Quotes about Wisdom

Everybody who tells you how to act has whiskey on their breath.

It cannot be that the people should grow in grace unless they give themselves to reading. A reading people will always be a knowing people.

When I was young I was sure of everything; in a few years, having been mistaken a thousand times, I was not half so sure of most things as I was before; at present, I am hardly sure of anything but what God has revealed to me." - John Wesley

Let me daily grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

For neither love, nor the "unction of the Holy One," makes us infallible: therefore, through unavoidable defect of understanding, we cannot but mistake in many things.

If you don't have time to do it right, when will you have the time to do it over?

Be true to yourself. Make each day your masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day. Pray for guidance and give thanks for your blessings every day.

Never try to be better than someone else. Learn from others, and try to be the best you can be. Success is the by-product of that preparation.

Our heavenly Father has a thousand ways to provide for us, of which we know nothing.

We need to have far less confidence in what man can do and far more confidence in what God can do for every believing soul. He longs to have you reach after Him by faith. He longs to have you expect great things from Him. He longs to give you understanding in temporal as well as in spiritual matters. He can sharpen the intellect. He can give tact and skill. Put your talents into the work, ask God for wisdom, and it will be given you.

A wise purpose underlay every act of Christ's life on earth. Everything He did was important in itself and in its teaching.

A wise purpose underlay every act of Christ's life on earth. Everything He did was important in itself and in its teaching.