Quotes about Wisdom

In some causes silence is dangerous.

The deepest rivers make least din, The silent soule doth most abound in care.

I think the simplest advice I could give would be to wait until asked before giving advice.

A cavalryman's horse should be smarter than he is. But the horse must never be allowed to know this.

Instead we are tapped into an unquenchable, undepletable, inexhaustible source of wisdom, consciousness, companionship. Yeah, we lose friends. But we find friends too, in places we never thought to look. And they're better friends, truer friends. And we're better and truer to them.

Now the brave man. In dark hours he endures silently, uncomplaining. Reverencing the round of heaven's seasons, he does what must be done, sustaining himself with the certainty that to endure injustice with patience is the mark of piety and wisdom.

Know that all that is," Bagger Vance's voice came again as if in a dream, "flows from the union of the Field and the Knower.

It's always easier to see a lack of wisdom in others than it is to see it in ourselves. That's why we must pray daily for wisdom.

We will always need to ask God for His wisdom and counsel about everything, because He is the only one who knows the whole truth

Show me what to do, Lord, and help me to do it.

We can find ourselves in the wrong place at the wrong time simply because we didn't do what God was telling us to do, or we neglected to ask Him what we were supposed to be doing before we made decisions. Or perhaps we asked Him, but we failed to wait for an answer before we went ahead and did what we wanted to do. So much grief can be avoided by living God's way.

Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies. The heart of her husband safely trusts her; so he will have no lack of gain. She does him good and not evil all the days of her life. PROVERBS 31:10-12