Wisdom Quotes

The best minds across centuries have wrestled with what it means to be wise. These quotes capture their hard-won insights.

64329 quotes

"Quality is not an act, it is a habit."
Mike Wallace
"Problems are only opportunities in work clothes."
Mike Wallace
"To live is to choose. But to choose well, you must know who you are."
Mike Wallace
S
"The public deserves more than just information; they deserve understanding."
Scott Pelley
S
"We live in an age where speed often trumps accuracy, but accuracy must always win."
Scott Pelley
S
"A newsroom without diversity of thought is a newsroom that will miss the truth."
Scott Pelley
S
"The question 'why' is often more important than the question 'what' in journalism."
Scott Pelley
S
"Accuracy is not just about facts; it's about context and fairness."
Scott Pelley
S
"In reporting, what you leave out can be as important as what you include."
Scott Pelley
S
"Journalism demands both intellectual rigor and emotional intelligence."
Scott Pelley
S
"We must report not just what happened, but why it matters to our audience."
Scott Pelley
S
"The story behind the story is often where the real truth lies."
Scott Pelley
S
"In an age of information overload, context and clarity are our greatest gifts to the public."
Scott Pelley
S
"A single verified fact is worth more than a thousand unverified rumors."
Scott Pelley
S
"We must report with the assumption that someone we care about is listening."
Scott Pelley
S
"Good journalism requires both the head and the heart."
Scott Pelley
S
"We owe our audience not just information, but understanding."
Scott Pelley
S
"Journalism demands that we listen more than we speak."
Scott Pelley
S
"The responsibility to verify is the responsibility to delay publication until we're certain."
Scott Pelley
S
"In reporting, nuance is not weakness; it is sophistication."
Scott Pelley
S
"In covering complex stories, we must make them understandable without making them simple."
Scott Pelley
S
"We must report not just to inform, but to inspire understanding and compassion."
Scott Pelley
S
"A journalist without doubt is not being honest with themselves or their audience."
Scott Pelley
S
"Good journalism requires both humility and conviction."
Scott Pelley
B
"The quality of our lives is determined by the quality of the questions we ask ourselves."
Bill Moyers
B
"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas at the same time."
Bill Moyers
B
"To know yourself is the beginning of all wisdom, as the ancient Greeks understood."
Bill Moyers
B
"To be human is to question, to seek, to wonder, and to grow."
Bill Moyers
B
"Every person contains universes of experience we will never fully know."
Bill Moyers
B
"Knowledge is power, but wisdom is knowing when and how to use it."
Bill Moyers