Quotes about wisdom
wisdom men knowing
Knowing what is right does not make a sagacious man. Aristotle
wisdom philosophical justice
The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom.
wisdom world stairs
The world is made of stairs, and there are those who go up and those who go down. Ed McBain
wisdom challenges progress
The most important lesson of New Labour is this: Every time we made progress we did it by challenging the conventional wisdom. Ed Miliband
wisdom law-of-attraction choices
When you make a choice, you change the future. Deepak Chopra
wisdom distance home
The distance between glorified spirits in heaven and militant saints on earth seems great; but it is not so. We are not far from home-a moment will bring us there. Charles Spurgeon
wisdom differences making-a-difference
Please, put aside all excuses and ask yourself, "What should I be doing?" Yes, you alone can make a difference. The question is, will you? Charles R. Swindoll
wisdom deliberation ends
The end of wisdom is consultation and deliberation. Demosthenes
wisdom stress people
Most people use music as a couch; they want to be pillowed on it, relaxed and consoled for the stress of daily living. But serious music was never meant to be soporific. Aaron Copland
wisdom hands firsts
If one is only to talk from first-hand experience, conversation would be a very poor business. C. S. Lewis
wisdom holy-places burning
If these holy places, things, and days cease to remind us, if they obliterate our awareness that all ground is holy and every bush (could we but perceive it) a Burning Bush, then the hallows begin to do harm. Hence both the necessity, and the perennial danger, of 'religion.'
wisdom thinking differences
In any fairly large and talkative community such as a university there is always the danger that those who think alike should gravitate together where they will henceforth encounter opposition only in the emasculated form of rumour that the outsiders say thus and thus. The absent are easily refuted, complacent dogmatism thrives, and differences of opinion are embittered by the group hostility. Each group hears not the best, but the worst, that the other group can say.
wisdom mistake imperfection
Love, while always forgiving of imperfections and mistakes, can never cease to will their removal.
wisdom heart love-is
Other than heaven, the only place where one's heart is completely safe from the dangers of love is hell.
wisdom absent
The absent are easily refuted.
wisdom gaps different
The gap between those who worship different gods is not so wide as the gap between those who worship and those who don't.
wisdom medicine disease
Who will take medicine unless he knows he is in the grip of disease?
wisdom men law
You find out more about God from the Moral Law than from the univerise in general just as you find out more about a man by listening to his conversation than by looking at a house he has built.
wisdom men house
You would not call a man humane for ceasing to set mousetraps if he did so because he believed there were no mice in the house.
wisdom believe ideas
Human beings, all over the earth, have this curious idea that they ought to believe in a certain way, and can't really get rid of it.
wisdom men virtue
It still remains true that no justification of virtue will enable a man to be virtuous.
wisdom use emergencies
We regard God as an airman regards his parachute; it's there for emergencies but he hopes he'll never have to use it.
wisdom fool wisest
The wisest among us is a fool in some things. Samuel Richardson
wisdom games dice
The loser, when a game of dice is done, remains behind reviewing every roll sadly, and sadly wiser, and alone. Dante Alighieri
wisdom creeks alligators
Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek. Dan Rather
wisdom thinking lazy
If one is too lazy to think, too vain to do a thing badly, too cowardly to admit it, one will never attain wisdom. Cyril Connolly
wisdom men world
No man has all the wisdom in the world; everyone has some. E. W. Howe
wisdom kings sacrifice
If a commission by an earthly king is considered a honor, how can a commission by a Heavenly King be considered a sacrifice? David Livingstone
wisdom country america
All we seek is an America where every person is given the chance to productively contribute to his country and where he can receive a fair and equitable share of the wealth that production creates. Coretta Scott King
wisdom real understanding
To know that you know, and to know that you don't know - that is real wisdom. Confucius
wisdom proud murmuring
To be poor without murmuring is difficult. To be rich without being proud is easy.
wisdom respect philosophical
Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?
wisdom keys
To understand yourself is the key to wisdom.