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The wisdom quotes that follow come from people who have made a name for themselves in their chosen field. Other quotations are brought to us by people that we may not be that familiar with. Nevertheless, their words are still powerful.

Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.
-Horace

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

The opportunity for brotherhood presents itself every time you meet a human being.
-Jane Wyman

The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.
-Jean Paul

Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.
-Jim Rohn

Turn your wounds into wisdom.
-Oprah Winfrey

Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.
-Phil Jackson

Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.
-Phil Jackson

From the errors of others, a wise man corrects his own.
-Publilius Syrus

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is the neglect of timely repair that makes rebuilding necessary.
-Richard Whately

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
-Robert Bulwer-Lytton

A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.
-Robert Frost

Patience is the companion of wisdom.
-Saint Augustine

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.
-Samuel Taylor Coleridge

When I can look life in the eyes, grown calm and very coldly wise, life will have given me the truth and taken in exchange my youth.
-Sara Teasdale

What is man's ultimate direction in life? It is to look for love, truth, virtue, and beauty.
-Shinichi Suzuki

Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.
-Sidney Lanier

If you want to be found stand where the seeker seeks.
-Sidney Lanier

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

It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.
-Epictetus

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