Quotes
Quotes about Wisdom
Lord grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to hide the bodies of those people I had to kill because they pissed me off.
And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.
Oh the depth of both the wisdom and riches of God! How unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways beyond understanding.
From listening comes wisdom, and from speaking repentance.
I distrust those sentiments that are too far removed from nature, and whose sublimity is blended with ridicule; which two are as near one another as extreme wisdom and folly.
Blues, spirituals, and folk tales recounted from mouth to mouth . . . all these formed the channels through which the racial wisdom flowed.
Rivalry of scholars advances wisdom.
The aim of science is not to open the door to infinite wisdom, but to set a limit to infinite error.
To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.
To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.
Prudent, cautious self-control Is wisdom's root.
God, give us the serenity to accept what cannot be changed; Give us courage to change what should be changed; Give us the wisdom to distinguish one from the other.
Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it. -David Star Jordan.
Because in the school of the Spirit man learns wisdom through humility, knowledge by forgetting, how to speak by silence, how to live by dying.
There was endless action - not just football, but sailboats, tennis and other things: movement. There was endless talk - the ambassador at the head of the table laying out the prevailing wisdom, but everyone else weighing in with their opinions and taking part.
What is strength without a double share of wisdom?
Exhausting thought, And having wisdom with each studious year.
A spoon does not know the taste of soup, nor a learned fool the taste of wisdom.
A child's hand in yoursâ what tenderness and power it arouses. You are instantly the very touchstone of wisdom and strength.
She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness.
Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.
The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.
Trouble brings experience, and experience brings wisdom.
The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.
One man's justice is another's injustice; one man's beauty is another's ugliness; one man's wisdom is another's folly.
