295 Best Wisdom Quotes

If you can't say something nice, don't say nothin' at all. – Thumper's Mother

Do not be fooled by its commonplace appearance. Like so many things, it is not what is outside, but what is inside that counts. – The Peddler

It's better to be yourself. – Genie

The heart is not always wise. – The Sultan

It takes something more than intelligence to act intelligently. – Fyodor Dostoevsky

To withdraw is not to run away; and to retreat is not a surrender.

There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness. – Ishmael

The secret of a good old age is simply an honorable pact with solitude.

He was too simple to wonder when he had attained humility. But he knew he had attained it and he knew it was not disgraceful and it carried no loss of true pride. – Narrator

Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge, which is power; religion gives man wisdom, which is control.

Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. – Winston Churchill

Out of intense complexities, intense simplicities emerge. – Winston Churchill

The only source of knowledge is experience. – Albert Einstein

Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler. – Albert Einstein

A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination. – Nelson Mandela

We must use time wisely and forever realize that the time is always ripe to do right. – Nelson Mandela

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday. – Abraham Lincoln

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication. – Leonardo da Vinci

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions. – Leonardo da Vinci

Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes! – Leonardo da Vinci

Experience is a truer guide than the words of others. – Leonardo da Vinci

There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see. – Leonardo da Vinci

A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim. – Maya Angelou

I do not trust people who don't love themselves and yet tell me, 'I love you.' There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt. – Maya Angelou

We need much less than we think we need. – Maya Angelou

When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time. – Maya Angelou

Democracy cannot succeed unless those who express their choice are prepared to choose wisely. The real safeguard of democracy, therefore, is education. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

They’re funny things, Accidents. You never have them till you’re having them.

In my experience, there is no such thing as luck. – Obi-Wan Kenobi

The ability to speak does not make you intelligent. – Qui-Gon Jinn

The greatest teacher, failure is. – Yoda

Wit beyond measure is man’s greatest treasure. – Luna Lovegood

Never trust anything that can think for itself if you can't see where it keeps its brain. – Arthur Weasley

Well, let me just quote the late-great Colonel Sanders, who said, "I'm too drunk to taste this chicken."

Sonny, true love is the greatest thing in the world. – The Grandfather

Be curious, not judgmental. – Ted Lasso

You know, guys have been underestimating me my entire life. And for years, I never understood why. It used to really bother me. But then one day, I was driving my little boy to school, and I saw this quote by Walt Whitman, and it was painted on the wall there. It said, 'Be curious, not judgmental.' – Ted Lasso

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That is why it is called the present.

The Peach Tree of Heavenly Wisdom does not talk, it just is.

There is just news. There is no good or bad.

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. – Gandalf

So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. – Gandalf

The burned hand teaches best. After that, advice about fire goes to the heart. – Gandalf

There is more in you of good than you know, child of the kindly West. Some courage and some wisdom, blended in measure. – Gandalf

He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom. – Gandalf

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish. – Samwise Gamgee

I give myself very good advice, but I very seldom follow it. – Alice

You're just a kid. You don't have the faintest idea what you're talkin' about. – Sean Maguire

You're just a kid. You don't have the faintest idea what you're talkin' about. – Sean Maguire