41 Best wisdom quotes from the bible
Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right .
We learn from failure, not from success! .
A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends .
In order to rise from its own ashes, a Phoenix first must burn .
The act of taking the first step is what separates the winners from the losers .
Wisdom is one of the few things that looks bigger the further away it is .
In examining disease, we gain wisdom about anatomy and physiology and biology. In examining the person with disease, we gain wisdom about life .
For with much wisdom comes much sorrow; the more knowledge the more grief .
Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil .
Cleverness is not wisdom .
They will envy you for your success, your wealth, for your intelligence, for your looks, for your status - but rarely for your wisdom .
Silence does not always mark wisdom .
Mum liked to say that some things happen for a reason, that sometimes obstacles were there to stop you from doing something stupid .
The lessons of life amount not to wisdom, but to scar tissue and callus .
If you don't feel it, flee from it. Go where you are celebrated, not merely tolerated .
I was tired of seeing the Graces always depicted as beautiful young things. I think wisdom comes with age and life and pain. And knowing what matters .
Knowledge is merely brilliance in organization of ideas and not wisdom. The truly wise person goes beyond knowledge .
All our wisdom is stored in the trees .
Morality is temporary, wisdom is permanent .
Wisdom ain't a virtue I ever aspired to .
It seems wisest to assume the worst from the beginning...and let anything better come as a surprise .
God is the supreme uncreated light of which Wisdom is born, but there was never a time when God's Wisdom did not exist .
Failure is instructive. The person who really thinks learns quite as much from his failures as from his successes .
Wisdom is the oneness of mind that guides and permeates all things .
With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone .
Acquire worldly wisdom and adjust your behavior accordingly. If your new behavior gives you a little temporary unpopularity with your peer group…then to hell with them .
The beginning of wisdom, as they say. When you're seventeen you know everything. When you're twenty-seven if you still know everything you're still seventeen .
The beauty of collaboration between older and younger generations is that we combine strength with wisdom—a surefire way to accomplish more for the glory of God .
To finish the moment, to find the journey's end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom .
Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody .
Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession. .
The noble man is chiefly concerned with wisdom and friendship; of these, the former is a mortal good, the latter and immortal one .
truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold .
Never question another man's motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives .
To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future .
For the senses wander, and when one lets the mind follow them, it carries wisdom away like a windblown ship on the waters .
Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts? .
Lady Wisdom will be your close friend; and Brother Knowledge will be your pleasant companion .
No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it .
Patience is a form of wisdom. It demonstrates that we understand and accept the fact that sometimes things must unfold in their own time .
Age is a hell of a price to pay for wisdom .