Wisdom Quotes

"It is not the walls that make a city dangerous, it is the people inside."

"Wisdom comes from experience and reflection."

"Take the time to figure out what breaks your heart. That's what you're supposed to do something about."

"Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even our troubles."

"We think too much and feel too little."

"Simplicity is the highest form of sophistication."

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

"Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are."

"I don't have time for superficial people."

"I've never fooled anyone. I've let people fool themselves."

"A wise girl kisses but never tells."

"Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names."

"The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining."

"Too often we hold fast to the cliches of our forebears. We subject all facts to a prefabricated set of interpretations."

"Nothing is easier than self-deception, for what each man wishes to be true he generally believes to be true."

"Civilization requires the energy of the young and the experience of the mature."

"The system of checks and balances which was created was the finest system ever created."

"Our ultimate security lies not in weapons of war but in economic growth, political freedom and the creative energies of free men and women."

"To know our leaders is to know our future."

"We must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt."

"When written in Chinese, the word opportunity is composed of two characters, one danger and one chance."

"The world has enough for everyone's need, but not everyone's greed."

"Elegance is not being noticed; it's being remembered."

"The greatest treasures are invisible and impalpable."

"In Hollywood there are two kinds of failure: early failure and late failure."

"To give a man a fish is to sustain him for a day; to teach a man to fish is to sustain him for life."

"You can't rely on how you look to sustain you."

"Recession is when a neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours."

"To know the great transcendent fact of existence is to know wisdom."

"I've often said there's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse."