Wisdom Quotes
The best minds across centuries have wrestled with what it means to be wise. These quotes capture their hard-won insights.
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"Every failure is a lesson wrapped in disappointment."Abraham Kuhn
"The pursuit of perfection blinds us to excellence."Abraham Kuhn
"Knowledge collected without reflection becomes clutter."Abraham Kuhn
"True wealth is the ability to make a positive difference in the world."James B. Duke
"Wealth without purpose is an empty vessel."James B. Duke
"I have learned that failure is often the greatest teacher."James B. Duke
"Wisdom comes from experience and reflection."James B. Duke
"The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your thoughts."James B. Duke
"Wisdom whispers where ambition shouts; listen carefully."Jacob Schiff
"The greatest inheritance is not money, but principles instilled."Jacob Schiff
"The wise man questions his certainties; the fool defends them fiercely."Jacob Schiff
"Understanding your adversary is the first step toward transcending conflict."Jacob Schiff
"The man who listens more than he speaks accumulates wisdom others miss."Jacob Schiff
"To understand what matters is to be freed from what does not."Jacob Schiff
"Great minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, small minds discuss people."George M. Pullman
"What we think, we become."George M. Pullman
"Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small."George M. Pullman
"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes."George M. Pullman
"The measure of intelligence is the ability to change."George M. Pullman
"To know thyself is the beginning of all wisdom."George M. Pullman
"The measure of a person's character is not found in their possessions, but in their principles."Philip Morris
"Wisdom whispers where ambition shouts."Philip Morris
"Wisdom emerges from the collision of experience and reflection."Philip Morris
"The foundation of all wisdom is self-knowledge."Solomon Loeb
"Wisdom whispers; folly shouts."Solomon Loeb
"In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them."William H. McCallum
"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."William H. McCallum
"The mind is everything. What you think, you become."William H. McCallum
"Wisdom comes from experience and reflection."Hugo Münsterberg
"Wisdom knows the limits of knowledge."Hugo Münsterberg