Quotes about Wisdom
The longer I live the more beautiful life becomes. If you foolishly ignore beauty, you will soon find yourself without it. Your life will be impoverished. But if you invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.
— Frank Lloyd Wright
There is nothing more uncommon than common sense.
— Frank Lloyd Wright
It is what you read when you don't have to that determines what you will be when you can't help it.
— Oscar Wilde
Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Will it please you to answer me this and to give me a rule for then I will willingly submit to any truth.
— Anne Hutchinson
The history of humanity has, to a large extent, been one of groping blindly in the dark, fearing for the future and yet resisting the guiding hand of inspired men who would willingly lead mankind in the path of safety.
— Ezra Taft Benson
The house built on the sand may oftentimes be built higher, have more fair parapets and battlements, windows and ornaments, than that which is built upon the rock; yet all gifts and privileges equal not one grace.
— John Owen
The Bible is not an antiquated text. The scriptures are the text that will lead us into the future.
— Erwin McManus
At the end of the day, none of us are the Oracle of Delphi, so we don't get everything right. It's always good to be able to listen and to take on what seems to be the right thing to do.
— Arundhati Bhattacharya
We believe faith and freedom must be our guiding stars, for they show us truth, they make us brave, give us hope, and leave us wiser than we were.
— Ronald Reagan
Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying.
— Ronald Reagan
Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.
— Ronald Reagan