Quotes about Wisdom
Poetry is the first and last of all knowledge - it is as immortal as the heart of man.
- William Wordsworth
The child is father of the man: And I could wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural piety.
- William Wordsworth
Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future.
- William Wordsworth
Imagination, which in truth Is but another name for absolute power And clearest insight, amplitude of mind, And reason, in her most exalted mood.
- William Wordsworth
Oh, be wise, thou! Instructed that true knowledge leads to love.
- William Wordsworth
For I am a bear of very little brain, and big words bother me.
- Winnie the Pooh
You can always count on Americans to do the right thing - after they've tried everything else.
- Winston Churchill
When I was younger I made it a rule never to take a strong drink before lunch. It is now my rule never to do so before breakfast.
- Winston Churchill
We occasionally stumble over the truth but most of us pick ourselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened.
- Winston Churchill
One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.
- Woodrow Wilson
We should not only use all the brains we have but all that we can borrow.
- Woodrow Wilson
He is not a true man of the world who knows only the present fashions of it.
- Woodrow Wilson