Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Wisdom Favorite quotes, Wisdom Favorite sayings, and Wisdom Favorite proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.
List Of Motivational Wisdom Favorite Quotes And Sayings
A blind person who sees is better than a seeing person who is blind.
-Iranian (on wisdom)
A crown’s no cure for a headache.
-English (on basic truths)
A new broom sweeps clean but an old broom knows the corners.
-Virgin Islander (on friendship)
A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
-American (on proverbs)
A proverb is one man’s wit and all men’s wisdom.
-Lord John Russell (1792-1878)
All’s well that ends well.
-John Heywood (c.1497-1580)
Common sense is genius dressed in its working clothes.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882)
Deal with the faults of others as gently as your own.
-Chinese Proverb
Economy is the wealth of the poor and the wisdom of the rich.
-French (on thrift)
Even a fish wouldn’t get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut.
-Korean (on common sense)
Best Inspirational Wisdom Favorite Quotes And Sayings
Everything in moderation.
-unknown
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and he’ll eat forever.
-Chinese Proverb
He that respects himself is safe from others.
-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
He who flees at the right time can fight again.
-Marcus Trentius Varro (c.116-27 BC)
He who has a why to live can bear almost any how.
-Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)
Health is better than wealth.
-unknown
In bad things be slow; in good things be fast.
-Afghan (on time and timeliness
Just because something is common sense doesn’t mean it’s common practice.
-unknown
Justice is truth in action.
-Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881)
Life is a journey, not a destination.
-Cliff Nichols, acrafts@wf.net
Famous Humorous Wisdom Favorite Quotes And Sayings
Life is what you make it.
-Grandma Moses (1860-1961)
Live and let live.
-Dutch Proverb
Lost time is never found again.
-Ben Franklin (1706-1790)
Money buys everything but good sense.
-Yiddish (on money)
Nothing is impossible to the willing mind.
-Books of the Han Dynasty
One head cannot hold all wisdom.
-Maasai(East African)(on wisdom)
One should speak little with others and much with oneself.
-Danish (on the conduct of life)
Out of sight, out of mind.
-unknown
Plan your life at New Year’s, your day at dawn.
-Japanese (on planning)
Plan your life like you will live forever, and live your life like you will die the next day.
-unknown, courtesy of Bryan Sullivan