What Is Wisdom Quotes

Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.

Even strength must bow to wisdom sometimes.

Frst of all that I would crave as the richest of heaven's blessings would be wisdom from my Heavenly Father bestowed daily.

...remember and think about the closeness of the Creator. If you live in this wisdom, it will give you endless strength and hope.

There is no capital more useful than intellect and wisdom, and there is no indigence more injurious than ignorance and unawareness.

Age is wisdom if one has lived ones life properly.

Knowledge, wisdom, and understanding don't come out of the microwave. You got to keep moving forward because the evil doesn't sleep.

First to become capable of love, then to learn that body and spirit are one.

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think yourself.

Wisdom requires not only the investigation of many things, but contemplation of the mystery.

An ounce of emotion is equal to a ton of facts.

Do you know at this very moment you are surrounded by eternity? And do you know that you can use that eternity if you so desire?

Wisdom is a love affair with questions. Knowledge is a love affair with answers.

The road through grief is a rocky one. Traveling along it requires courage, patience, wisdom, and hope.

Skills come with age, but wisdom, I doubt it very, very much.

Fearlessness means faith in God: faith in his protection, His justice, His wisdom, His mercy, His love, and His Omnipresence... To be fit for Self-realization man must be fearless.

A little rebellion now and then... is a medicine necessary for the sound health of government.

When one practices discipline and moves from the beginner's territory to immovable wisdom, one makes a return and falls back to the level of the beginner.

What the soul sees and has experienced, that it knows; the rest is appearance, prejudice and opinion.

Who could be so lucky? Who comes to a lake for water and sees the reflection of moon.

You can't tell how good a man or a watermelon is 'til they get thumped.

A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds.

Success means having the courage, the determination, and the will to become the person you believe you were meant to be.

Sometimes you weren't supposed to share pain. Sometimes it was best just to deal with it alone.

Compassion is the spontaneous wisdom of the heart. It's always with us. It always has been, and always will be. When it arises in us, we've simply learned to see how strong and safe we really are.

Love each other dearly always. There is scarcely anything else in the world but that: to love one another.

Love is how it feels to recognize our essential unity. Awakening to oneness is the experience of Big Love. Knowing you are one with all, you find yourself in love with all.

Don't fear the light within. May it ignite the Sacred Flame in your soul.

He is happiest who hath power to gather wisdom from a flower.

Adam was not alone in the Garden of Eden, however, and does not deserve all the credit; much is due to Eve, the first woman, and Satan, the first consultant.

Little by little, one travels far

Learn the wisdom of compromise, for it is better to bend a little then to break

A mistake is simply another way of doing things

For knowledge, add something every day. For wisdom....subtract.

The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

When you make a choice, you change the future.

Intelligence alone is not nearly enough when it comes to acting wisely.

Wisdom is merely the movement from fighting life to embracing it.

It wasn't raining when Noah built the ark.

The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.

... To know and love one other human being is the root of all wisdom.

A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul.

It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it.

A good day is a good day. A bad day is a good story.

Whisky making is an act of cooperation between the blessings of nature and the wisdom of man.

Self-reflection is the school of wisdom.

Knowledge come from looking around; wisdom comes from looking up.

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

The beginning of knowledge is the intention, then listening, then understanding, then action, then preservation, and then spreading it.