Wisdom Quotes

Wisdom, prudence, forethought, these are essential. But not second to these that noble courage which adventures the right, and leaves the consequences to God.

Wisdom begins in wonder.

The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right.

Wisdom finds its literary expression in wisdom literature.

So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be satisfied that what is not done, either cannot, or ought not to be done.

Wisdom is not attained by years, but by ability.

Every indication of wisdom, taken from the effect, is equally an indication of power to execute what wisdom planned.

Tis but a part we see, and not a whole.

For all my education, accomplishments, and so called 'wisdom'... I can't fathom my own heart.

But the Wisdom of God, which is His only-begotten Son, being in all respects incapable of change or alteration, and every good quality in Him being essential, and such as cannot be changed and converted, His glory is therefore declared to be pure and sincere.

We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.

The word philosophy sounds high-minded, but it simply means the love of wisdom. If you love something, you don't just read about it; you hug it, you mess with it, you play with it, you argue with it.

This land, which we have watered with our tears and our blood, is now our mother country, and we are well satisfied to stay where wisdom abounds and gospel is free.

We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.

You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom.

Losing faith in your own singularity is the start of wisdom, I suppose; also the first announcement of death.

Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself.

The novelist teaches the reader to comprehend the world as a question. There is wisdom and tolerance in that attitude. In a world built on sacrosanct certainties the novel is dead.

Words of wisdom are spoken by children at least as often as scientists.

Better mad with the rest of the world than wise alone.

Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.

This, and this alone, is Christianity, a universal holiness in every part of life, a heavenly wisdom in all our actions, not conforming to the spirit and temper of the world but turning all worldly enjoyments into means of piety and devotion to God.

Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is Enlightenment.

At sixty, I know little more about wisdom than I did at thirty, but I know a great deal more about folly.

Even when you have doubts, take that step. Take chances. Mistakes are never a failure - they can be turned into wisdom.

They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.

Now our founding fathers had the wisdom to know that social acceptance and popularity were fleeing, and that this country's principles needed to be rooted in strengths greater than the passions and the emotions of the times.

Wisdom is keeping a sense of fallibility of all our views and opinions.

Man is only great when he acts from passion.

I believe we have become paralyzed, paralyzed by our desire to be loved. Now our founding fathers had the wisdom to know that social acceptance and popularity were fleeing, and that this country's principles needed to be rooted in strengths greater than the passions and the emotions of the times.