Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
Wisdom Quotes
AcceptanceAgingHealth ChallengesResilienceWisdom When I reached 80, my world turned upside down physically. I've had a lot of physical problems.
IgnoranceRejectionWisdom Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.
AcceptanceRealityTruthWisdom For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.
ImaginationLiteratureTruthWisdom All good books have one thing in common - they are truer than if they had really happened.
FaithJoyPeaceVictoryWisdom After many years of great mercy, after tasting of the powers of the world to come, we still are so weak, so foolish; but, oh! when we get away from self to God, there all is truth and purity and holiness, and our heart finds peace, wisdom, completeness, delight, joy, victory.
ActionKnowledgeMotivationWisdom A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
GrowthHuman WorthResilienceWisdom The person you consider ignorant and insignificant is the one who came from God, that he might learn bliss from grief and knowledge from gloom.
AcceptanceAlignmentRealitySurrenderWisdom Do not seek to bring things to pass in accordance with your wishes, but wish for them as they are, and you will find them.
CalmnessPatiencePeaceStress ReliefWisdom Four-fifths of all our troubles would disappear, if we would only sit down and keep still.
DepthMeaningTruthUnderstandingWisdom It is not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, that the lover of knowledge is reluctant to step into its waters.
Decision MakingDialogueGovernmentOpinionsWisdom In the frank expression of conflicting opinions lies the greatest promise of wisdom in governmental action.
CautionHumilityPrudenceStabilityWisdom I have not permitted myself, gentlemen, to conclude that I am the best man in the country; but I am reminded, in this connection, of a story of an old Dutch farmer who remarked to a companion once that 'it was not best to swap horses while crossing streams'.
CautionLeadershipPreparationStrategyWisdom The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution.
ExperienceHuman NatureLearningWisdom We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.
ContentmentModerationSimplicityWisdom It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.
ExperienceLearningPastWisdom We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
OrderUniversal LawWisdom There is an orderliness in the universe, there is an unalterable law governing everything and every being that exists or lives. It is no blind law; for no blind law can govern the conduct of living beings.
HumilityKnowledgeWisdom To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.
FaithFoolishnessKnowledgeReasonWisdom When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man.
CautionDecision MakingSelf-awarenessSilenceWisdom Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.
CommunicationInfluenceResponsibilitySuccessWisdom Think twice before you speak, because your words and influence will plant the seed of either success or failure in the mind of another.
HolinessJusticeSpiritualityWisdom We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible; and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise.
