Quotes about Wisdom

Books... are like lobster shells, we surround ourselves with 'em, then we grow out of 'em and leave 'em behind, as evidence of our earlier stages of development.

MAKING WISE DECISIONS: When GOD brings something to your mind-----Don't let it pass without dealing with it.

Never cut a tree down in the wintertime. Never make a negative decision in the low time.

Stop telling such outlandish tales. Stop turning minnows into whales.

Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory.

It's only through listening that you learn, and I never want to stop learning.

I feel like I was born the day my kids were and that my life before was only there to gain wisdom for them. The point is you do your best. Your very best every day. You do it, and you do it for them!

I never regret anything. Because every little detail of your life is what made you into who you are in the end.

The Lord can accomplish much more through prayer than any teacher can through teaching, and many times He will also bring great insight within that context.

In seasons of harvest, there is a more urgent need for watchmen, as the "thief" is going to do all he can to steal it, keeping the greater portion. It is little wonder that God has preceded the greatest harvest of souls the world has ever known— which is now happening— with the greatest prayer awakening in history. The Lord of the harvest is wise. I can assure you He has 24- hour sentries "watching" the harvest.

Few women, I fear, have had such reason as I have to think the long sad years of youth were worth living for the sake of middle age.

The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.