Wisdom Quotes

"To be a CPA is to be a keeper of financial wisdom."

- Michael Carter

"The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity – unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity."

- Henry Clay

"The Constitution of the United States was made not merely for the generation that then existed, but for posterity — unlimited, undefined, endless, perpetual posterity."

- Henry Clay

"He who does not travel does not know the value of men."

- Moorish proverb

"Meditation brings wisdom; lack of meditation leaves ignorance. Know well what leads you forward and what holds you back, and choose the path that leads to wisdom."

- Buddha

"Wisdom is knowing I am nothing. Love is knowing I am everything. And in between the two, my life moves."

- Nisargadatta Maharaj

""Travel makes a wise man better, and a fool worse.""

- Thomas Fuller

"Memory is the treasure house of the mind wherein the monuments thereof are kept and preserved."

- Thomas Fuller

"Observation is an old man’s memory."

- Jonathan Swift

"A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness."

- Elbert Hubbard

"Memory is the mother of all wisdom."

- Aeschylus

"Memory is the only paradise from which we cannot be driven."

- Jean Paul

"Memory is the scribe of the soul."

- Aristotle

"Memory is the treasure of the mind."

- English Proverb

"The great secret of power is never to will to do more than you can accomplish."

- Henrik Ibsen

"Grandfathers know a lot. I know this because I am a grandfather and I feel like I know a lot of things, and frankly I’m rarely wrong."

- Blaine Pardoe

"Money is a terrible master but an excellent servant."

- P.T. Barnum

"Don't Gain The World & Lose Your Soul, Wisdom Is Better Than Silver Or Gold."

- Bob Marley

"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens."

- Jimi Hendrix

"Indeed, I am Allah! There is no deity except Me, so worship Me and establish prayer for My remembrance."

- Quran

"Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength."

- Phil Jackson

"Always rise to an early meal, but eat your fill before a feast. If you’re hungry you have no time to talk at the table."

- The Havamal

"Moderately wise a man should be not too crafty or clever. A learned man’s heart whose learning is deep seldom sings with joy."

- The Havamal

"Cattle die kinsmen die all men are mortal. Words of praise will never perish nor a noble name."

- The Havamal

"Classic’ – a book which people praise and don’t read."

- Mark Twain

"We are of opinion that instead of letting books grow moldy behind an iron grating, far from the vulgar gaze, it is better to let them wear out by being read."

- Jules Verne

"Books serve to show a man that those original thoughts of his aren’t very new after all."

- Abraham Lincoln

"Fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom."

"A grandfather has the wisdom of long experience and the love of an understanding heart."

"His command is only when He intends a thing that He says to it, ‘Be’, and it is."