Quotes about Wisdom
If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.
— Joseph Addison
Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.
— Joseph Addison
Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.
— Joseph Addison
Knowledge is that which, next to virtue, truly raises one person above another.
— Joseph Addison
Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
— Joseph Addison
This fear of the Lord is indeed the beginning of wisdom. This consciousness of sin is the straight pathway to heaven.
— Joseph Barber Lightfoot
As a white candle In a holy place, So is the beauty Of an aged face.
— Joseph Campbell
I don't have to have faith, I have experience.
— Joseph Campbell
All religions are true but none are literal.
— Joseph Campbell
Regrets are illuminations come too late.
— Joseph Campbell
The inspired Scriptures make the clear distinction between false and true riches and make plain the reason why happiness is gained and fully enjoyed only by those who find true riches.
— Joseph Franklin Rutherford
If you are kept in ignorance of the true way and permit yourself to rely upon and be guided by the opinion of imperfect man, you can never gain the riches that will bring you peace and lasting happiness.
— Joseph Franklin Rutherford