Wisdom Quotes

"Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything."

- Wyatt Earp

"It’s not dying I’m talking about, it’s living."

- Gus McCrae, Lonesome Dove

"I never trust a man who talks too much."

- Wyatt Earp

"The older I get, the more I see the cowboy way is the only way."

- Clint Eastwood

"Talk low, talk slow, and don’t talk too much."

- John Wayne

"It is a wise father that knows his own child."

- William Shakespeare

"I believe that what we become depends on what our fathers teach us at odd moments, when they aren’t trying to teach us. We are formed by little scraps of wisdom."

- Umberto Eco

"The great man is he who does not lose his child's heart."

- Mencius

"Life doesn’t come with an instruction book — that’s why we have fathers."

- H. Jackson Browne Jr.

"Sorrow makes us all children again — destroys all differences of intellect. The wisest know nothing."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Old people are so wise. They’re like tall Yodas"

- Jamie

"When the student is ready, the teacher will appear. When the student is truly ready, the teacher will disappear."

- Chinese philosopher, Laozi

"You know how they say that ‘youth is wasted on the young’? Well, I say don’t let the wisdom of age be wasted on you."

- Ted

"To stand at the edge of the sea, to sense the ebb and flow of the tides, to feel the breath of a mist moving over a great salt marsh, is to have knowledge of things that are as nearly eternal as any earthly life can be."

- Rachel Carson

"Don’t play games that you don’t understand, even if you see lots of other people making money from them."

- Tony Hsieh

"The easiest way to eat crow is while it’s still warm. The colder it gets, the harder it is to swaller."

"If it don’t seem like it’s worth the effort, it probably ain’t."

"Never ask a barber if you need a haircut."

"Always drink upstream from the herd."

"Tellin’ a man to git lost and makin’ him do it are two entirely different propositions."

"Lettin’ the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin’ it back."

"The quickest way to double your money is to fold it over and put it back into your pocket."

"If lawyers are disbarred and clergymen are defrocked, shouldn’t it follow that cowboys would be deranged?"

"Always remember: speak slow, ride fast, and don’t trip over your spurs."

"The only thing faster than a horse is gossip in a small town."

"This town ain’t big enough for the two of us."

"Every cowboy’s story starts with a little dust and a lot of grit."

"Leave a little dirt wherever you go."

"A father’s influence lasts a lifetime, and the lessons he teaches become the compass for his son."

"Life is like a cup of tea, it's all in how you make it."