Quotes about Wisdom
The Bible does not thrill; the Bible nourishes. Give time to the reading of the Bible and the recreating effect is as real as that of fresh air physically.
— Oswald Chambers
To neglect at any time preparation for death is to sleep on our post at a siege; to omit it in old age is to sleep at an attack.
— Samuel Johnson
There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'
— Abraham Lincoln
We cannot fully understand the relations of time and choice until we are beyond both.
— CS Lewis
Because just as arms have no force outside if there is no counsel within a house, study is vain and counsel useless that is not put to virtuous effect when the time calls.
— Francois Rabelais
You must understand, young Hobbit, it takes a long time to say anything in Old Entish. And we never say anything unless it is worth taking a long time to say.
— JRR Tolkien
Time, that aged nurse, Rocked me to patience.
— John Keats
The simple power of prayer can save us all kinds of time and trouble if we will ask God to give us wisdom and discernment in our relationships.
— Joyce Meyer
The only way to get our values right is to see, not the beginning, but the end of the way, to see things not only in the light of time but in the light of Eternity.
— William Barclay
We are happier in many ways when we are old than when we were young. The young sow wild oats. The old grow sage.
— Winston Churchill
He didn't say a lot so I tend to remember what he did say. And I don't remember that he had a lot of patience with havin to say things twice so I learned to listen the first time.
— Cormac McCarthy
I think it's very hard for us, for Christians, to understand that it's okay to read a book, for instance, on how to manage your time. There's nothing wrong with that.
— Donald Miller