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Words of Wisdom From the Best Minds

Powerful Wisdom Words About Life

Wisdom Words are a great way to improve your life. They can help you overcome fear, be confident and enjoy life more. After all, life is meant to be lived and not merely endured. Luckily, many wise people have gone before us and had more experience than you do. These people were willing to share their life wisdom and experience. Read on for their wisdom quotes and life tips. You might even find a few that you can apply to your own life.

To achieve wisdom, strive to learn as much as you can, even when it takes time and effort. You have to acknowledge that you are not an expert in all things and make an honest effort to learn from your mistakes. Kurt Vonnegut Jr. once said that knowledge without wisdom is useless, but hard work without wisdom is unthinkable. Therefore, you must be able to distinguish between fact and wisdom. It's important to understand the difference between these two, since they can teach you valuable lessons.

Wisdom is the ability to identify and understand a situation in order to find the solutions. Wisdom comes in different forms, and there are many ways to achieve it. Abraham Lincoln said to find a friend before you need one. Similarly, Naval Ravikant said to never hurt someone without asking for help. Regardless of your age, love can protect you from loneliness, and aging cannot keep you from love. So, what is the secret to finding love? The most valuable thing in life is love.

Graduation graduations are an exciting time. You can commemorate this occasion with graduation quotes. You can use sentimental messages or short, sweet quotes. Just make sure to keep it short and sweet. A short graduation speech can be an excellent way to celebrate the event. And, as long as you find a graduation quote that suits the occasion, you'll have a great graduation. You won't regret it. The sentiments will remain long after the celebration is over.

Wisdom is the ability to find peace within yourself. Without it, you can't truly be happy. The secret is to seek inner peace, not external ones. You must know yourself better than you know anyone else. If you don't understand yourself, you'll be more likely to blame others and revert back to your old ways. Instead, learn to appreciate the wisdom that you already have. It will take you far. Wisdom is the ability to understand one's self and others, so invest in learning about yourself.


Words should be weighed, not counted. Yiddish proverb

  •  Words should be weighed, not counted. Yiddish proverb
Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two. John Cheever

  • Wisdom is the knowledge of good and evil, not the strength to choose between the two. John Cheever
Innocence dwells with wisdom, but never with ignorance.

  • Innocence dwells with wisdom, but never with ignorance. 
Wisdom is seeing wounds and obstacles as blessings. Maxime Lagacé

  • Wisdom is seeing wounds and obstacles as blessings. Maxime Lagacé
Wisdom is knowing what to ignore. Shane Parrish

  • Wisdom is knowing what to ignore. Shane Parrish
Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them. Gabriel Marcel

  • Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them. Gabriel Marcel
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Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun. Franz Grillparzer

  • Genius unrefined resembles a flash of lightning, but wisdom is like the sun. Franz Grillparzer 
The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil. Marcus Tullius Cicero

  • The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil. Marcus Tullius Cicero
Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester. Francis Quarles

  • Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester. Francis Quarles
Cleverness is like a lens with a very sharp focus. Wisdom is more like a wide-angle lens. Edward de Bono

  • Cleverness is like a lens with a very sharp focus. Wisdom is more like a wide-angle lens. Edward de Bono
If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

  • If you succeed in judging yourself rightly, then you are indeed a man of true wisdom. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
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The best words of wisdom will create confusion, action, understanding and ultimately, peace. Maxime Lagacé

  • The best words of wisdom will create confusion, action, understanding and ultimately, peace. Maxime Lagacé
The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world. Democritus

  • The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world. Democritus
Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom. Terry Pratchett

  • Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom. Terry Pratchett
I would rather be a man of paradoxes than a man of prejudices. Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  • I would rather be a man of paradoxes than a man of prejudices. Jean-Jacques Rousseau
The wise are those who know the Self. Sri Sathya Sai Baba

  • The wise are those who know the Self. Sri Sathya Sai Baba
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Wisdom outweighs any wealth. Sophocles

  • Wisdom outweighs any wealth. Sophocles
Wisdom begins in wonder. Socrates

  • Wisdom begins in wonder. Socrates
Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one’s being. Orison Swett Marden

  • Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one’s being. Orison Swett Marden
No man was ever wise by chance. Seneca

  • No man was ever wise by chance. Seneca
I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom. Anatole France

  • I prefer the folly of enthusiasm to the indifference of wisdom. Anatole France 
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Pain is the doorway to wisdom and to truth. Keith Miller

  • Pain is the doorway to wisdom and to truth. Keith Miller
The wisest of the wise may err. Aeschylus

  • The wisest of the wise may err. Aeschylus
Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another. Juvenal

  • Never does nature say one thing and wisdom another. Juvenal
Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has. Josh Billings

  • Wisdom has never made a bigot, but learning has. Josh Billings
Wisdom comes by disillusionment. George Santayana

  • Wisdom comes by disillusionment. George Santayana
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One principle eliminates a thousand decisions. Johnny Uzan

  • One principle eliminates a thousand decisions. Johnny Uzan
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. Alfred Lord Tennyson

  • Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. Alfred Lord Tennyson
Don’t try to become, let go of who you’re not. Maxime Lagacé

  • Don’t try to become, let go of who you’re not. Maxime Lagacé
The more you know the less you say. Sahil Lavingia

  • The more you know the less you say. Sahil Lavingia
Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows. Alfred North Whitehead

  • Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows. Alfred North Whitehead
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If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise. William Blake

  • If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise. William Blake
True wisdom is remembering that in the end, no matter what, everything will be fine.

  • True wisdom is remembering that in the end, no matter what, everything will be fine.
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool. Anatole France

  • The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool. Anatole France
Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next. Herbert Hoover

  • Wisdom consists not so much in knowing what to do in the ultimate as knowing what to do next. Herbert Hoover
Men who know themselves are no longer fools. They stand on the threshold of the door of wisdom. Havelock Ellis

  • Men who know themselves are no longer fools. They stand on the threshold of the door of wisdom. Havelock Ellis
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The day you plant the seed is not the day you eat the fruit. Paulo Coelho

  • The day you plant the seed is not the day you eat the fruit. Paulo Coelho 
One part of wisdom is knowing what you don’t need anymore and letting it go. Jane Fonda

  • One part of wisdom is knowing what you don’t need anymore and letting it go. Jane Fonda
He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin. Horace

  • He who would begun has half done. Dare to be wise; begin. Horace
Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself. Horace

  • Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself. Horace
Do now what your future you will thank you for. Maxime Lagacé

  • Do now what your future you will thank you for. Maxime Lagacé
He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book. Benjamin Franklin

  • He that composes himself is wiser than he that composes a book. Benjamin Franklin
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Much wisdom often goes with fewest words. Sophocles

  • Much wisdom often goes with fewest words. Sophocles 
Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions. Gerald Brenan

  • Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions. Gerald Brenan
The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing. Epictetus

  • The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing. Epictetus
Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences. Norman Cousins

  • Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences. Norman Cousins
Wisdom is knowing when you can’t be wise. Paul Engle

  • Wisdom is knowing when you can’t be wise. Paul Engle
Wisdom and deep intelligence require an honest appreciation of mystery. Thomas Moore

  • Wisdom and deep intelligence require an honest appreciation of mystery. Thomas Moore
Maturity is when you stop being surprised by anything. Wisdom is when you start again. Maxime Lagacé

  • Maturity is when you stop being surprised by anything. Wisdom is when you start again. Maxime Lagacé
The wise know they are fools. Fools think they are wise. Maxime Lagacé

  • The wise know they are fools. Fools think they are wise. Maxime Lagacé
The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one. Honoré de Balzac


  • The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom; to serve all, but love only one. Honoré de Balzac
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Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. Aristotle

  • Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all. Aristotle
We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us. Marcel Proust

  • We don’t receive wisdom; we must discover it for ourselves after a journey that no one can take for us or spare us. Marcel Proust

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