712 private quotes tagged wisdom

“The pessimist complains about the wind the optimist expects it to change the realist adjusts the sails.” — William Arthur Ward

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“God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.” — Reinhold Niebuhr

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“A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.” — Horace

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“Strong characters are brought out by change of situation, and gentle ones by permanence.” — Jean Paul

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“When I was at drama school, I wanted to change the world, and thought I had some great wisdom to impart to people about humanity. Now that I'm older, I know enough to realise that I know nothing at all.” — Michael Sheen

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“And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we're all sweating it - when we're worried that the bill won't pass, and it seems like all is lost - Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward... with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace.” — Michelle Obama

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“I have the responsibility of over four million people, and I am in a position to do good, to be able to bring about a new life for my people, and I will continue to move in that direction. It's a burden, but it needs to be done, and you have to have the courage and wisdom to see it through.” — King Abdullah II

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“Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.” — Baltasar Gracian

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“Wisdom, prudence, forethought, these are essential. But not second to these that noble courage which adventures the right, and leaves the consequences to God.” — Robert Dale Owen

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“Peace is a fragile thing. It takes courage to secure it. It takes wisdom to maintain it.” — Jenny Shipley

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“Courage is always the surest wisdom.” — Wilfred Grenfell

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“During the long process of history, by relying on our own diligence, courage and wisdom, Chinese people have opened up a good and beautiful home where all ethnic groups live in harmony and fostered an excellent culture that never fades.” — Xi Jinping

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“I have no wisdom to share on dating.” — Rachel Dratch

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“It is better to risk starving to death then surrender. If you give up on your dreams, what's left?” — Jim Carrey

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“The wisdom of crowds works when the crowd is choosing the price of an ox, when there's a single numeric average. But if it's a design or something that matters, the decision is made by committee, and that's crap. You want people and groups who are able to think thoughts before they share.” — Jaron Lanier

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“Data is not information, information is not knowledge, knowledge is not understanding, understanding is not wisdom.” — Clifford Stoll

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“For all my education, accomplishments, and so called 'wisdom'... I can't fathom my own heart.” — Michael Caine

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“The Founding Fathers in their wisdom decided that children were an unnatural strain on parents. So they provided jails called schools, equipped with tortures called an education.” — John Updike

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“Education makes us more stupid than the brutes. A thousand voices call to us on every hand, but our ears are stopped with wisdom.” — Jean Giraudoux

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“The wisdom of man never yet contrived a system of taxation that would operate with perfect equality.” — Andrew Jackson

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“Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained.” — Joseph Roux

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“Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.” — Karl Kraus

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“It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.” — John Steinbeck

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“Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.” — Calvin Coolidge

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“Let us be about setting high standards for life, love, creativity, and wisdom. If our expectations in these areas are low, we are not likely to experience wellness. Setting high standards makes every day and every decade worth looking forward to.” — Greg Anderson

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