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Wisdom.

Timeless truths from the greatest minds of every era

“The natural desire of good men is knowledge.”

Leonardo da Vinci

“Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim.”

Thomas Babington Macaulay

“Making good decisions is a crucial skill at every level.”

“A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.”

“The best government is that which teaches us to govern ourselves.”

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope.”

Alexandre Dumas

“See the good in people and help them.”

“Be kind to unkind people, they need it the most.”

“Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out.”

“A burning light may go out, a sailing man may drown.”

Norwegian proverbs

“Age does not always help against foolishness.”

Norwegian proverbs

“The best armor is to keep out of range.”

Italian proverbs

“The best revenge is to be unlike him who performed the injury.”

Marcus Aurelius

“Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.”

“There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”

“The best view comes after the hardest climb.”

“The worst pig gets the best acorn.”

Spanish proverbs

“There is too much negativity in the world. Do your best to make sure you aren't contributing to it.”

“You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.”

“If you want to go somewhere, it is best to find someone who has already been there.”

Robert Kiyosaki

“Experience is knowing a lot of things you shouldn't do.”

William Knudsen

“Wind in the face makes a man wise.”

French proverbs

“A good swimmer is not safe from all chance of drowning.”

French proverbs

“Better do a good deed near at home than go far away to burn incense.”

Chinese proverbs

“The burden is light on the shoulders of another.”

Russian proverbs

“Deliberate with caution, but act with decision; and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.”

Charles Caleb Colton

“The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are.”

“Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing it.”

David Starr Jordan

“Good government is no substitute for self-government.”

“You will often find that knowing little makes it easier to fit everything you know into a coherent pattern.”

Daniel Kahneman

“We deceive ourselves when we fancy that only weakness needs support, strength needs it far more. A straw or a feather sustains itself long in the air.”

“If you realize that you're the problem, then you can change yourself, learn something and grow wiser. Don't blame other people for your problems.”

Robert Kiyosaki

“Good judgment comes from experience, and experience - well, that comes from poor judgment.”

Alan Alexander Milne

“How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.”

Alan Alexander Milne

“Wisdom comes not from reason but from love.”

“Everything will line up perfectly when knowing and living the truth becomes more important then proving anything to anyone.”

“It is best for the wise man not to seem wise.”

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues but the parent of all others.”

“Be so good that they can't ignore you.”

“Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.”

“A problem is a chance for you to do your best.”

“We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.”

“The best thing one can do when it is raining is let it rain.”

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

“A great man is hard on himself; a small man is hard on others.”

“Won't it be wonderful when black history and native American history and Jewish history and all of U.S. history is taught from one book. Just U.S. history.”

“My greatest strength as a consultant is to be ignorant and ask a few questions.”

“An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.”

“It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.”

“Neither current events nor history show that the majority rule, or ever did rule.”

Jefferson Davis

“Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.”