Inner Wisdom Quotes

Quotes on Wisdom

A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.
- Robert Frost
Robert Frost Wisdom
The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove oneself a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.
- Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne Wisdom
A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
- Laozi
Laozi Wisdom
In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by.
- Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball Wisdom
It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.
- Epictetus
Epictetus Wisdom
O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive!
- Walter Scott
Walter Scott Wisdom
I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done.
- Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball Wisdom
The word philosophy sounds high-minded, but it simply means the love of wisdom. If you love something, you don't just read about it; you hug it, you mess with it, you play with it, you argue with it.
- Hugh Jackman
Hugh Jackman Wisdom
Keep me away from the wisdom which does not cry, the philosophy which does not laugh and the greatness which does not bow before children.
- Kahlil Gibran
Kahlil Gibran Wisdom
You should ignore that person’s impure behavior by way of speech and body, and focus on the fact that they get an openness and clarity of heart from time to time. That’s how to get rid of resentment for that person.
- The Buddha
The Buddha Wisdom