Quotes and Sayings about Wisdom
And he said to man, ‘The fear of the Lord—that is wisdom, and to shun evil is understanding.’ – Job 28:28
The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks what is just. – Psalm 37:30
Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you. – Proverbs 4:6
Wisdom is a shelter as money is a shelter, but the advantage of knowledge is this: that wisdom preserves the life of its possessor. – Ecclesiastes 7:12
When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom. – Proverbs 11:2
Wisdom is knowing what to do next; virtue is doing it. – David Star Jordan, The Philosophy of Despair
A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top. – Author Unknown
A single conversation with a wise man is better than ten years of study. – Chinese Proverb
“ I saw that wisdom is better than folly, just as light is better than darkness.” – Ecclesiastes 2:
Some folks are wise and some are otherwise. – Tobias Smollett
The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions. – Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways, but the folly of fools is deception. – Proverbs 14:8
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. – Alfred Lord Tennyson
A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew. – Herb Caen
No man was ever wise by chance. – Seneca
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future. – George Bernard Shaw
There is a wisdom of the head, and… a wisdom of the heart. – Charles Dickens
Common-sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Wisdom outweighs any wealth. – Sophocles
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.. – William Shakespeare, As You Like It
The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook. – William James
It is more easy to be wise for others than for ourselves. – François Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Learning sleeps and snores in libraries, but wisdom is everywhere, wide awake, on tiptoe. – Josh Billings
Every wise man lives in an observatory. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827
Wisdom calls aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the public squares; – Proverbs 1:20
We have different kinds of knowledge; Wisdom is choosing the best knowledge. – Victorino Q. Abrugar
Wisdom is the right attitude that leads to the right values and habits. – Victorino Q. Abrugar
Wisdom is a current act that either consider or forget the past to secure the future. – Victorino Q. Abrugar
