Quotes about Wisdom
All wise people say the same thing; that you are deserving of love, and that it's all here now, everything you need. When you pray, you are not starting the conversation from scratch, just remembering to plug back into a conversation that's always in progress.
— Anne Lamott
AH I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nothing is more like a wise man than a fool who holds his tongue.
— Francis de Sales
He is a man of sense who does not grieve for what he has not, but rejoices in what he has.
— Epictetus
Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.
— Anonymous
Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
— Livy
God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things that are mighty.
— Anonymous
The hoary beard is a crown of glory if it be found in the way of righteousness.
— Anonymous
Happy is he that chastens himself.
— Anonymous
Better be happy than wise.
— Anonymous
If wrinkles must be written upon our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should not grow old.
— James A. Garfield
The cultivated man, wise to know and bold to perform, is the end to which nature works.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson