Wisdom Quotes

"A good speech should be like a woman's skirt; long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest." "It is a mistake to try to look too far ahead. The chain of destiny can only be grasped one link at a time." "Sometimes you will never know the value of something until it becomes a memory." "Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom." "Anybody can become angry — that is easy, but to be angry with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the right purpose, and in the right way — that is not within everybody's power and is not easy." "To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man." "One filled with the joy preaches without preaching." "I do not pray for success; I ask for faithfulness." "Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies." "I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear." "Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred." "We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools." "It's fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure." "Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator." "Speak the truth, do not yield to anger give, if thou art asked for little by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods." "Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it." "The superior man understands what is right the inferior man understands what will sell." "Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change." "They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom." "Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men."