Quotes about Wisdom
If you want to be a dear old lady at seventy you have to begin early, say about seventeen.
— Maude Royden
Most women want their youth back again; but I wouldn't have mine back at any price. The worst years of my life are behind me, and my best ones ahead.
— Ellen Glasgow
Mary had Joseph. Esther had Mordecai. Ruth had Boaz. We will not become the women God intends us to be without the guidance, counsel, wisdom, strength, and love of good men in our lives.
— John Eldredge
Modest women choose a man by the mind, not the eye.
— Publilius Syrus
Let us be poised, and wise, and our own, today. Let us treat men and women well; treat them as if they were real; perhaps they are.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The weak dread the storm, the foolish invite the storm, the wise avoid the storm, the strong battle the storm, and the great overcome the storm.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Wisdom has a hundred eyes to see opportunities, courage has a hundred feet to seek opportunities, and strength has a hundred arms to seize opportunities.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Faith moves mountains, intelligence goes over them, wisdom goes around them, but love levels them.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
Your strength lies in knowledge, your power lies in wisdom, your treasure lies in understanding, and your wealth lies in life.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
The strong overcome their opponents, the mighty crush them, the shrewd outwit them, the cowardly hide from them, but the enlightened transcend them.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
If God wanted the sky to be empty, He would not have given birds wings to fly.
— Matshona Dhliwayo
If God wanted the woods to be quiet, He would not have given birds songs to sing.
— Matshona Dhliwayo