Quotes About Wisdom

I'm obsessed with proverbs because, to me, flexing is being able to say the most with the least amount of words.

Proverbs may not improperly be called the philosophy of the common people.

My name is Jidenna, which means 'to hold or embrace the father' in Igbo. It was my father who gave me this name and who taught me countless parables, proverbs, and principles that made me the man I am today.

The Word of God is so much broader than people are giving it credit for. Look at Proverbs, a book written on how to live.

A diploma only proves that you know how to look up answers.

The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.

What is important to me is that when I write something, people listen to me. I provide my wisdom to people, whether they agree or not.

In the post-industrial economy, ideas and great minds often provide far greater return on investment than any other resources or capital investments.

The hardest moments of your life in your 20s will provide some of the greatest lessons that will come in handy later.

Whoso neglects learning in his youth, loses his past and is dead for the future.

Knowledge is not wisdom: cleverness is not, not without awareness of our death, not without recalling just how brief our flare is. He who overreaches will, in his overreaching, lose what he possesses, betray what he has now. That which is beyond us, which is greater than the human, the unattainably great, is for the mad, or for those who listen to the mad, and then believe them.

ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred with out a head

Since I am wise, some people envy me, some think I'm idle, some the opposite, and some feel threatened. Yet I'm not all that wise.

The wisest men follow their own direction And listen to no prophet guiding them. None but the fools believe in oracles, Forsaking their own judgment.

Better a humble heart, a lowly life. Untouched by greatness let me live - and live. Not too little, not too much: there safety lies.

The good and wise lead quite lives

Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent.

We must not think too much: people go mad if they think too much.

The God knows when to smile.

Not too little, not too much: there safety lies.

Do not consider painful what is good for you.

What else is Wisdom? What of man's endeavour Or God's high grace, so lovely and so great? To stand from fear set free, to breathe and wait; To hold a hand uplifted over Hate; And shall not Loveliness be loved for ever?

Those who look for filth, can find it at the height of noon.

Why long for death's marriage bed which human beings all shun? Death comes soon enough and brings an end to everything.