Wisdom Quotes

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is God's gift, that's why we call it the present.

It is amazing that the wisdom of the chattering class to the Republicans is always, always, always 'Surrender your principles and agree with the Democrats.' That's been true for my entire lifetime.

After the knowledge of, and obedience to, the will of God, the next aim must be to know something of His attributes of wisdom, power, and goodness as evidenced by His handiwork.

Talent is God-given be humble. Fame is man-given be thankful. Conceit is self-given be careful.

As a husband, father and public servant, I'm thankful for the counsel and wisdom of my older brothers - Bill, who was a priest, and Kevin, who is a priest.

God, give us grace to accept with serenity the things that cannot be changed, courage to change the things which should be changed and the wisdom to distinguish the one from the other.

Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.

Wisdom comes from within. Knowledge is acquired and can sometimes put a screen on your wisdom.

Knowledge is proud that it knows so much wisdom is humble that it knows no more.

We are shallow because we are 'mayabang, ' ego driven, and do not have the humility to understand that we are only human, much too human to mistake knowledge for wisdom.

Knowledge is a process of piling up facts wisdom lies in their simplification.

I believe that when an elder dies, a library is burned: vast sums of wisdom and knowledge are lost. Throughout the world libraries are ablaze with scant attention.

Experience is not what happens to you it's what you do with what happens to you.

Life is the only real counselor wisdom unfiltered through personal experience does not become a part of the moral tissue.

The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.

Our wisdom comes from our experience, and our experience comes from our foolishness.

It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience.

We live in a society bloated with data yet starved for wisdom. We're connected 24/7, yet anxiety, fear, depression and loneliness is at an all-time high. We must course-correct.

I have sympathy for young people, for their growing pains, but I balk when these growing pains are pushed into the foreground, when you make these young people the only vehicles of life's wisdom.

Every day, every birthday candle I blow out, every penny I throw over my shoulder in a wishing well, every time my daughter says, 'Let's make a wish on a star, ' there's one thing I wish for: wisdom.

There should be a point to movies. Sure, you're giving people a diversion from the cold world for a bit, but at the same time, you pass on some facts and rules and maybe a little bit of wisdom.

Nothing can be better calculated to advance our interests and character than the establishment of a liberal and disinterested policy, enlightened by patriotism and guided by wisdom.

If you are bitter, you are like a dry leaf that you can just squash, and you can get blown away by the wind. There is much more wisdom in forgiveness.

I have no agenda except to be funny. Neither I or the writers profess to offer any worldly wisdom.

In seeking wisdom thou art wise in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.

To embrace the whole world in friendship is wisdom. This wisdom is not changeable like the flowers that bloom and fade.

My mom calls me an older soul because, growing up, she taught me stuff real early. Now I spend most of my time chasing wisdom, chasing understanding.

There is often, in the affairs of government, more efficiency and wisdom in non-action than in action.

We are to seek wisdom and understanding only in the length of days.