Quotes About Wisdom

Vulnerability is the curse of the thinking classes.

There are middle-aged children who spend a part of every day thinking of their college or their war, but the ones who grow up to be men do not have this plaintive need for a flavor of past importance

There had been a slight flavor of childishness in her outbursts, a little of petulance, but it was mostly a mature woman in that special area of pain reserved, in irony, for those who know how to give.

John D. MacDonald

I had a horror of the danger of arrogance. What a pitiful thing it is when a man lets a little temporary success spoil him, warp his judgment, and he forgets what he is!

Al contadino non gli far sapere, quanto sia buono il cacio colle pere' –

what we don't know and can't do far exceeds what we do know and can do. A little humility, then, is hardly rocket science. It is common sense.

tomes on the meaning of life. Poets and playwrights were

And who understands? Not me, because if I did I would forgive it all.

Hati-hati terhadap kemarahan orang yang penyabar.

None are so busy as the fool and knave.

Whence but from heaven, could men unskilled in arts, In several ages born, in several parts, Weave such agreeing truths? Or how, or why, Should all conspire to cheat us with a lie?

May the student in you become the teacher for another

Mary had Joseph. Esther had Mordecai. Ruth had Boaz. We will not become the women God intends us to be without the guidance, counsel, wisdom, strength, and love of good men in our lives.

secret of the warrior-heart of Jesus. Second, a warrior is cunning. He knows when to fight and when to run; he can sense a trap and never charges blindly ahead;

Thus we might not know we have a sage at the table, for he will remain silent while the "experts" prattle on and on.

Teach a man a rule and you help him solve a problem; teach a man to walk with God and you help him solve the rest of his life. Truth

You will not think clearly about your life until you think mythically. Until you see with the eyes of your heart.

Above all else, guard your heart, for it is the wellspring of life. —KING SOLOMON (PROV. 4:23)

You are never a great man when you have more mind than heart. —BEAUCHENE

Jesus said, "Do not throw your pearls to pigs" (Matt. 7:6). By this we don't think he was calling some people pigs. He was saying, "Look—be careful that you do not give something precious to someone who, at best, cannot recognize its beauty, or at worst, will trample on it." Consider your feminine heart and beauty your treasure, your pearls.

A man's heart reflects the man . . . Proverbs 27:19

must live maturely, knowing that whatever else is happening, we must preserve the relationship if we would find our way.

Nunca saque un principio de su experiencia; deje que Dios sea tan original con otras personas como es con usted».