Quotes about Wisdom

It is an obvious truth, that no constitution can defend itself: it must be defended by the wisdom and fortitude of men.

The wild gas, the fixed air is plainly broke loose: but we ought to suspend our judgments until the first effervescence is a little subsided, till the liquor is cleared, and until we see something deeper than the agitation of the troubled and frothy surface. [Alluding to Joseph Priestley's Observations on Air]

We ought with reverence to approach that tremendous divinity, that loves courage, but commands counsel.

where there is no sound reason, there can be no real virtue.

In history, a great volume is unravelled for our instruction, drawing materials of future wisdom from the past errors and infirmities of mankind.

There is no qualification for government, but virtue and wisdom, whether actual or presumptive. . . . Every thing ought to be open; but not indifferently to every man.

There is no qualification for government but virtue and wisdom, actual or presumptive.

I was, indeed, aware that a jealous, ever-waking vigilance, to guard the treasure of our liberty, not only from invasion, but from decay and corruption, was our best wisdom and our first duty.

When the fear of the Lord matures in you, Christ becomes irresistible.

Hope will only grow in the ground of humility.

Augustine wrote, "That first way [to truth] is humility; the second way is humility, and the third way is humility." If humility does not precede our wisdom and help, our efforts are meaningless. Paul, it seems, would agree. Life in Christ starts with humility.

Anger looks down from the judge's perch; wisdom comes down from those heights and looks up from below. Humility captures it.