Quotes about Wisdom
I learned more about Christianity from my mother than from all the theologians in England.
— John Wesley
My mother always said, 'When you're eating pretzels, chew before you swallow'. Always listen to your mother.
— George W. Bush
My mother would tell me that the shortest cut to purification after the unholy touch was to cancel the touch by touching any Mussalman passing by.
— Mahatma Gandhi
Let your daughter have first of all the book of Psalms for holiness of heart, and be instructed in the Proverbs of Solomon for her godly life.
— St. Jerome
The Gita is not only my Bible and my Koran, it is more than that, it is my mother.
— Mahatma Gandhi
An open mind leaves a chance for someone to drop a worthwhile thought in it.
— Mark Twain
I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
— Abraham Lincoln
We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right road; in that case, the man who turns back soonest is the most progressive.
— CS Lewis
The wise man in the storm prays God not for safety from danger but for deliverance from fear. It is the storm within which endangers him[,] not the storm without.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Study hard, for the well is deep, and our brains are shallow.
— Richard Baxter
Those who are unaware they are walking in darkness will never seek the light.
— Bruce Lee
If wrinkles must be written on our brows, let them not be written upon the heart. The spirit should never grow old.
— James A. Garfield