Quotes about Wisdom

to act on what you learn is all that really matters.

I have had to let go of my need to be right and focus on the greater need to do right.

This has to do with planning. It's better to look ahead and prepare than look back and regret.

Knowledge alone is not power. Knowledge has value only in the hands of someone who has the ability to think well. People must learn how to think well to achieve their dreams and to reach their potential.

If you are your only source of information and ideas, you're in trouble.

Discouraged? Don't be, for the one thing that really matters, lasts forever—your friendships. Life is too long to spend it with people who pull you in the wrong direction. And it's too short not to invest in others. Your relationships will define you. And they will influence your talent—one way or the other. Choose wisely. —

You may be an exceptional leader who has gone unrecognized. Or you may be someone who possesses no status or official authority. Do not let that stop you from doing the right thing. Never underestimate the power of one small act. Exercise the wisdom God has given you by putting it into action. There's no telling what God may do with it.

Charles "Tremendous" Jones said that the only difference between who you are today and the person you will be in five years will come from the books you read and the people you associate with.

The longest distance between two points is a shortcut." That's really true. For everything of value in life, you pay a price.

Teachability is an attitude of wanting to learn from every experience and every person.

The fellow who never makes a mistake takes his orders from one who does.

Experience isn't the best teacher—evaluated experience is.