Quotes about Wisdom

If you live long enough, you'll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you'll be a better person. It's how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit.

Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces people into thinking they can't lose.

Gifts are free; maturity is expensive.

God has hidden mighty and mysterious things for us, not from us.

The walk of faith is to live according to the revelation we have received, in the midst of the mysteries we can't explain.

Let me put this in my words: Solomon asked for a hearing heart, and God said, Okay, I'll give you wisdom. The implication is that wisdom is not just a deposit made into somebody who now has all the answers. It implies that the ability to hear the voice of God is the key to wisdom. Wisdom, then, is a relational fruit.

Revelation enlarges the arena that our faith can function in. Deception shrinks our area of faith.

When you put a revelation into practice, you won't get it 100 percent right. You might not even get it 50 percent right. But you will learn, and you will grow into a level of maturity you wouldn't otherwise have.

One of the ultimate expressions of arrogance is to think that we know ahead of time what is about to happen, and to let that cause us to become ineffective in our assigned purpose and call.

God. Psalm 25:14 says, The secret of the Lord is with those who fear Him, and He will show them His covenant.

What is free to operate in heaven—joy, peace, wisdom, health, wholeness, and all the other good promises we read about in the Bible—should be free to operate here on this planet, in your home, your church, your business, and your school. What is not free to operate there—sickness, disease, spiritual bondage, and sin—should not be free to operate here, period.

God is bigger than His book.