Wisdom Quotes

These days I love to take in the sunset because every time I do so I remember how lucky I am to be alive. That's a great relationship to have with the setting sun.

The first principle of my own philosophy is that wisdom is meant for anyone who wishes to reach for it. It is the servant of commoner and king alike and should never be regarded with awe.

Heaven offers nothing that a mercenary soul can desire.

Take what you can use and let the rest go by.

Most of our difficulties come from losing contact with our instincts, with the age-old forgotten wisdom stored up in us.

Wisdom in relationships involves a selfless desire to do what's best for the other person.

Some folks are wise and some otherwise.

The most important object in Boy Scout training is to educate, not instruct.

Life is an error-making and an error-correctin g process, and nature in marking man's papers will grade him for wisdom as measured both by survival and by the quality of life of those who survive.

Empty vessels make the most sound.

I studied adab for thirty years and I studied knowledge for twenty years.

But the law of God came from heaven indeed. God wrote it with his finger, it is the fountain of all wisdom, and therefore shall it continue forever, and never have an end.

Hit the nail on the head.

The learned are envied by the foolish; rich men by the poor; chaste women by adulteresses; and beautiful ladies by ugly ones.

One of the saddest things about US education is that the wisdom of our most successful teachers is lost to the profession when they retire.

Our true and genuine wisdom can be summed up as the knowledge of God and the knowledge of ourselves.

The Christian religion is, above all the religions that ever prevailed or existed in ancient or modern times, the religion of wisdom, virtue, equity and humanity.

Lots of old people don't become wise, but you don't get wise unless you age.

Every dimension of life, its gains and its losses, are reason for celebration because each of them brings us closer to wisdom and fullness of understanding.

She is a true wife who is clean (suci), expert, chaste, pleasing to the husband, and truthful.

Accumulated wealth is saved by spending just as incoming fresh water is saved by letting out stagnant water.

When I was Governor, Louis Kelso went out of his way to brief me. I was very impressed, but I was never able to get any of the economists in state government to give him the help his plan deserves.

The door to God is the insecurity of not knowing anything. Bear the grace of that uncertainty and all wisdom will be yours.

Wisdom without love is like having lungs but no air to breathe. Do not seek wisdom in order to acquire knowledge but in order to live and love more fully.

Sir, that much prudence calls for too much worry; I cannot foresee misfortunes so far away.

I think I unknowingly seek people who are better than me in the sense of strength and wisdom. It's like I've got to know and trust that you have the answers and that you can carry me if needed.

Proverbs are potted wisdom.

Wisdom grows in quiet places.

Life cannot be administered by definite rules and regulations; that wisdom to deal with a man's difficulties comes only through some knowledge of his life and habits as a whole.

For only by unlearning Wisdom comes.

The most common and durable source of faction has been the various and unequal distribution of property.

So, throughout life, our worst weaknesses and meannesses are usually committed for the sake of the people whom we most despise.

Money without wisdom diminishes the pleasure and enjoyment of wealth.

It is foolish to try to imitate the skills of others.

He was bolder in the daylight-most men are.

My whole wretched life swam before my weary eyes, and I realized no matter what you do it's bound to be a waste of time in the end so you might as well go mad.

My aunt once said that the world would never find peace until men fell at their women's feet and asked for forgiveness.

There's wisdom in wine.

The courage to speak must be matched by the wisdom to listen.

Music is the melody whose text is the world.

If I believe in something, I will fight for it, with all I have. But I do not demand all or nothing. I would rather get something than nothing.

The gap between the rich and the poor is the most dangerous threat to world peace we have.

Just be what you are and speak from your guts and heart - it's all a person has.

You can always debate about what you should have done. The question is what are you going to do?

To act with common sense according to the moment, is the best wisdom I know.

The distance between glorified spirits in heaven and militant saints on earth seems great; but it is not so. We are not far from home-a moment will bring us there.

Prayer girds human weakness with divine strength, turns human folly into heavenly wisdom, and gives to troubled mortals the peace of God. We know not what prayer can do.

He has great tranquility of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.

Wisdom cannot be imparted. Wisdom that a wise man attempts to impart always sounds like foolishness to someone else.

Wisdom is one thing, to know how to make true judgment, how all things are steered through all things.