Quotes About Wisdom

One must always tell what one sees. Above all, which is more difficult, one must always see what one sees.

There's none so blind as those who won't see.

He who has lived a day has lived an age.

Most of us spend our lives as if we had another one in the bank.

So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

True wisdom lies in gathering the precious things out of each day as it goes by.

He possesses dominion over himself, and is happy, who can every day say, "I have lived." Tomorrow the heavenly Father may either involve the world in dark clouds, or cheer it with clear sunshine; he will not, however, render ineffectual the things which have already taken place.

Possessions dwindle: I mourn their loss. But I mourn the loss of time much more, for anyone can save his purse, but none can win back lost time.

Minutes are worth more than money. Spend them wisely.

The great rule of moral conduct is, next to God, to respect Time.

The Importance of Using Time Well How pleasant it is, at the end of the day, No follies to have to repent; But reflect on the past, and be able to say, That my time has been properly spent.

Does't thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.

If time be of all things most precious, wasting time must be the greatest prodigality, since lost time is never found again.

It is nonsense to say there is not enough time to be fully informed. ... Time given to thought is the greatest timesaver of all.

Learn to use ten minutes intelligently. It will pay you huge dividends.

Add each day something to fortify you against poverty and death.

To live each day as though one's last, never flustered, never apathetic, never attitudinizing-here is perfection of character.

Study as if you were going to live forever; live as if you were going to die tomorrow.

Always do one thing less than you think you can do.

The value of life lies not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them; a man may live long yet live very little.

What runs through a person like water through a sieve.

Every day is a messenger of God.

Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.

Time is the wisest counsellor of all.