We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. Use this quote
Fathers and mothers have lost the idea that the highest aspiration they might have for their children is for them to be wise... specialized competence and success are all that they can imagine. Use this quote
A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests. Use this quote
Education, n.: That which discloses to the wise and disguises from the foolish their lack of understanding. Use this quote
A wise traveler never despises his own country. Use this quote
Creative ideas flourish best in a shop which preserves some spirit of fun. Nobody is in business for fun, but that does not mean there cannot be fun in business. Use this quote
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations. Use this quote
In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self. Use this quote
To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle, wise people are diligent. Use this quote
No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master. Use this quote
The Bible must be considered as the great source of all the truth by which men are to be guided in government as well as in all social transactions. Use this quote
No one can possibly know what is about to happen: it is happening, each time, for the first time, for the only time. Use this quote
I have encountered riotous mobs and have been hung in effigy, but my motto is: Men's rights are nothing more. Women's rights are nothing less. Use this quote
Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom. Use this quote
I'm not wise, but the beginning of wisdom is there; it's like relaxing into - and an acceptance of - things. Use this quote
Since, therefore, no man is born without faults, and he is esteemed the best whose errors are the least, let the wise man consider everything human as connected with himself; for in worldly affairs there is no perfect happiness under heaven. Use this quote
A lawyer I once knew told me of a strange case, a suffragette who had never married. After her death, he opened her trunk and discovered 50 wedding gowns. Use this quote
Leadership is the capacity to translate vision into reality. Use this quote
I think being a wealthy member of the establishment is the antithesis of cool. Being a countercultural revolutionary is cool. So to the extent that you've made a billion dollars, you've probably become uncool. Use this quote
We ought to fly away from earth to heaven as quickly as we can; and to fly away is to become like God, as far as this is possible; and to become like him is to become holy, just, and wise. Use this quote
