Quotes About Wisdom

True goodness is not without that germ of greatness that can bear with patience the mistakes of the ignorant.

True patience is grounded in wisdom and compassion.

Foolish is my happiness, and foolish things will it speak: it is still too young—so have patience with it!

It is in the everyday and the commonplace that we learn patience, acceptance, and contentment.

Don't halloo until you're out of the wood.

Patience is sottish, and impatience does become a dog that's mad.

From adversity we can learn the value of patience.

when you have the reasons, reason!

A handful of patience is worth more than a bushel of brains.

In all controversies, it is better to wait the decisions of time, which are slow and sure, than to take those of synods, which are often hasty and injudicious

Spiritual maturity testifies of one's level of patience

No one has ever died of restlessness, but rashness is another matter. We've planted seeds, let them grow.

The hundred-year-old man had never let himself be irritated by people, even when there was a good reason to be, and he was not annoyed by the uncouth manner of this youth.

Ignore the people who advise you patience! There is no time for patience! Those who are patient for many years about anything are mad!

A lot of impulsive mistakes are made by people who simply aren't willing to stay bored a little longer.

When you are Patient you can be Practical and rationale

Grant me the wisdom to know when to keep trying and when to stop wasting time, the patience to keep going with the 1st, and the courage & serenity to let go of the 2nd.

It is in vain for man to endeavor to instruct man in those things which the Holy Spirit alone can teach.

People in a hurry cannot think cannot grow nor can they decay. They are preserved in a state of perpetual puerility.

If ever a time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin.

When stupidity is considered patriotism, it is unsafe to be intelligent.

The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you can see.

Patriotism requires less and less of making the eagle scream, but more and more of making him think.

Better than a thousand hollow words is one word that brings peace.