Wisdom

The beginning of our destruction started the day we began destroying ancient wisdom. – Mike Dolan, @HawaiianLife

Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit. – Elbert Hubbard

Wisdom begins at the end. – Daniel Webster

Wisdom is not what you know but how quickly you adjust when the opposite proves true. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

He who devotes sixteen hours a day to hard study may become at sixty as wise as he thought himself at twenty. – Mary Wilson Little

I believe that all wisdom consists in caring immensely for a few right things, and not caring a straw about the rest. – John Buchan

Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences. – Norman Cousins

He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom. – James Gibbons Huneker

Wisdom comes by disillusionment. – George Santayana

Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it. – Doug Larson

Wisdom is digested experience… – Janesville Daily Gazette (Janesville, Wisconsin), 1917 March 29th

Wisdom is ofttimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar. – William Wordsworth

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions. – Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.

Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. – Alfred Lord Tennyson

Wisdom outweighs any wealth. – Sophocles

The toughest test of good judgment is to know when to withhold your better judgment. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it. – East African Proverb

One must spend time in gathering knowledge to give it out richly. – Edward C. Steadman

The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. – William James

Knowledge is learning something every day. Wisdom is letting go of something every day. – Zen Proverb