Wisdom Quotes

"If we love wealth better than liberty, we shall lose both."

"There are some situations which require the greatest wisdom to manage properly."

"Believe not those who promise you freedom through the restriction of liberty."

"A wise man will give a liberal answer to a liberal question."

"Reflection and choice will be the characteristics of our new government."

"Tell the truth about your adversaries; it will be more effective than any exaggeration."

"Ambition without principle is like a ship without a rudder."

"In the quiet moments before action, one must steel the mind and steady the heart."

"I have known men broken by wealth and others enriched by poverty—character determines the difference."

"Those who would trade freedom for security deserve neither and will lose both."

"In my years, I have learned that wisdom often wears the disguise of common sense."

"The pursuit of happiness is secondary to the pursuit of meaning."

"The night sky has no color, yet it illuminates more truths than any daylight ever could."

"A man who builds his life on the approval of others builds on sand."

"I have learned that the greatest victories are often won before the first blow is struck."

"A nation's true wealth lies not in its gold but in the character of its citizens."

"I have learned that the most powerful words are often those spoken softly but with absolute conviction."

"He who is void of prudent care has long been near his ruin."

"Men of little understanding are more apt to be positive and dogmatical than those of greater capacity."

"The words of wise men should guide our actions, not constrain our thoughts."

"Rational men yield to reason; tyrants bend to force."

"A wise man learns from the errors of others; a fool repeats them endlessly."

"Wisdom lies in understanding that freedom is never permanently secure."

"Reason and justice are the compass by which we must navigate."

"Ambition untempered by principle leads nations to ruin and ruin to rage."

"It is impossible for any nation to reason itself out of a problem it has reasoned itself into."

"Happily the Constitution itself is to be tested and tried by its fruits."

"A change in the Constitution is neither easy nor wise in cases not clearly within its scope."

"To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people is a chimerical idea."

"Wisdom is to be gathered from every source that can contribute to our knowledge."