Ciara Quotes

Wisdom begins at the end.

When old people speak it is not because of the sweetness of words in our mouths; it is because we see something which you do not see.

Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means.

The best vision is insight.

I'd like to be very wise.

Wisdom is knowledge which has become a part of one's being.

Wisdom comes by disillusionment.

Not by age but by capacity is wisdom acquired.

With age comes common sense and wisdom.

Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it.

Knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows.

Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past, Wisdom is of the future.

Both old and young alike ought to seek wisdom: the former in order that, as age comes over him, he may be young in good things because of the grace of what has been, and the latter in order that, while he is young, he may at the same time be old, because he has no fear of the things which are to come.

Wisdom is a gift but has nothing to do with age. That was probably the case with me.

After knowledge comes wisdom. After wisdom comes understanding.

Then I obviously didn't understand what it all meant, but I do now.

You get clarity as you get sober, and you get clarity as you get older.

The beginning of wisdom is to desire it.

Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.

For most of us, wisdom is acquired in the thicket of experience and usually meets us somewhere along the way if we live long enough. But sooner is better than later.

My definition of an educated man is the fellow who knows the right thing to do at the time it has to be done. You can be sincere and still be stupid.

With time and experience comes a different perception of what's going on around you.

I think you accidentally learn things in high school that turn out to be life lessons when you are able to step back a bit and study them in more depth.

Love and compassion don't at all have to make us weak, or lead us to losing discernment and vision. We just have to learn how to find them. And see, in truth, what they bring us.

All experience is good experience.