Wisdom Quote by Andy Rooney — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.”

“I've learned .... That opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.”

“We all ought to understand we're on our own. Believing in Santa Claus doesn't do kids any harm for a few years but it isn't smart for them to continue waiting all their lives for him to come down the chimney with something wonderful. Santa Claus and God are cousins.”

“It's paradoxical that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn't appeal to anyone.”

“If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.”

“I would rather be able to appreciate things I cannot have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.”

“Perhaps the savages will always be in control, Phillip said gloomily. Perhaps greed will always outweigh wisdom in the councils of the mighty; perhaps fear will always overcome compassion in the mind of a man with a sword in his hand.”

“Wisdom is nothing more than the marriage of intelligence and compassion.”

“Take away from love the fullness of self surrender, the completeness of personal commitment, and what remains will be a total denial and negation of it.”

“In the process of letting go you will lose many things from the past, but you will find yourself.”

“When we choose to stay down, we are in reality confusing wisdom with cowardice. When we choose to stand back up, we are using wisdom to overcome cowardice.”