Value of Wisdom Quotes

Don't wish it was easier, wish you were better. Don't wish for less problems, wish for more skills. Don't wish for less challenges, wish for more wisdom. The major value in life is not what you get. The major value in life is what you become. Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person you become.

What is the price of experience? Do men buy it for a song? Or wisdom for a dance in the street? No, it is bought with the price of all the man hath, his house, his wife, his children.

Wisdom with an inheritance is good, but wisdom without an inheritance is better than an inheritance without wisdom.

The experience of others adds to our knowledge, but not to our wisdom; that is dearer bought.

Yesterday misspent can't be recall'd Vanity makes beauty contemptible Wisdom is more valuable than riches.

The older you get, the wiser you are - this is true. But you also question what use this wisdom is.y

A grain of gold will gild a great surface, but not so much as a grain of wisdom.

Were wisdom to be sold, she would give no price; every man is satisfied with the share he has from nature.

The fool is willing to pay for anything but wisdom. No man buys that of which he supposes himself to have an abundance already.

There is no greater wealth than wisdom, no greater poverty than ignorance; no greater heritage than culture and no greater support than consultation.

Insignificant, is the loss of relatives, wealth and fame; The loss of wisdom is the greatest loss. Insignificant, is the increase of relatives, wealth and fame; The increase of wisdom is the highest gain. Therefore, you should train yourselves thus: "We will grow in the increase of wisdom" Thus you should train yourselves.

That man is wisest who, like Socrates, realizes that his wisdom is worthless

Wisdom that don't make us happier ain't worth plowing for.

Wisdom is never dear, provided the article be genuine.

Wisdom is better than silver and gold

Not till the fire is dying in the grate, Look we for any kinship with the stars. Oh, wisdom never comes when it is gold, And the great price we paid for it full worth: We have it only when we are half earth. Little avails that coinage to the old!

The wisdom of men is worth little or nothing.

Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies, and all the things that can be compared unto her.

It is better to get wisdom than gold. Gold is another's, wisdom is our own; gold is for the body and time, wisdom for the soul and eternity.

I grow in worth, and wit, and sense, Unboding critic-pen, Or that eternal want of pence, Which vexes public men.

Knowledge is one thing. We're awash in knowledge. Wisdom is rare. There's a big difference.

The mintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that real life is love, laughter, and work.