Quotes about Wisdom

I think a lot of people, even Christians, are willing to be satisfied with gaining lots and lots of biblical knowledge - and many people go to Bible studies and don't realize it isn't enough to know what's right, it's applying the information and the knowledge that you have.

How do you know what it's like to be stupid if you've never been smart?

You can be sincere and still be stupid.

I submit that in the few minutes that Joseph Smith was with the Father and the Son, he learned more of the nature of God the Eternal Father and the risen Lord than all the learned minds in all their discussions through all centuries of time.

Always walk through life as if you have something new to learn, and you will.

It is a mistake for anyone to think he has lived too long in his old, unsatisfactory ways to make the great change. If you switch on the light in a dark room, it makes no difference how long it was dark because the light will still shine. Be teachable. That is the whole secret.

The intelligent person ignores what to do. He or she concentrates on what to be. We must put first things first. To be clearminded is first. Obviously, that is the only kind of mind that makes accurate and profitable decisions.

Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards.

Genius is a promontory jutting out of the infinite.

He never went out without a book under his arm, and he often came back with two.

Riches, understanding, beauty, are fair gifts of God.

Truth is the first thing to be sought for, and Beauty and Goodness will then be added unto you.