Quotes about Wisdom

If my little acts of virtue can be mistaken for imperfections, imperfections can just as easily be mistaken for virtue.

the thoughts of the Lord are not our thoughts, His ways are not our ways.

Most of us pass our lives away eating the husks of life. Within them, beneath the rind, is a sweeter fruit than ever we have tasted. How shall we find it unless the rind is peeled away by Wisdom greater than our own, by a Love whose ways are strange and bewildering to us.

Jésus n'a pas besoin de livres ni de docteurs pour instruire les âmes; lui, le Docteur des docteurs, enseigne sans bruit de paroles.

Does not the Wise Man tell us—"Life is like a ship that passeth through the waves: when it is gone by, the trace thereof cannot be found"?

Fools despise wisdom and instruction" (Prov. 1:7), but it is the nature of true godliness, maturity, and health in church members to accept the loving instruction and rebuke of others.

I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart, and that is softness of head.

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

Although not a very old man, I have yet lived a great deal in my life, and I have known sorrow too bitter and joy too keen to allow me to become either cast down or elated for more than a very brief period over any success or defeat.

Nine tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.

We are the heirs of the ages

Leave it as it is. You cannot improve on it. The ages have been at work on it, and man can only mar it.