Famous Quotes

"To acquire knowledge, one must study but to acquire wisdom, one must observe."

Marilyn vos Savant on Wisdom

More quotes about Wisdom

• "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

  Ralph Waldo Emerson on Wisdom

• "Experience is not what happens to you it's what you do with what happens to you."

  Aldous Huxley on Wisdom

• "For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone."

  Audrey Hepburn on Wisdom

• "By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest Second, by imitation, which is easiest and third by experience, which is the bitterest."

  Confucius on Wisdom

• "If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."

  Michael Jordan on Wisdom

More quotes by Marilyn vos Savant

• "Be able to live alone, even if you don't want to and think you will never find it necessary."

• "Understand why casinos and racetracks stay in business - the gambler always loses over the long term."

• "Be able to back up a car for a considerable distance in a straight line and back out of a driveway."

• "Know how to travel from your town to a nearby town without a car, either by bus or by rail."

• "I think change is possible, but only for individuals who were never truly gay in the first place and who have a strong personal motivation to recover their heterosexuality."