Quotes about Wisdom
To give oneself ernestly to securing righteousness and justice among the people, and while respecting the gods and demons, to keep aloof from them, that may be called wisdom.
— Confucius
It should be of the pleasure of a poem itself to tell how it can. The figure a poem makes. It begins in delight and ends in wisdom. The figure is the same for love.
— Robert Frost
The wisdom of our ages and the blood of our heroes has been devoted to the attainment of trial by jury. It should be the creed of our political faith.
— Thomas Jefferson
We chase phantoms half the days of our lives. It is well if we learn wisdom even then, and save the other half.
— Mark Twain
For the young people here: practicality is a good thing. There are times where compromise is necessary. That's part of wisdom. But it's also important to hang on to what you believe.
— Barack Obama
Wisdom often exists under a shabby coat.
— Cicero
As therefore the state of man now is, what wisdom can there be to choose, what continence to forbear, without the knowledge of good and evil?
— John Milton
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers, and I linger on the shore, And the individual withers, and the world is more and more.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
Fear teaches you to be cautious, careful, and conscientious. It also forces you to be creative, compassionate, and calculating.
— Bishop TD Jakes
If you want to be victorious in all your endeavors, then don't lean on your own understanding or to your own devices or innovations. Instead, in all your ways acknowledge the Lord, and He will direct your path.
— Bishop TD Jakes
God's response is simple. Anything that is made well is made slowly.
— Bishop TD Jakes
How much better to get wisdom than gold! And to get understanding is to be chosen rather than silver (Proverbs 16:16 NKJV).
— Bishop TD Jakes