Wise Quotes and
Wisdom Quotations

A collection of wise quotes and wisdom quotations for those seeking inspiration and motivation. There are many times when we seek words of wisdom in our lives: to provide direction, hope, motivation, support, etc.

Hopefully these wisdom quotes will provide the words that you need in your life today. Enjoy this collection of my favorite wise quotes and sayings.

Wise Quote Collection

"The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook."
- William James


"Where is the wisdom that we have lost in knowledge?
Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?"
- T. S. Elliot


"A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses."
- Hippocrates


"No man was ever wise by chance."
- Seneca


"A loving heart is the truest wisdom."
- Charles Dickens


"Learn wisdom from the ways of a seedling. A seedling which is never hardened off through stressful situations will never become a strong productive plant."
- Stephen Sigmund


"The worth of money is not in its possession, but in its use."
- Aesop


"The wisest follow their own direction."
- Euripides


"The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough."
- Rabindranath Tagore


"Neither a wise man nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for the train of the future to run over him."
- Dwight D. Eisenhower

More Wise Sayings

"Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the wind longs to play with your hair."
- Kahil Gibran


"Tell me, I'll forget
Show me, I may remember
But involve me and I'll understand."
- Chinese Proverb


"Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it."
- David Starr Jordan


"True wisdom consists in not departing from nature and in molding our conduct according to her laws and model."
- Lucius Seneca


"The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve."
- Buddha


"Wisdom comes from self-control."
- Mahatma Gandhi


"It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err."
- Mahatma Gandhi


"Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue."
- Buddha


"A word is enough for the wise. For the foolish, cartloads of papers would not be sufficient."
- Mahatma Gandhi