Quotes about Wisdom
If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.
— Joseph Addison
I am content in my later years. I have kept my good humor and take neither myself nor the next person seriously.
— Albert Einstein
Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as strong to think.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The most important thing is to not stop questioning.
— Albert Einstein
As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.
— Benjamin Disraeli
Greatness lies not in being strong, but in the right use of strength.
— Henry Ward Beecher
The past sharpens perspective, warns against pitfalls, and helps to point the way.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
The successful person places more attention on doing the right thing rather than doing things right.
— Peter Drucker
The awareness of the ambiguity of one's highest achievements, as well as one's deepest failures is a definite symptom of maturity.
— Paul Tillich
If you cannot explain it simply, you do not understand it enough.
— Albert Einstein
We've all heard that we have to learn from our mistakes, but I think it's more important to learn from successes. If you learn only from your mistakes, you are inclined to learn only errors.
— Norman Vincent Peale
Never try to be better than someone else. Learn from others, and try to be the best you can be. Success is the by-product of that preparation.
— John Wooden