Quotes About Wisdom

Only a heathen would bring a gun to a swordfight." "And only a moron would bring a sword to a gunfight.

What about you?" he asked, his words not much more than a mumble. "Regrets?" "Many," Skuduggery said. Tesseract's breath rattled in his chest. "That's the goo thing about living. You get to make up for past mistakes." "Or make brand-new ones.

Skulduggery shrugged. "When in doubt, wear a hat, that's what I always say.

As a wise man once said—" "You, right?" "—never underestimate a heart of evil—" "I bet it was you." "—for in that heart you can—" "It was you, wasn't it?" "Yes, it was me,

The trick, you see—" "Is to never assume anything," she finished.

That'll teach him to underestimate stupid people. – Ghastly

In that movie, Mr Miyagi has Daniel doing all these mundane tasks like painting the fence and waxing the car, then later Daniel does the same moves and finds out it's kung fu. You have me doing all of these fighting moves... If I find out later that what you're actually doing is teaching me how to paint fences and wax cars, I'm not paying you, you understand? - Scapegrace

I wasn't always who I am now. No one ever is. I've spent my entire lifetime becoming who I am. Finally, I'm here and I'm old. It's depressing, it really is.

And only a moron would bring a sword to a gunfight.

Still, he didn't like being old.

Education is cheap; experience is expensive.

The true foundation of all culture is the knowledge and understanding of water.

I often wonder if my knowledge about God has not become my greatest stumbling block to my knowledge of God.

True knowledge is knowledge of why things are as they are, and not merely what they are.

Nothing can be achieved without knowledge and yet everything can be achieved just through a pure heart.

It would be great to be able to pass on to someone all of the successes, the failures, and the knowledge that one has had. To help someone, avoid all the fire, pain and anxiety would be wonderful.

Knowledge alone makes Christians haughty. Application makes us holy.

I say there is no darkness but ignorance.

Remember my friend, that knowledge is stronger than memory, and we should not trust the weaker

The Scriptures were not given to increase our knowledge, but to change our lives.

I don't think happiness is necessarily the reason we're here. I think we're here to learn and evolve, and the pursuit of knowledge is what alleviates the pain of being human.

Cats know everything there is to know about meditation.

All true knowledge of God is born out of obedience.

It is often necessary to make a decision on the basis of knowledge sufficient for action but insufficient to satisfy the intellect.