Napoleon Hill Quotes

I know to shut up when I don't know what I'm talking about.

The more you know the less you need to say.

Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so.

The people sensible enough to give good advice are usually sensible enough to give none.

But remember, I am no politician, and no seer into souls.

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own.

The wise speak only of what they know

The wiser a man is, the less talkative will he be.

A wise man heedeth all things, and in his own eyes is a fool.

Have more than you show, Speak less than you know.

I am so wise I had my mouth sewn shut.

Qui plussait, plus se tait. French, you know. The more a man knows, the less he talks.

I have thousands of opinions still - but that is down from millions - and, as always, I know nothing.

Knowing what you can not do is more important than knowing what you can do. In fact, that's good taste.

He who lives without folly isn't so wise as he thinks.

That is a good question for you to ask, not a wise question for me to answer.

Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.

He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.

You must be wise, but not too wise.

Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.

I've got plenty of advice from a number of other actors. Me? I don't give advice.

True wisdom comes to each of us when we realize how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.

Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.

Wisdom is knowing when you can't be wise.

The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance.