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| More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly. | | Woody Allen | |
| Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. | | Abraham Lincoln | |
| Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life. | | Sandra Carey | |
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| No man ever became wise by chance | | Seneca | |
| Of all the things which wisdom acquires to produce the blessedness of the complete life far the greatest is the possession of Friendship. | | Epicurus | |
| Of all the things which wisdom provides to make life entirely happy, much the greatest is the possession of friendship | | Epicurus | |
| Oh God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains! | | William Shakespeare | |
| Older and wiser voices can help you find the right path, if you are only willing to listen. | | Jimmy Buffett | |
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| Perfect good sense shuns all extremity, content to couple wisdom with sobriety | | Moliere | |
| Perfect wisdom has four parts, viz., wisdom, the principle of doing things aright; justice, the principle of doing things equally in public and private; fortitude, the principle of not flying danger, but meeting it; and temperance, the principle of subduing desires and living moderately. | | Plato | |
| Philosopher: A lover of wisdom, which is to say, Truth | | Voltaire | |
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| Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment. | | Benjamin Franklin | |
| Say not, "Why were the former days better than this?" For it is not from wisdom that you ask this | | Bible | |
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| Sometimes I lie awake at night, and ask, 'Where have I gone wrong?' Then a voice says to me, 'This is going to take more than one night.' | | Charles M. Schulz | |
| Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm. | | Winston Churchill | |
