Wisdom is a valuable tool that can help guide us through life. It’s not just about accumulating knowledge, but also about applying that knowledge to make better decisions and lead a fulfilling life. Here are 50 inspirational quotes about wisdom that can inspire you to cultivate this valuable trait.
1. “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” – Socrates
2. “Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.” – Albert Einstein
3. “The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero
4. “Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.” – Jimi Hendrix
5. “It is not what we get, but what we become that is important.” – Henry David Thoreau
6. “Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.” – Proverbs 4:7
7. “The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.” – Woodrow Wilson
8. “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” – William Butler Yeats
9. “Wisdom comes from experience. Experience is often a result of lack of wisdom.” – Terry Pratchett
10. “Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” – Leonardo da Vinci
11. “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” – Albert Einstein
12. “The wise man does not lay up his own treasures. The more he gives to others, the more he has for his own.” – Lao Tzu
13. “The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.” – William Shakespeare
14. “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” – Abraham Lincoln
15. “The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs
16. “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” – Albert Schweitzer
17. “The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss
18. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt
19. “Life is a journey, and if you fall in love with the journey, you will be in love forever.” – Peter Hagerty
20. “A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.” – Bruce Lee
21. “A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” – John C. Maxwell
22. “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
23. “The best revenge is massive success.” – Frank Sinatra
24. “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Edison
25. “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” – Booker T. Washington
26. “Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Winston Churchill
27. “Change your thoughts and you change your world.” – Norman Vincent Peale
28. “Don’t let yesterday take up too much of today.” – Will Rogers
29. “The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” – Socrates
30. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Nelson Mandela
31. “Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value.” – Albert Einstein
32. “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them.” – John F. Kennedy
33. “In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on.” – Robert Frost
34. “I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.” – Stephen Covey
35. “Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs
36. “When one door of happiness closes, another opens, but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.” – Helen Keller
37. “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
38. “The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.” – Jim Rohn
39. “You can’t build a reputation on what you are going to do.” – Henry Ford
40. “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” – Confucius
41. “Believe in yourself and all that you are. Know that there is something inside you that is greater than any obstacle.” – Christian D. Larson
42. “Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears.” – Les Brown
43. “Success is not how high you have climbed, but how you make a positive difference to the world.” – Roy T. Bennett
44. “Don’t let the fear of losing be greater than the excitement of winning.” – Robert Kiyosaki
45. “The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” – Dalai Lama
46. “The true test of leadership is how well you function in a crisis.” – Brian Tracy
47. “Make each day your masterpiece.” – John Wooden
48. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
49. “Life is a succession of lessons which must be lived to be understood.” – Helen Keller
50. “The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt
These 50 inspirational quotes show us the importance of wisdom and how it can guide us to lead a fulfilling life. From learning from past failures to believing in ourselves, cultivating wisdom is a lifelong journey that can lead to great success and happiness. Remember, the greatest wisdom of all is to never stop seeking it.
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