Popular Quotes

"In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by."

"And when the world is created, it is created in such a way that those eternal objects of God's loving wisdom become actualities - interacting with one another, relating to God in the finite realm."

"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."

"It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it."

"Wisdom and penetration are the fruit of experience, not the lessons of retirement and leisure. Great necessities call out great virtues."

"Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

"Let my skin and sinews and bones dry up, together with all the flesh and blood of my body! I welcome it! But I will not move from this spot until I have attained the supreme and final wisdom."

"Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use."

"Knowledge is going to make you stronger. Knowledge is going to let you control your life. Knowledge is going to give you the wisdom to teach their children. Knowledge is the thing that makes you smile in the face of disaster."

"All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope."

"Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there."

"There is more wisdom in your body than in your deepest philosophy."

"I'd rather regret the things I've done than regret the things I haven't done."

"The smallest deed is better than the greatest intention."

"You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was."

"Never reach out your hand unless you're willing to extend an arm."

"Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out."

"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose."

"The doorstep to the temple of wisdom is a knowledge of our own ignorance."

"If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it."

"He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God."

"They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom."

"A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them."

"Holy wisdom confounds Satan and all his wickednesses."