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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"Sometimes you just need to take a step back and look at things with fresh eyes."Madonna
"I've learned that every day you must take the good with the bad with a smile."Aretha Franklin
"Life teaches you lessons if you're willing to listen."Aretha Franklin
"I've always trusted my instincts and intuition."Aretha Franklin
"The Colonel was a very clever man."Elvis Presley
"I try to live my life with honor and integrity."Elvis Presley
"The best things in life are free."Elvis Presley
"Life is a journey, not a destination."Elvis Presley
"Dear Prudence"The Beatles
"Not a second time"The Beatles
"I think it's important to have a sense of irony in everything you do."David Bowie
"Wisdom comes from experience, and experience comes from making mistakes."David Bowie
"Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens."Jimi Hendrix
"Watch out for those things, those people, these whatever you want to call 'em."Jimi Hendrix
"Silence speaks the loudest sometimes."Jimi Hendrix
"I'm interested in other people's thoughts, but I trust my own instincts."Jimi Hendrix
"Words are seeds; plant them carefully."Jimi Hendrix
"Fame is a fickle thing."Elvis Presley
"The worst mistakes I've made are when I didn't listen to my heart."Elvis Presley
"The best things in life are free."Elvis Presley
"Life is a journey, not a destination."Elvis Presley
"A wise man doesn't give the right answer, he poses the right question."Duke Ellington
"The wise have always learnt something from those beneath them."Duke Ellington
"There are two kinds of worries - those you can do something about and those you can't."Duke Ellington
"Feeling has never failed me, only thinking has."Duke Ellington
"Never waste a good mistake - learn from it."Duke Ellington
"You can't make the same mistake twice, the second time you make it, it's a choice."Duke Ellington
"We have two ears and one mouth so that we listen twice as much as we talk"Louis Armstrong
"The great fact about getting older is that you don't need to behave like you're young anymore"Louis Armstrong
"Man, if you have to ask what it is, you're never going to know"Louis Armstrong