Wisdom Quotes

"First, find your place in the sun, and then avoid sunstroke."

- Tamerlan Kuzgov

"All judgment is relative. It may be right today and wrong tomorrow. The only thing that makes it truly right is the desire to have it constantly moving in the right direction."

- Frances Perkins

"Stop taking flying lessons from people that have never left the ground."

- Chelsie Diane

"Kids don't stay with you if you do it right. It's the one job where, the better you are, the more surely you won't be needed in the long run."

- Barbara Kingsolver

"Art knows no national boundaries. Genius can speak at any time, and the entire world will hear it and listen"

- John F. Kennedy

"A nation reveals itself not only by the men it produces but also by the men it honors, the men it remembers"

- John F. Kennedy

"And we must face the fact that the United States is neither omnipotent or omniscient - that we are only six percent of the world's population - that we cannot impose our will upon the other ninety-four percent of mankind - that we cannot right every wrong or reverse each adversity - and that therefore there cannot be an American solution to every world problem"

- John F. Kennedy

"I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone"

- John F. Kennedy

"The lotus is the most beautiful flower, whose petals open one by one. But it will only grow in the mud. In order to grow and gain wisdom, first you must have the mud — the obstacles of life and its suffering. … The mud speaks of the common ground that humans share, no matter what our stations in life. … Whether we have it all or we have nothing, we are all faced with the same obstacles: sadness, loss, illness, dying and death. If we are to strive as human beings to gain more wisdom, more kindness and more compassion, we must have the intention to grow as a lotus and open each petal one by one."

- Goldie Hawn

"The most important thing to do if you find yourself in a hole is to stop digging."

- Warren Buffett

"Too often we hold fast to the clichés of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations. We enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought"

- John F. Kennedy

"The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining"

- John F. Kennedy

"If more politicians knew poetry, and more poets knew politics, I am convinced the world would be a little better place in which to live"

- John F. Kennedy

"I'm an idealist without illusions"

- John F. Kennedy

"Man is still the most extraordinary computer of all"

- John F. Kennedy

"Maybe Christmas doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more."

- Dr. Seuss

"Before judging a man, walk one mile in his shoes. After that who cares? He's a mile away and you've got his shoes!"

- Billy Connolly

"I am so clever, sometimes I don't understand a word of what I'm saying."

- Oscar Wilde

"Your life is not a simulation; it's the real game. Play wisely."

- Richelle Goodrich

"A known enemy is already half disarmed."

- Louis Pasteur

"Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful."

- George Box

"Age is of no importance unless you're a cheese."

- Billie Burke

"I'm not old enough to know everything."

- Oscar Wilde

"The past shouldn't be feared, for it guides our future."

- Moana

"You never know which experiences of life are going to be of value . . . You've got to leave yourself open to the hidden opportunities."

- Robin Roberts

"Own only what you can always carry with you: know languages, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag."

- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

"It is not fit that every man should travel; it makes a wise man better, and a fool worse."

- William Hazlitt

"The walls we build around us to keep sadness out also keep out the joy."

- Jim Rohn

"Have no fear of perfection, you'll never reach it"

- Salvador Dali

"I avoid that bleak first hour of the working day during which my still sluggish senses and body make every chore a penance. I find that in arriving later, the work which I do perform is of a much higher quality."

- John Kennedy Toole