The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom,And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.
- Proverbs 9:10 -
Wisdom is always an overmatch for strength.
- Phaedoue -
But if any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God,
who gives to all generously and without reproach,
and it will be given to him.
- James 1:5 -
Knowledge is of the past, wisdom is of the future.
- Vernon Cooper -
Memory is the mother of all wisdom.
- Samuel Johnson -
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom;
A good understanding have all those who do His commandments.
- Psalm 111:10 -
There is no wisdom and no understanding
And no counsel against the LORD.
- Proverbs 21:30 -
Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.
- Norman Cousins -
It is far better to do well than to say well.
- Unknown -
An idealist believes the short run doesn’t count. A cynic believes the long run doesn’t matter.
A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.
- Sydney Harris -
The perfection of wisdom, and the end of true philosophy
is to proportion our wants to our possessions, our ambitions to our capacities,
we will then be a happy and a virtuous people.
- Mark Twain -
How much better it is to get wisdom than gold!
And to get understanding is to be chosen above silver.
- Proverbs 16:16 -
He who gets wisdom loves his own soul;
He who keeps understanding will find good.
- Proverbs 19:8 -
The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
- Cicero -
For the LORD gives wisdom;
From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.
He stores up sound wisdom for the upright;
He is a shield to those who walk in integrity.
- Proverbs 2:6-7 -
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness before God.
- 1 Corninthians 3:19 -
Whatever is at the center of our life will be the source of our security, guidance, wisdom, and power.
- Stephen Covey -
It’s so simple to be wise. Just think of something stupid to say and then don’t say it.
- Sam Levenson -
Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is considered wise;
When he closes his lips, he is considered prudent.
- Proverbs 17:28 -
It is a thousand times better to have common sense without education
than to have education without common sense.
- Robert Ingersoll -
To recognize the significant in the factual is wisdom.
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer -
We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success.
We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do;
and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.
- Samuel Smiles -
Too bad that all the people who really know how to run the country are busy driving taxi cabs and cutting hair.
- George Burns -
By wisdom a house is built,
And by understanding it is established;
And by knowledge the rooms are filled
With all precious and pleasant riches.
- Proverbs 24:3-4 -
But the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, reasonable,
full of mercy and good fruits, unwavering, without hypocrisy.
- James 3:17 -
