Wisdom Quotes

"The greatest generals I knew were not the most aggressive, but the most thoughtful."

"Strategy without compassion is merely the art of destruction."

"The most dangerous enemy is the one you fail to understand."

"Wisdom arrives too late for those who refuse to listen."

"Compromise is not weakness; it is the art of progress."

"Real wisdom understands that not all problems have solutions—some require acceptance."

"Farming looks mighty easy when your plow is a pencil and you're a thousand miles from the cornfield."

"In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable."

"The very, very best leadership advice I ever received was from my father, who always said to me: 'Ike, make friends before you make enemies.'"

"The question is not whether we can afford to spend money for such purposes. The question is whether we can afford not to."

"Nothing is easy in war. Mistakes are bound to happen."

"We cannot solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."

"Accept everything about yourself - I mean everything. You are you and that is the beginning of all wisdom."

"Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up."

"It is as much a mistake to overestimate the good in people as it is to underestimate their evil."

"Pain is a funny thing. It makes a man think afresh when it is not necessary."

"Strong resistance indicates an important objective."

"Untutored courage is useless in the face of educated bullets."

"You pray for rain, you gotta deal with the mud too."

"Set your course by the stars, not by the lights of every passing ship."

"The difficult problems in life always start out as simple ones that nobody paid attention to."

"The soldier who fears nothing is a fool; the soldier who fears wisely is a hero."

"Wisdom is knowing when to fight and when to seek peace."

"The real enemy is not always the one across the battlefield, but indifference at home."

"The paradox of strength is that it is most powerful when used with restraint."

"In the end, wars are won or lost in the hearts of the people, not on the battlefield."

"Character is far more important than intellect in the long run of human affairs."

"Wisdom comes not from years alone, but from reflection on experience."

"The best strategy is often the simplest one, clearly executed."

"The ability to admit error is the mark of a secure leader."