“He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.”
Socrates · attributed
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Wisdom Quotes
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649 quotes on wisdom and truth — from the classics to the everyday.
“Strong minds discuss ideas, average minds discuss events, weak minds discuss people.”
Socrates · attributed
“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
Socrates · paraphrase from Plato, Apology
“Be as you wish to seem.”
Socrates · attributed
“Wisdom begins in wonder.”
Socrates · attributed
“To find yourself, think for yourself.”
Socrates · attributed
“There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.”
Socrates · reported by Diogenes Laertius
“I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.”
Socrates · attributed via Plato, Apology
“The unexamined life is not worth living.”
Socrates · Plato, Apology
“Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking.”
William Butler Yeats · attributed
“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”
Confucius · attributed
“Whether you think you can, or you think you can't, you're right.”
Henry Ford · attributed
“It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop.”
Confucius · attributed
“You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. In fact, it may be necessary to encounter the defeats, so you can know who you are.”
Maya Angelou · interview, 1990s
“It is a great thing to achieve your dreams, but to keep being successful is more difficult than you might imagine.”
Lionel Messi
“I never think about the play or visualize anything. I do what comes to me at that moment. Instinct.”
Lionel Messi
“Something I learned over the years: you have to listen to the people who know.”
Lionel Messi
