Quotes About Wisdom

Remember, God is not only concerned with the "what" of parenting, he is concerned with the "how.

God's Word must inform not only our goals, but also our methods.

Proverbs 18:2 speaks to this issue with penetrating insight: "A fool finds no pleasure in understanding but delights in airing his own opinions.

Proverbs 18:13 reminds us that "He who answers before listening—that is his folly and his shame.

Don't talk to your children about that which you have spoken little with God.

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him" (Proverbs 22:15).

He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding" (Proverbs 15:32).

He who ignores discipline despises himself, but whoever heeds correction gains understanding" (Proverbs

Give your children big truths they will grow into rather than light explanations they will grow out of.

Some people think listening is what you do between opportunities to say something. During listening times they don't listen at all. They are deciding what to say. Don't be such a parent. The Proverbs remind you that the fool does not delight in understanding, but in airing his own opinion (Proverbs 18:2).

Instructing a child's heart is not simply transferring data from parent to child. It is impressing the heart with truth. Solomon

recently asked a young lad of ten what would get him into the most trouble, breaking a valuable vase or disobeying his parents' clear directive. Without a moment of hesitation, he said it would be far worse to break a cherished vase. This lad has learned the values of the home. He perceives an unspoken value that says prized vases are of greater concern to his parents than disobedient boys. These values are based on hollow and deceptive philosophies.

Your greatest need is to understand deep truths from the Bible. Solid parenting skills are built on solid truth.

You should teach that a soft answer turns away wrath.

It is not what we have that will make us a great nation; it is the way in which we use it.

OK, so truth hurts - but what else does truth do?

You simply cannot tell other people they are stupid, even if they really are stupid.

I have a formal education, but there's a whole lot you don't learn in school. And you only have so much time to figure it out. No matter how cerebral, celestial, how ethnic, there's a span of time here.

I don't speak Spanish. I've done Spanish 1 and 2 classes. My grandma asked me when I was young if I wanted to learn Spanish, and I guess I was young. I should have, because it would have helped me a lot.

Gather the flowers, but spare the buds.

It was drilled into me from an early age that nothing is certain and that you have to be incredibly careful and sensible with money. However, if you are lucky enough to have a little bit spare, you should also try to enjoy it.

Listen to many, speak to a few.

I know things, but I shut my mouth. They don't want me to speak, so I don't speak.

Always speak politely to an enraged Dragon.