Wisdom Quotes

"The wise woman builds her house, but with her own hands the foolish one tears hers down."

- Proverbs 14:1

"Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord."

- Proverbs 19:14

"What we need to learn from children isn't childish. Being with them connects us to the deep wisdom of life, which is everpresent and only asks to be lived. Now, when the world is so confused and its problems so complicated, I feel we need our children more than ever. Their natural wisdom points the way to solutions that lie, waitingto be recognized, within our own hearts."

- Michael Jackson

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

- John Wayne

"A man deserves a second chance, but keep an eye on him."

- John Wayne

"Thanking people is dangerous business. A name always slips your mind."

- John Wayne

"Experts are the ones who think they know everything. Geniuses are the ones who know they don’t."

- Simon Sinek

"Wisdom comes from reflection."

- Deborah Day

"The first rule of going on the run is: walk, don't run."

- Black Widow

"You have the right to remain silent!"

- Spiderman

"When you lose, say little. When you win, say less."

- Matt Hughes

"The goal is to reflect calmly about all the facts, and to make a decision when the timing is right. That timing is very individual."

- Georges St-Pierre

"My mom calls me an older soul because, growing up, she taught me stuff real early. Now I spend most of my time chasing wisdom, chasing understanding."

- Ray Lewis

"I’m older, of course I’m older, that’s the beauty of it. Sixteen years plus. Different level of wisdom, different level of understanding, different level of punishment. I want to live loooong after my records have fallen, long after my rings have tarnished."

- Ray Lewis

"Outside of these doors, it is the real world. Someone tries to get you to do something wrong, run."

- Ray Lewis

"I have great respect for the past. If you don't know where you've come from, you don't know where you're going. I have respect for the past, but I'm a person of the moment. I'm here, and I do my best to be completely centered at the place I'm at, then I go forward to the next place."

- Maya Angelou

"A wise woman wishes to be no one's enemy; a wise woman refuses to be anyone's victim."

- Maya Angelou

"We are braver and wiser because they existed, those strong women and strong men... We are who we are because they were who they were. It's wise to know where you come from, who called your name."

- Maya Angelou

"Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it."

- Proverbs 4:23

"Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time."

- Theodore Roosevelt

"Only Fools Argue"

"The reason God gave us one mouth two ears, for us to listen more talk less"

"It's what you learn after you know it all that counts."

"A wise man changes his mind. A fool won't."

"Wisdom has two parts: having a lot to say, and not saying it."

"Wisdom is seeing from God's perspective."

"Real knowledge is knowing the extent of one's ignorance."

"Silence is often misinterpreted, but never misquoted."

"Knowledge speaks. Wisdom listens."

"Listen to God before you speak for God."