Quotes About Wisdom

there is no man, however wise, who has not at some time in his youth said or done things that are so unpleasant to him in later life that he would gladly expunge them from his memory if he could. In years to come, I will not be haunted by the guilt of all the good I didn't do.

Grandfather Michael

I look back on my life like a good day's work, it was done and I am satisfied with it.

Never let schooling interfere with education.

God created the world in the way that he saw fit, and humans should not question the divinely appointed order. All wisdom literature, not just Job, develops this theme (e.g., Is 40:28- 29). Human beings must take their proper place in the cosmos, find their appointed life and make the most of it.

God's justice transcends human frailty, and our duty is to await his answers. Rather than assume the right to determine the laws of God's created order (Crenshaw calls this "Titanism"), we must humbly submit to God's greater wisdom.

Graham committed himself to an hour of prayer and Bible study each day after breakfast. He began with five chapters of Psalms, he claimed, to know how to get along with God, and one chapter of Proverbs to know how to get along with other people. That way he read each book through once a month.

But my later experience has taught me two lessons: first, that things are seen plainer after the events have occurred; second, that the most confident critics are generally those who know the least about the matter criticised.

Depend upon yourself. Make your judgement trustworthy by trusting it. You can develop good judgement as you do the muscles of your body - by judicious, daily exercise. To be known as a man of sound judgement will be much in your favor.

Eighteen holes of match play will teach you more about your foe than 18 years of dealing with him across a desk.

A wise man makes his own decisions. An ignorant man follows public opinion.

At twenty you have many desires which hide the truth, but beyond forty there are only real and fragile truths-your abilities and your failings.

Sometimes you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right

Once in a while you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right.

Guarda tu l'acqua: perché dicono che è saggia? Perché prende la forma del vaso ove la si versa." "Anche il vino, mi pare!

A truth spoken before its time is dangerous.

The excess of virtue is a vice.

Milk the cow, but do not pull off the udder.

A society grows great when old men plant trees in whose shade they know they shall never sit.

A word out of season may mar a whole lifetime.

All things good to know are difficult to learn.

Gray hair is a sign of age, not wisdom.

Many men know how to flatter, few men know how to praise.

it's not a question but a lesson learned in time