Famous Quotes About wisdom

He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich.

There is a trade off - as you grow older you gain wisdom but you lose spontaneity.

One part of wisdom is knowing what you don't need anymore and letting it go.

It may almost be a question whether such wisdom as many of us have in our mature years has not come from the dying out of the power of temptation, rather than as the results of thought and resolution.

The weak have remedies, the wise have joys superior wisdom is superior bliss.

The clouds may drop down titles and estates, and wealth may seek us, but wisdom must be sought.

We all admire the wisdom of people who come to us for advice.

The plan was criticized by some retired military officers embedded in TV studios. But with every advance by our coalition forces, the wisdom of that plan becomes more apparent.

Many people have their reputations as reporters and analysts because they are on television, batting around conventional wisdom. A lot of these people have never reported a story.

Economists often like startling theorems, results which seem to run counter to conventional wisdom.