Quotes about Wisdom
The Best Yes is what we're after. Best Yes answers are much more likely to happen when we are in the habit of seeking wisdom. We have to put our hearts and our minds in places where wisdom gathers, not scatters.
— Lysa TerKeurst
We need to ask for God's wisdom, revelation, and intervening power to be an integral part of our food choices from now on.
— Lysa TerKeurst
A book, too, can be a star, a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe.
— Madeleine L'Engle
Maybe you have to know the darkness before you can appreciate the light.
— Madeleine L'Engle
I like the fact that in ancient Chinese art the great painters always included a deliberate flaw in their work: human creation is never perfect.
— Madeleine L'Engle
And who understands? Not me, because if I did I would forgive it all.
— John Donne
Death is an ascension to a better library.
— John Donne
Mary had Joseph. Esther had Mordecai. Ruth had Boaz. We will not become the women God intends us to be without the guidance, counsel, wisdom, strength, and love of good men in our lives.
— John Eldredge
A Secret of the warrior-heart of Jesus. Second, a warrior is cunning. He knows when to fight and when to run; he can sense a trap and never charges blindly ahead;
— John Eldredge
Thus we might not know we have a sage at the table, for he will remain silent while the "experts" prattle on and on.
— John Eldredge
Teach a man a rule and you help him solve a problem; teach a man to walk with God and you help him solve the rest of his life.
— John Eldredge
You will not think clearly about your life until you think mythically. Until you see with the eyes of your heart.
— John Eldredge