Wisdom influences every aspect of your life. From our health to our love and happiness, wisdom can help to put things in perspective for us. Here is a look at some of the greatest wisdom quotes ever recorded.
“A blind person who sees is better than a seeing person who is blind.”
“A crown’s no cure for a headache.”
“A new broom sweeps clean but an old broom knows the corners.”
“All’s well that ends well.”
“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.”
“Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.”
“Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.”
“Deal with the faults of others as gently as your own.”
“Economy is the wealth of the poor and the wisdom of the rich.”
“Even a fish wouldn’t get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.”
“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and he’ll eat forever.”
“He that respects himself is safe from others.”
“He who flees at the right time can fight again.”
“He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.”
“Health is better than wealth.”
“In bad things be slow; in good things be fast.”
“It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
“It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.”
“Just because something is common sense doesn’t mean it’s common practice.”
“Justice is truth in action.”
“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
“May you live every day of your life.”
“Money buys everything but good sense.”
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”
“Nothing is impossible to the willing mind.”
“One should speak little with others and much with oneself.”
“Plan your life like you will live forever, and live your life like you will die the next day.”
“Silence is often misinterpreted but never misquoted.”
“The errors of a wise man make your rule rather than the perfections of a fool.”
“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
“The more things change, the more they stay the same.”
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
“The truly rich are those who enjoy what they have.”
“The wise do as much as they should, not as much as they can.”
“The wise understand by themselves; fools follow the reports of others.”
“Think before you speak. Read before you think.”
“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”
“What’s good for the goose is good for the gander.”
“When someone loves you, the way they talk about you is different. You feel safe and comfortable.”
“When you say one thing, the clever person understands three.”
“Wisdom is easy to carry but difficult to gather.”
“Wisdom is to live in the present, plan for the future and profit from the past.”
“You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make him drink.”
“You have to take the bitter with the sweet.”
Take a moment today to take a look around and see how one of these words of wisdom can change your life for the better today.
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