Quotes about Wisdom
Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them.
— Aldous Huxley
It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.
— George Washington
Understand that it is often unwise to forgive face to face. This tends to make the other person feel 'put down' and make you look holier-than-thou.
— Charles Stanley
Time and trouble will tame an advanced young woman. But an advanced old woman is uncontrollable by any force.
— Dorothy Sayers
The secret of success lies not in doing your own work, but in recognizing the right man to do it.
— Andrew Carnegie
Learn the lesson that, if you are to do the work of a prophet, what you need is not a sceptre but a hoe.
— Bernard of Clairvaux
Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.
— Teresa of Avila
Powerful people do not try to control other people. They know it doesn't work, and that it's not their job. Their job is to control themselves.
— Danny Silk
A man has only so much knowledge as he puts to work.
— St. Francis Of Assisi
Education is the power to think clearly, the power to act well in the worlds work, and the power to appreciate life.
— Brigham Young
I cannot work; I cannot speak; I cannot live or love as I should, unless God's wisdom lights my path.
— David Jeremiah
Life is not accomplishing some special work but attaining to a degree of consciousness and inner freedom which is beyond all works and attainments.
— Thomas Merton