Wisdom Quotes

"You've got to be very careful if you don't know where you're going, because you might end up someplace else."

"The most important thing is to go to bed every night with no regrets."

"I've learned that nobody's life is perfect. We all have crosses to bear."

"I'm too old to do things I don't want to do."

"The one thing I've learned is that you can't take anything for granted."

"The secret to a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending, then have the two as close together as possible."

"When we're young, we all think our fathers are fools. It is not until we are older that we discover how wise they were."

"When you realize you've made a mistake, make amends and move forward."

"I've learned more from my mistakes than from my successes."

"The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast."

"Once you accept the universe as matter expanding into nothing that is something, wearing stripes with plaid comes easy."

"The most important thing in an argument is not being right, it's understanding why you're both wrong."

"The difference between a rut and a grave is only the depth."

"The secret of life is knowing when you're ahead."

"If you're going to do something, do it well. Unless you're doing something foolish, then at least do it quietly."

"If you want to make someone happy, listen to them. If you want to make them very happy, stop talking."

"The hardest thing about growing up is realizing your parents weren't always right, but usually were."

"Common sense is like deodorant—the people who need it most are the least likely to use it."

"Don't ever take a fence down until you know why it was put up."

"I've always believed that the best way to stay young is to hang around people older than yourself."

"Never eat at a place called Mom's. Never play cards with a man called Doc. And never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own."

"In this world, two things are certain: death and taxes. Everything else is negotiable."

"Wisdom comes with age and experience."

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind and still function."

"All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very rarely think."

"The difference between a human being and a horse is that a horse is never foolish."

"The mind of a bigot is like the pupil of the eye; the more light you shine on it, the more it will contract."

"Never miss an opportunity to shut up."

"Age is mind over matter. If you don't mind, it doesn't matter."

"The key to life is learning to accept the inevitable and laugh at it."