SparkPeople: Wisdom Quotes

“Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.”  See Quote with Translation

“The education of a man is never completed until he dies.”  See Quote with Translation

“Words can sting like anything. But silence breaks the heart.”  See Quote with Translation

“Now the flowers in your garden, they don't smell so sweet. Maybe you've forgotten the heaven lying at your feet.”  See Quote with Translation

“Wisdom doesn�t necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.”  See Quote with Translation

“If you think twice before speaking once, you will speak twice the better for it.”  See Quote with Translation

“Bad habits are like a comfortable bed, easy to get into, but hard to get out of.”  See Quote with Translation

“Words of wisdom should be ways of wisdom.”  See Quote with Translation

“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.”  See Quote with Translation

“Listen to all, plucking a feather from every passing goose, but follow no one absolutely.”  See Quote with Translation

“Wisdom has two parts: 1)-Having a lot to say. 2)-Not saying it.”  See Quote with Translation

“The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.”  See Quote with Translation

“Wise is he who collects the wisdom of others.”  See Quote with Translation

“To swear off mistakes is very easy.� All you have to do is swear off having ideas.”  See Quote with Translation

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great ones make you feel that you, too can become great.”  See Quote with Translation

“Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The key word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for.”  See Quote with Translation

“Concentration is the ability to think about absolutely nothing when it is absolutely necessary.”  See Quote with Translation

“The most wasted day of all is that during which we have not laughed.”  See Quote with Translation

“There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”  See Quote with Translation

“Vacation is what you take when you can't take what you've been taking any longer.”  See Quote with Translation

“Our lives are a sum total of the choices we have made.”  See Quote with Translation