Wisdom Quotes

"Delay is preferable to error."

"Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience."

"We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience."

"Take this rule for your guidance: Desire nothing for yourself which you do not desire for others."

"All would be lost if the country should be so unfortunate as to have its councils directed by men of little political experience."

"It has always been a maxim with me through life, never to have denied myself anything that my circumstances would permit, as to expense."

"There is no greater mark of wisdom and prudence than to know when to refrain."

"Speak seldom, but to important subjects, except when duty requires."

"The true woman is as yet a lost creation."

"Man cannot feel what he does not understand."

"It is impossible to take away from man a single right without diminishing his manhood."

"In my estimation, the judgment of those who condemn the right of woman to vote is the judgment of ignorance."

"Well, children, where there is so much racket there must be something out of kilter."

"I have never heard anybody in all my life before speak the words I have been hearing."

"I feel strength in my soul and wisdom too."

"I feel I have been a keen observer of the times in which I have lived."

"I have lived a long life and learned many lessons."

"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing."

"The worst poverty is ignorance; the greatest wealth is knowledge."

"A slip of the foot you may soon recover, but a slip of the tongue you may never get over."

"Vain men delight in their dress; wise men in their conduct."

"If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins."

"Silence is sometimes an argument of consent."

"Tell me, I forget. Show me, I may remember. Involve me, I understand."

"The superior man considers always the consequences."

"Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any power: now."

"Beware that you are not made the tool of designing men."

"A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying he is wiser today than yesterday."

"The Constitution should never be construed to authorize what common sense forbids."

"The most virtuous people are frequently the most misunderstood by their contemporaries."