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Quotes About Discernment

Ours is an age that's often obsessed with knowledge at the expense of wisdom.
~ Mal Fletcher
There is, therefore, wisdom in reserving one's decisions as long as possible and until all the facts and forces that will be potent at the moment are revealed.
~ Winston Churchill
A word to the wise isn't as good as a word from the wise.
~ Grenville Kleiser
Wise men don't need concrete answers. By definition, they need wisdom." ~ Geraki
~ Richelle Mead
Making wise decisions requires more than incentives. It requires wisdom.
~ James Taranto
Intellect is not wisdom one must understand. They're two things - wisdom and intellect.
~ Nirmala Srivastava
The beginning of wisdom, as the Chinese say, is calling things by their right names.
~ E. O. Wilson
People want power but not wisdom. Power without wisdom is a very dangerous thing. Better to have wisdom first.
~ Frederick Lenz
The art of being wise is knowing what to overlook.
~ William James
A wise man sees as much as he ought not as much as he can.
~ Michel de Montaigne
Teach the ignorant. Study the wise. Avoid the foolish. Embrace the enlightened.
~ Matshona Dhliwayo
Intelligence seeks reasons behind things. Wisdom looks for things behind reasons.
~ Raheel Farooq
Those who understand will understand.
~ Wayne Gerard Trotman
If you read proverbs, you will find answers to every puzzle.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
Most people have this tendency to make judgments on others based on preconceptions, especially when they are dealing with them for the first time.
~ Janvier Chouteu-Chando
Learn when to talk and when to listen. If you're unsure, listen.
~ J. Kyle McNeal, Birthrights
Because if works doesn't mean that it's right, once can be successfully wrong~Dad to his Son...(Psalms 37:7)
~ Dr. Lucas D. Shallua
Foolishness is not a lack of resources, it's the lack of wisdom.
~ TemitOpe Ibrahim
Choose your counsel, company and companions wisely: beware seeking wise words of advice from a fool or expecting informed opinions or decisions from the ignorant.
~ Rasheed Ogunlaru
Love everyone but chose your friends with caution.
~ Mensah Oteh
Don't mention your move before you make a move.
~ Amit Kalantri, Wealth of Words
A real Woman has the Spirit of Discernment, she's a critical thinker
~ Samuel Asumadu-Sarkodie
There are a lot of voices in the world causing confusion however, the Voice of the Holy Spirit is still Unique
~ Samuel Asumadu-Sarkodie
Religion, for instance, cannot be accepted or rejected out of hand, until the student knows exactly what religion means.
~ Idries Shah, The Sufis