W Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with W. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Wisdom is the recovery of innocence at the far end of experience.”
“Wisdom is the repose of the mind.”
“Wisdom is the reward for surviving our own stupidity.”
Source: Regent
“Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.”
“Wisdom is the right application of knowledge; and true education...is the application of knowledge to the development of a noble and Godlike character.”
“Wisdom is the right use of knowledge.”
“Wisdom is the right use of knowledge. To know is not to be wise. Many men know a great deal, and are all the greater fools for it. There is no fool so great a fool as a knowing fool. But to know how to use knowledge is to have wisdom.”
“Wisdom is the thin conduit between two opposing viewpoints”
“Wisdom is the timeless treasure chest of insights, and those who seek its jewels find themselves rich beyond measure in the currency of understanding.”
“Wisdom is the torch of the present and the future, while knowledge will always shine a light on the past events.”
“Wisdom is the use of knowledge”
“Wisdom is the winner over good luck.”
“Wisdom is to have dreams big enough not to lose sight when we pursue them.”
“Wisdom is to see no thing as a strange thing, no clothe as a strange cloth, no person as a strange person, no event as a strange event! Because in wisdom you understand why the things are as they are!”
“Wisdom is to see the difference between nirvana and this world, this self-reflection that the mind creates.”
“Wisdom is to the soul as food is to the body.”
“Wisdom is to the soul what health is to the body.”
“Wisdom is tolerance of cognitive dissonance.”
“Wisdom is unattainable without an understanding of emotions.”
“Wisdom is unlearning what you have learnt.”
“Wisdom is vindicated by all her children.”
“Wisdom is wealth none can steal.”
“Wisdom is what separates average people from extraordinary people.”
“Wisdom is what's left after we've run out of personal opinions.”
“Wisdom is when you understand what, previously, at best you only knew.”
Source: Observations
“Wisdom is worried for being slow in its speech and expeditious in its actions.”
“Wisdom is your mentor, never forsake it.
Understanding is your guide, never ignore it.
Ignorance is your enemy, never embrace it.
Faith is your helper, never desert it.
Hope is your confidant, never reject it.
Despair is your opponent, never tolerate it.
Peace is your consoler, never avoid it.
Contentment is your companion, never betray it.
Greed is your adversary, never accept it.
Joy is your healer, never shun it.
Happiness is your friend, never disown it.
Envy is your antagonist, never welcome it.
Love is your savior, never abandon it.
Kindness is your helpmate, never oppose it.
Hatred is your rival, never approve it.
Virtue is your preacher, never discard it.
Integrity is your accomplice, never deny it.
Vice is your nemesis, never accommodate it.”
“Wisdom is your perspective on life, your sense of balance, your understanding of how the various parts and principles apply and relate to each other.”
Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition
“Wisdom is your teacher, never forsake her. Understanding is your friend, never betray him.
Ignorance is your enemy, never embrace it.”
“Wisdom isn’t a factor of an ability to share or think fast or slow, but an ability of discernment. Breadth. Depth. Timing.”
“Wisdom isn’t about accumulating more facts; it’s about understanding big truths in a deeper way. Year by year, with the support and insights of friends and partners and people who have gone before me, I see more clearly that the primary causes of poverty and illness are the cultural, financial, and legal restrictions that block what women can do—and think they can do—for themselves and their children.”
Source: The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World
“Wisdom isn’t about knowing everything... it's knowing what matters to your community.”
“Wisdom isn't how much you know inside, its what you share outside to the world”
“Wisdom isn't about knowing; it's an understanding that meaning is inexhaustible.”
“Wisdom isn't an old guy on top of a mountain in a loin cloth. It isn't an answer. It's a question.”
“Wisdom isn't to know these words. Wisdom isn't to have ideas or philosophies - those are just thoughts. Wisdom is to be that perfect consciousness.”
“Wisdom, itself, is often an abstraction associated not with fact or reality but with the man who asserts it and the manner of its assertion.”
Source: THE GREAT CRASH 1929
“Wisdom justifies a person in the face of any opposition”
Source: Church Shift: Revolutionizing Your Faith, Church, and Life for the 21st Century
“Wisdom keeps intelligence humble.”
“Wisdom keeps me from repeating mistakes; humility turns them into lessons.”
“Wisdom knows no bounds. Even your head is too small to contain the continuous inspiration of the universe. Therefore, we must eat and drink according to our abilities.”
“Wisdom knows the way. Understanding sees the way. Passion feels the way. Love goes all the way.”
“Wisdom knows the way.
Understanding sees the way.
Passion feels the way.
Love goes all the way.
Truth is straight like a line.
Virtue is firm like a wall.
Wisdom is tall like a mountain.
Love is wide like an ocean.”
“Wisdom knows when to return death's embrace.”
“Wisdom leads to unity, but ignorance to separation.
So long as God seems to be outside and far away, there is ignorance.
But when God is realised within, that is true knowledge.”
“Wisdom leads us back to childhood.”
Source: The Mind on Fire: Faith for the Skeptical and Indifferent
“Wisdom lies in moderating mere impressions”
Source: Far From the Madding Crowd
“Wisdom lies in recognizing the dangers that lie within us and doing battle with them daily.”
“Wisdom lies in taking everything with good humor and a grain of salt.”
“Wisdom lies in understanding our limitations.”
Source: Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark