Quotes on Intelligence

“Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential”

Winston Churchill  (British Orator, Author and Prime Minister during World War II. 1874-1965)

“It is wiser to find out than to suppose”

Mark Twain  (American Humorist, Writer and Lecturer. 1835-1910) “Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.” Bertolt Brecht  (German poet and playwright, 1898-1956) “I know that I am intelligent, because I know that I know nothing.” Socrates  (Ancient Greek Philosopher, 470 BC-399 BC) “Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.” Ernest Hemingway  (American novelist and short-story writer, Won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1954,1899-1961) “It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.” Rene Descartes  (French Mathematician, Philosopher and Scientist, 1596-1650) “I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.” Galileo Galilei  (Italian natural Philosopher, Astronomer and Mathematician who made fundamental contributions to the development of the scientific method and to the sciences of motion, astronomy and strength of materials. 1564-1642) “For all things difficult to acquire, the intelligent man works with perseverance.” Lao Tzu  (Chinese taoist Philosopher, founder of Taoism, wrote "Tao Te Ching" (also "The Book of the Way"). 600 BC-531 BC) “Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. If you realize that you have enough, you are truly rich.” Tao Te Ching  “The sign of an intelligent people is their ability to control their emotions by the application of reason” Marya Mannes quotes (American Writer, 1904-1990) “Only the extremely ignorant or the extremely intelligent can resist change.” Socrates quotes (Ancient Greek Philosopher, 470 BC-399 BC)