Quotes about Wisdom
Every man has a sane spot somewhere.
— Robert Louis Stevenson
All Scripture is equally inspired, but not all Scripture is equally applicable or relevant to every stage of life.
— Andy Stanley
I think you often say more by saying less. And interestingly enough, I mean, Jesus really set the standard. I mean, he could say more with fewer words than anybody. Most of the parables were less than 250 words. And, boy, did he have some one-liners just packed with truth.
— Mark Batterson
As to methods, there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
God sends experience to paint men's portraits.
— Henry Ward Beecher
If men had wings and bore black feathers, Few of them would be clever enough to be crows.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Stupidity often saves a man from going mad.
— Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
In every man there is something wherein I may learn of him, and in that I am his pupil.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
A man is responsible for his ignorance.
— Milan Kundera
Women are one of the Almighty's enigmas to prove to men that He knows more than they do.
— Ellen Glasgow
I'd like to be remembered for being a good, kind, loving, gentle man who attempted to live wisely, and who cared a lot.
— Leo Buscaglia
For it is really better for us not to know a thing, because [God] has not revealed it to us, than to know it according to man's wisdom, because he has been bold enough to assume it.
— Tertullian