37 Wise Quotes For Life

Life is an intricate tapestry woven from moments of joy, hardship, learning, and growth. Throughout the ages, wise minds have distilled their experiences and insights into quotes that resonate across generations, offering guidance and inspiration. Whether you're navigating a challenging period, seeking motivation, or simply reflecting on your journey, there's wisdom to be found in every corner. In this post, we've curated a collection of the top 37 wise quotes for life. These timeless nuggets of wisdom are sure to provide clarity, perspective, and a renewed sense of purpose. Dive in and let the words of the wise illuminate your path.

1. “The trouble with Grace, she thought, is that she is so literal. But that was the trouble with most people, when it came down to it; there were very few who enjoyed flights of fantasy, and to have that sort of mind--one which enjoyed dry with and understood the absurd--left one in a shrinking minority.” - Alexander McCall Smith

2. “Nothing gives a sadder sense of decay than this loss or suspension of the power to deal with unaccustomed things, and to keep up with the swiftness of the passing moment. [Speaking of self-posed isolation in old age.]” - Nathaniel Hawthorne

3. “Although I'm only fourteen, I know quite well what I want, I know who is right and who is wrong. I have my opinions, my own ideas and principles, and although it may sound pretty mad from an adolescent, I feel more of a person than a child, I feel quite indepedent of anyone.” - Anne Frank

4. “The wisest men follow their own direction.” - Euripides

5. “We need not take refuge in supernatural gods to explain our saints and sages and heroes and statesmen, as if to explain our disbelief that mere unaided human beings could be that good or wise.” - Abraham Maslow

6. “Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise.” - Horace

7. “Least said, soonest mended," Toby quipped, quoting a saying Jess often used.” - Jean Little

8. “The world gives us PLENTY of opportunities to strengthen our patience. While this truth can definitely be challenging, this is a good thing. Patience is a key that unlocks the door to a more fulfilling life. It is through a cultivation of patience that we become better parents, powerful teachers, great businessmen, good friends, and a live a happier life.” - Steve Maraboli

9. “One true king knew when to step aside and give up the reins of power—to remove his crown and relinquish his kingdom—all for the sake of glimpsing, just once in a lifetime, the face of a holy child.He was the Fourth to follow the Star.His gift was a secret.The rest of his journey is unknown.” - Vera Nazarian

10. “Only wise men look for new wisdom.” - Toba Beta

11. “The fools among us are presented to be wise and the wise among us are presented to be fools.” - Santosh Kalwar

12. “So said Hair-Face, and they killed him, because, they said, he was a wild man and wanted to go back and live in a tree. It was very strange. Whenever a man arose and wanted to go forward all those that stood still said he went backward and should be killed. And the poor people helped stone him, and were fools. We were all fools, except those who were fat and did no work. The fools were called wise, and the wise were stoned. Men who worked did not get enough to eat, and the men who did not work ate too much.” - Jack London

13. “Smartass Disciple: Master, we should not spend our time to low life like them.Master of Stupidity: If I don’t, then how should I lead men like you to be wiser?” - Toba Beta

14. “Your desire to advise other people, grows in line with your perception...that assumes you're wiser than them.” - Toba Beta

15. “The aspirations of democracy are based on the notion of an informed citizenry, capable of making wise decisions. The choices we are asked to make become increasingly complex. They require the longer-term thinking and greater tolerance for ambiguity that science fosters. The new economy is predicated on a continuous pipeline of scientific and technological innovation. It can not exist without workers and consumers who are mathematically and scientifically literate. ” - Ann Druyan

16. “Atheism leaves a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation; all which may be guides to an outward moral virtue, though religion were not; but superstition dismounts all these, and erecteth an absolute monarchy in the minds of men. Therefore atheism did never perturb states; for it makes men wary of themselves, as looking no further: and we see the times inclined to atheism (as the time of Augustus Cæsar) were civil times. But superstition hath been the confusion of many states, and bringeth in a new primum mobile, that ravisheth all the spheres of government. The master of superstition is the people; and in all superstition wise men follow fools; and arguments are fitted to practice, in a reversed order.” - Francis Bacon

17. “Why is wisdom so fair? Why is beauty so wise?Because all else is temporary, while beauty and wisdom are the only real and constant aspects of truth that can be perceived by human means.And I don't mean the kind of surface beauty that fades with age, or the sort of shallow wisdom that gets lost in platitudes.True beauty grips your gut and squeezes your lungs, and makes you see with utmost clarity exactly what is before you.True wisdom then steps in, to interpret, illuminate, and form a life-altering insight.” - Vera Nazarian

18. “Toleration is the greatest gift of the mind; it requires the same effort of the brain that it takes to balance oneself on a bicycle.” - Helen Keller

19. “Laughter is poison to fear.” - George R.R. Martin

20. “Wise men are not pacifists; they are merely less likely to jump up and retaliate against their antagonizers. They know that needless antagonizers are virtually already insecure enough.” - Criss Jami

21. “What makes you wise is not what you learn, but what you practice. What makes you wealthy is not what you earn, but what you invest. So, invest in what to practice, and practice what to invest.” - Michael Peshkam

22. “Lead looked to his hand and saw sparkling chunks of glass in the cracks of the road. He saw ants running around the cracks, infinitely small. His blood ran into the cracks, creating rivers for the industrious ants to perplex over. Lead smiled at the creatures, for he understood that there is no difference between them and us in their wanderings and labor.” - Nathan Yocum

23. “There's always something when you're at fault, too, and that fault you must discover and learn to recognize and take the consequences of it.” - Anne Holm

24. “They say philosophers and wise men are indifferent. Wrong. Indifference is a paralysis of the soul, a premature death.” - Anton Chekhov

25. “Though the object of being a Great Power is to be able to fight a Great War, the only way of remaining a Great Power is not to fight one.” - A.J.P. Taylor

26. “Bring the past, but only if you can build from it.” - Dominico Scarlatti

27. “The dark hills, with the darker spruces marching over them, looked grim on early falling nights, but Ingleside bloomed with firelight and laughter, though the winds come in from the Atlantic singing of mournful things. "Why isn't the wind happy, Mummy?" asked Walter one night. "Because it is remembering all the sorrow of the world since it began," answered Anne.” - L.M. Montgomery

28. “Some are born old maids, some achieve old maidenhood, and some have old maidenhood thrust upon them ," parodied Miss Lavendar whimsically.” - L.M. Montgomery

29. “No evil being was ever wise: they are all against every wise man's critics.” - A Gentlemen

30. “Some People Are Wise, And Some Are Otherwise.” - Unknown 9

31. “Truth exists for the wise, beauty for the feeling heart.” - Johann Von Schiller

32. “It's just hard now because... you're jealous. But your heart is so generous and warm, it will melt the bad feelings away." I am 100 percent positive that my mom is the wisest mother in the world.” - Jane O'Connor

33. “HONOR ways did not won the WAR” - رامي عمار

34. “I admit, that the brain does not govern the body as well as one might wish- else all men would be saints and hell would be empty of lechers.” - Meredith Duran

35. “The well bred contradict other people. the wise contradict themselves.” - Oscar Wilde

36. “A new day: Be open enough to see opportunities. Be wise enough to be grateful. Be courageous enough to be happy.” - Steve Maraboli

37. “If you look around to find meaning in everything that happens, you will end up disappointed. Sometimes there aren’t reasons behind the terrible things that go on. I ask myself, If I knew all the answers, would it help? I lie awake and wonder why I don’t have parents and wonder what will become of my brother and me. But when the morning comes, I realize that there’s nothing to be done about what has already happened. I can only get up and do my chores and push through the day and find the good in it.” - Adriana Trigiani