and between the two my life moves.

Nisargadatta Maharaj

That woman doesn't have the sense God gave a retarded flea.

Nora Roberts

In order to rise from its own ashes, a Phoenix first must burn.

Octavia E. Butler

In examining disease, we gain wisdom about anatomy and physiology and biology. In examining the person with disease, we gain wisdom about life.

Oliver Sacks

To wisely live your life, you don't need to know muchJust remember two main rules for the beginning:You better starve, than eat whateverAnd better be alone, than with whoever.

Omar Khayyám

The wise are not wise because they make no mistakes. They are wise because they correct their mistakes as soon as they recognize them.

Orson Scott Card

I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves.

Orson Scott Card

With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.

Oscar Wilde

We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.

Oscar Wilde

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.

Nowadays most people die of a sort of creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only things one never regrets are one's mistakes.

Oscar Wilde

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

Oscar Wilde

The nail that sticks out farthest gets hammered the hardest.

Patrick Jones

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : You do not write your life with words...You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.

You do not write your life with words...You write it with actions. What you think is not important. It is only important what you do.

Patrick Ness

Many things that are true feel like a cheat. Kingdoms get the princes they deserve, farmers’ daughters die for no reason, and sometimes witches merit saving. Quite often, actually. You’d be surprised.

Patrick Ness

Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.

Patrick Rothfuss

 inspirational quotes - Image for quote : There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.

There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.

Patrick Rothfuss

Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.

Paulo Coelho

There are moments when troubles enter our lives and we can do nothing to avoid them.But they are there for a reason. Only when we have overcome them will we understand why they were there.

Paulo Coelho

Life moves very fast. It rushes from Heaven to Hell in a matter of seconds.

Paulo Coelho

But if you believe yourself worthy of the thing you fought so hard to get, then you become an instrument of God, you help the Soul of the World, and you understand why you are here.

Paulo Coelho

The secret of life, though, is to fall seven times and to get up eight times.

Paulo Coelho

Do not look for happiness outside yourself. The awakened seek happiness inside.

Petar Dunov

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