Quotes about Wisdom
There is no way to kill a man's righteousness but by his own consent.
— John Bunyan
It is certain that man never achieves a clear knowledge of himself unless he has first looked upon God's face, and then descends from contemplating him to scrutinize himself.
— John Calvin
The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby.
— John Milton
The laws of man may bind him in chains or may put him to death, but they never can make him wise, virtuous, or happy.
— John Quincy Adams
Whether religion be true or false, it must be necessarily granted to be the only wise principle and safe hypothesis for a man to live and die by.
— John Tillotson
No man was more foolish when he had not a pen in his hand, or more wise when he had
— Samuel Johnson
A wise and good man will turn examples of all sorts to his own advantage. The good he will make his patterns, and strive to equal or excel them. The bad he will by all means avoid.
— Thomas a Kempis
There are three things against which the wise man guards: lust when young, quarrels when strong, and covetousness when old.
— Confucius
Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue.
— Confucius
The only thing about a man that is a man is his mind.
— Earl Nightingale
The wise man comes to God without saying a word and stands in awe of Him.
— Francis Chan
The business man - the man to whom age brings golf instead of wisdom.
— George Bernard Shaw