Quotes about Wisdom

Remember, young man, experience is not the best teacher. Other people's experience is the best teacher. By reading about the lives of great people, you can unlock the secrets to what made them great.

Circumstances do not push or pull. They are daily lessons to be studied and gleaned for new knowledge and wisdom. Knowledge and wisdom that is applied will bring about a brighter tomorrow. A person who is depressed is spending too much time thinking about the way things are now and not enough time thinking about how he wants things to be.

It's obvious you kids are smart-school and good teachers will do that for you-but wisdom is something altogether different. Wisdom can be gathered in your downtime. Wisdom that can change the very course of your life will come from the people you are around, the books you read, and the things you listen to or watch on radio or television.

One of the primary reasons we don't seek counsel from the wise people around us is that we already know what we are going to hear--and we just don't want to hear it.

prudent people look as far down the road as possible when making decisions.

They ask what I often refer to as the best question ever: "In light of my past experience, and my future hopes and dreams, what's the wise thing to do?

Lord, help us to see trouble coming long before it gets here. And give us the wisdom to know what to do and the courage to do it.

We rob ourselves when we make decisions in the moment with no thought of how those decisions will impact our futures.

Our greatest moral regrets are always preceded by a series of unwise choices.

In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. (Prov. 3:6)

We only get one shot at every season of life. Whether or not we learned anything becomes evident in the seasons that follow.

It is next to impossible to hear the voice of wisdom if we are not really listening for it to begin with. The best counsel in the world is wasted counsel if our minds are already made up.