Quotes about Foolishness

A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.

How can you see better of a dark night than anybody else, never mind how foolish?

Poor human reason, when it trusts in itself, substitutes the strangest absurdities for the highest divine concepts.

When we are foolish, we want to conquer the world. When we are wise, we want to conquer ourselves. That begins when we do what we should no matter how we feel about it.

We get into captivity because of our foolishness and we are more foolish that we want to admit.

I desire to press forward for direction to my Master in all things; but as to trusting to my own obedience and righteousness, I should be worse than a fool and ten times worse than a madman.

Sin is too stupid to see beyond itself.

What madness it is for a man to starve himself to enrich his heir, and so turn a friend into an enemy! For his joy at your death will be proportioned to what you leave him.

I've grown to admire the humor of a God who uses foolish things to shame the wisdom of this world, and weaklings to remind the strong that they may not be as mighty as they think they are.

What do we do when the foolishness of the cross actually makes more sense than the wisdom of the sword?

This generation is a generation of risk takers. And not all the risks taken will be seen as real faith. Some will come to light as steps of foolishness and presumption. But they must be taken just the same. How else can we learn? Make room for risk takers in your life that don't bat a thousand. They will inspire you to the greatness available in serving a great God.

Nothing is so wretched or foolish as to anticipate misfortunes. What madness is it to be expecting evil before it comes.