Inner Wisdom Quotes

Quotes on Wisdom

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
- Aesop
The more you know yourself, the more you forgive yourself.
- Confucius
If a man going down into a river, swollen and swiftly flowing, is carried away by the current — how can he help others across? – The Buddha
- The Buddha
Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.
- H. Jackson Brown Jr.
You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor without having victims.
- Harriet Woods
It is time to remember that old wisdom our soldiers will never forget: that whether we are black or brown or white, we all bleed the same red blood of patriots, we all enjoy the same glorious freedoms, and we all salute the same great American Flag.
- Donald Trump
Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.
- Anatole France
Wise men make more opportunities than they find.
- Francis Bacon
Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The final wisdom of life requires not the annulment of incongruity but the achievement of serenity within and above it.
- Reinhold Niebuhr