Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quote Share via Email Print this Page [221-240] of 653 Wisdom quotesWisdom QuotesWisdom Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Two roads diverged in a wood, and I – I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.~ Robert Frost I know of no inquiry which the impulses of man suggests that is forbidden to the resolution of man to pursue.~ Margaret Fuller It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi From my experience of hundreds of children, I know that they have perhaps a finer sense of honour than you or I have. The greatest lessons in life, if we would but stoop and humble ourselves, we would learn not from grown-up learned men, but from the so-called ignorant children.~ Mahatma Mohandas K. Gandhi No man shall rule over me with my consent. I will rule over no man.~ William Lloyd Garrison Like an ability or a muscle, hearing your inner wisdom is strengthened by doing it.~ Robbie Gass Knavery seems to be so much the striking feature of its [America's] inhabitants that it may not in the end be an evil that they will become aliens to the kingdom.~ King George III It is not the business of government to make men virtuous or religious, or to preserve the fool from the consequences of his own folly. Government should be repressive no further than is necessary to secure liberty by protecting the equal rights of each from aggression on the part of others, and the moment governmental prohibitions extend beyond this line they are in danger of defeating the very ends they are intended to serve.~ Henry George Far better to think historically, to remember the lessons of the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part of the knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be one who knows that if you reserve the power not to use all your power, you will lead others far more successfully and well.~ A. Bartlett Giamatti The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.~ Edward Gibbon Revenge is profitable, gratitude is expensive.~ Edward Gibbon Not until right is founded upon reverence will it be secure; not until duty is based upon love will it be complete; not until liberty is based on eternal principles will it be full, equal, lofty, and universal.~ Henry Giles The one predominant duty is to find one's work and do it.~ Charlotte Perkins Gilman In the name of peace They waged the wars Ain't they got no shame~ Nikki Giovanni A truly great library contains something in it to offend everyone.~ Jo Godwin Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand against the artillery of opinion.~ William Godwin Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Yes! to this thought I hold with firm persistence; The last result of wisdom stamps it true; He only earns his freedom and existence Who daily conquers them anew.~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe The unnatural, that too is natural.~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Previous 20 quotes Next 20 quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print