Wisdom Quotes

Men are only as good as their technical development allows them to be.

Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they would get, but if you work hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.

A good world needs knowledge, kindliness, and courage; it does not need a regretful hankering after the past or a fettering of the free intelligence by the words uttered long ago by ignorant men.

You will make all kinds of mistakes; but as long as you are generous and true, and also fierce, you cannot hurt the world or even seriously distress her.

I am reminded of the professor who, in his declining hours, was asked by his devoted pupils for his final counsel. He replied, "Verify your quotations."

Most people would rather die than think; in fact, they do so.

Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.

Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise.

Work is more fun than fun.

He is a national treasure and a personal treasure, too. I share him with the nation.

The most outrageous thing we can do in this world is to accept what happens and fly with it.

Chance is the fool's name for fate.

I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

The right word might be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.

If everybody thought before they spoke, the silence would be deafening.

Mr. Madison, what you’ve just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.

Bugger Bognor.

The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.

You can't stay in your corner of the Forest, waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.

When late morning rolls around and you're feeling a bit out of sorts, don't worry; you're probably just a little eleven o'clockish.