Wisdom Quotes

"There is surely no greater wisdom than well to time the beginnings and endings of things."

- Francis Bacon

""Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won’t expect it back.""

- Oscar Wilde

""The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.""

- Andy Rooney

""The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us.""

- Bill Watterson

""A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don’t need it.""

- Bob Hope

""You must pay for your sins. If you have already paid, please ignore this notice.""

- Sam Levenson

""Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.""

- William James

""A man who correctly guesses a woman’s age may be smart, but he’s not very bright.""

- Lucille Ball

""Women will never be as successful as men because they have no wives to advise them.""

- Dick van Dyke

""Never follow anyone else’s path, unless you’re in the woods and you’re lost.""

- Ellen DeGeneres

"He that breaks a thing to find out what it is, has left the path of wisdom."

- Gandalf

"Elves and Dragons! Cabbages and potatoes are better for me and you. Don't go getting mixed up in the business of your betters, or you'll land in trouble too big for you."

- J.R.R. Tolkien

"Often does hatred hurt itself!"

- J.R.R. Tolkien

"The best tunes are played on the oldest fiddles."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Gravity and wrinkles are fine with me. They’re a small price to pay for the new wisdom inside my head and my heart."

- Drew Barrymore

"God has given me an enormous compensation: my mind is richer my Soul is broader and my wisdom is at a peak. I am so happy with the riches of my advanced peak age that, contrary to Faust, I would not wish to return to youth."

- Robert Muller

"To understand the soul of a horse is the closest human beings can come to knowing perfection."

- Author Unknown

"A horse can lend its rider the speed and strength he or she lacks – but the rider who is wise remembers it is no more than a loan."

- Pam Brown

"Whoever said a horse was dumb, was dumb."

- Will Rogers

"Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people."

- W.C. Fields

"Horses and children, I often think, have a lot of the good sense there is in the world."

- Josephine Demott Robinson

"You know horses are smarter than people. You never heard of a horse going broke betting on people."

- Will Rogers

"The future is never easy. Use what you learned in the past as a guide."

""When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember that the Fire Department usually uses water.""

""Some people are like clouds: when they disappear, it’s a beautiful day.""

"The wisdom of hummingbirds: energy is precious, spend it on what you love"

"Nature whispers secrets, and the hummingbird carries their truths in its song"

"In the dance of the hummingbird, life’s most profound secrets are revealed"

"Nature whispers its truths through the humming of their wings"

"Wisdom often comes in small packages, like the whispers of hummingbird wings"