Wisdom Quotes

"First he wrought, and afterward he taught" "When everything is coming your way, you're in the wrong lane." "There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot." "You don’t get to choose not to pay a price, you only get to choose which price you pay" "A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself" "The world would be happier if men had the same capacity to be silent that they have to speak" "Well, son, I'll tell you: Life for me ain't been no crystal stair" "My mistakes are my life." "The only zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the zen you bring up there." "All that is gold does not glitter." "The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half" "There is a pleasure in being mad that only the madman knows." "You’re going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at all the right times. But in the end, it’s always their actions you should judge them by. It’s actions, not words, that matter" "The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea" "I'm not the smartest fellow in the world, but I can sure pick smart colleagues" "A joke is a very serious thing" "Time heals what reason cannot " "The more one judges, the less one loves" "The motto of chivalry is also the motto of wisdom to serve all but love only one" "Power is not revealed by striking hard or often, but by striking true"