Quotes about Wisdom
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
the truth is seldom found in extremes. Central truths can be revolutionary if put to work.
— Georgia Harkness
My dad, Fred Trump, was the smartest and hardest-working man I ever knew. It's because of him that I learned from my youngest age to respect the dignity of work and the dignity of working people.
— Donald Trump
In terms of soul work, we dare not get rid of the pain before we have learned what it has to teach us.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
The movement toward gratitude, authenticity, and union is the natural and organic inner work of the second half of our lives.
— Fr. Richard Rohr
Words are in a way our godly sharing in the work of creation, and the speaking and writing of words is at once the most human and the most holy business we engage in.
— Frederick Buechner
Work from pithy middle eye out, swimming in language sea.
— Jack Kerouac
I am still learning.
— Michelangelo
This fear of the Lord is indeed the beginning of wisdom. This consciousness of sin is the straight pathway to heaven.
— Joseph Barber Lightfoot
It was huge to read the Proverbs of the day every morning, it was huge to read the Psalm of the day every morning and to get that in us and get us going before the day even started.
— Tim Tebow