Wisdom Quotes
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With them the seed of Wisdom did I sow, And with mine own hand wrought to make it grow; And this was all the Harvest that I reap'd - 'I came like Water, and like Wind I go'.
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O Divine Providence, I ask not for more riches but more wisdom with which to make wiser use of the riches you gave me at birth, consisting in the power to control and direct my own mind to whatever ends I might desire.
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Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.
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The pride of the peacock is the glory of God. The lust of the goat is the bounty of God. The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God. The nakedness of woman is the work of God.
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Awareness of ignorance is the beginning of wisdom.
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Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of facts within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.
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With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.
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Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.
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To be evenminded is the greatest virtue. Wisdom is to speak the truth and act in keeping with its nature.
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If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
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God has already done everything He's going to do. The ball is now in your court. If you want success, if you want wisdom, if you want to be prosperous and healthy, you're going to have to do more than meditate and believe; you must boldly declare words of faith and victory over yourself and your family.
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To know thyself is the beginning of wisdom.
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A fence to wisdom is silence.
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Let no one be slow to seek wisdom when he is young nor weary in the search of it when he has grown old. For no age is too early or too late for the health of the soul.
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Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.
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Discipline is wisdom and vice versa.
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The young people of today think of nothing but themselves. They have no reverence for parents or old age. They are impatient of all restraint. They talk as if they alone knew everything and what passes for wisdom with us is foolishness with them. As for girls, they are forward, immodest and unwomanly in speech, behaviour and dress.
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Wisdom is the abstract of the past, but beauty is the promise of the future.
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Knowledge is proud that it knows so much; wisdom is humble that it knows no more.
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It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are going.
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Wisdom is to have dreams big enough not to lose sight when we pursue them.
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You are a product of your environment. So choose the environment that will best develop you toward your objective. Analyze your life in terms of its environment. Are the things around you helping you toward success - or are they holding you back?
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I have not sought during my life to amass wealth and to adorn my body, but I have sought to adorn my soul with the jewels of wisdom, patience, and above all with a love of liberty.
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Knowledge is realizing that the street is one way; wisdom is looking in both directions anyway.
