A Quote by Daniel Webster

Wisdom begins at the end.

Daniel Webster

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Wisdom Begins End

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Daniel Webster
American - Statesman
January 18, 1782 - October 24, 1852

At the end of knowledge, wisdom begins, and at the end of wisdom, there is not grief...but hope

Lloyd Alexander

The end of knowledge is wisdom The end of culture is perfection The end of wisdom is freedom The end of education is character. And character consists of eagerness to renounce one's selfish greed.

Sai Baba

Wisdom, Happiness, and Courage are not waiting somewhere out beyond sight at the end of a straight line; they're part of a continuous cycle that begins right here. They're not only the ending, but the beginning as well.

Benjamin Hoff

Everything begins with the resolve to take the first step. From that action, wisdom arises and change begins. Without action, nothing changes.

Daisaku Ikeda

If the benevolent ruler stays in power long enough, he eventually concludes that power and wisdom are the same thing. And as he possesses power, he must possess wisdom. He becomes converted to the seductive thesis that election to public office endows the official with both power and wisdom. At this point, he begins to lose his ability to distinguish between what is morally right and what is politically expedient.

Ben Moreell

I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.

Clarence Darrow

Wisdom begins in wonder.

Socrates

A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.

Robert Frost

The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom.

Robert Frost

Wisdom begins with sacrifice of immediate pleasures for long-range purposes.

Louis Finkelstein

Wisdom begins when you discover the difference between "That doesn't make sense" and "I don't understand.

Mary Doria Russell

Wealth is commonplace but wisdom is rare. I beg you to remember that wealth without wisdom can often end in disaster.

Dan Brown

Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.

Hal Borland

Our war on terror begins with al-Qaida, but it does not end there. It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped, and defeated.