“The best index to a person’s character is how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and how he treats people who can’t fight back.”
— Abigail Van Buren

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.”
— Socrates

“Every next level of your life will demand a different you.”
— Anon

“True wisdom comes to each of us when we realise how little we understand about life, ourselves, and the world around us.”
— Socrates

“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.”
— Michelangelo

“The doors of wisdom are never shut.”
— Benjamin Franklin, American politician (1706 – 1790)

“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”
— Confucius, Chinese philosopher (551BC – 479BC)

“We are wiser than we know.”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson, American poet (1803 – 1882)

“The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.”
— William Arthur Ward, American writer (1921 – 1994)

“Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.”
— John Wooden