Quotes about Wisdom

A college degree does not lessen the length of your ears; it only conceals it.

That is the one eternal education: to be sure enough that something is true that you dare to tell it to a child.

It's only through listening that you learn, and I never want to stop learning.

For me, 'rich' isn't having lots of money; rich is having loads of things in your head.

When I was a kid, I got really great advice from someone who is so important to me and someone who I respect so much, and they told me, 'Don't do too many endorsements. Don't throw your name on things; think of your longevity.'

When it comes to making decisions, I'm not what you'd call a numbers guy.

Here are two things I found taking the long road, though: Applause is a quick fix. And love is an acquired taste.

The real voice is stiller and smaller and seems to know, without confusion, the difference between right and wrong and the subtle delineation between the beautiful and profane. It's not an agitated voice, but ever patient as though it approves a million false starts. The voice I am talking about is a deep water of calming wisdom.

We learn because in doing so we experience something like the pleasure God felt in the act of creation. We discover his handiworks with him.

I made a single decision early on. I decided I wouldn't judge my kids. No matter what they told me, I wouldn't judge them. I might have to discipline them, but I wouldn't make them feel like lesser people for their mistakes. And because of that, they learned to trust me with their deepest thoughts... We taught them the basics early. But the older they got, the more I listened without judgment as they figured out how to apply wisdom in their own lives. And they've turned out well.

What I mean is, if we aren't learning, we are forgetting, if we aren't getting smart, we are becoming dull. The latest statistic is that the average American watches 1,456 hours of television a year but only reads three books. So if it's true that readers are leaders, and the more you read the further you advance, then there isn't a lot of competition.

The strategy she recommends to her clients is simple: when giving a speech, position yourself as Yoda and your audience as Luke Skywalker