- A few years ago you couldn't go from TV to film. It was like a 'no no' but I believe when you find a plan and purpose that God has for your life, there's not anything man can do to you. Especially when your faith is not really standing in the wisdom of man, you're really standing in the wisdom of God.
- Derek Luke on Wisdom
- A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
- Edward G. Bulwer Lytton on Wisdom
- A good decision is based on knowledge and not on numbers.
- A good head and a good heart are always a formidable combination.
- Nelson Mandela on Wisdom
- A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise.
- John Henry Newman on Wisdom
- A heart well prepared for adversity in bad times hopes, and in good times fears for a change in fortune.
- A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.
- Khalil Gibran on Wisdom
- A loving heart is the truest wisdom.
- Charles Dickens on Wisdom
- A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew.
- A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
- Aristophanes on Wisdom
- A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.
- John C. Maxwell on Wisdom
- A man of strength and wisdom, John Paul became an inspiration to generations of both Catholics and non-Catholics throughout the world by encouraging freedom, promoting peace and respecting all faiths.
- Greg Walden on Wisdom
- A mistake is simply another way of doing things.
- Katharine Graham on Wisdom
- A monarchy conducted with infinite wisdom and infinite benevolence is the most perfect of all possible governments.
- Ezra Stiles on Wisdom
- A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.
- Robert Frost on Wisdom
- A proverb is the wisdom of many and the wit of one.
- Lord John Russell on Wisdom
- A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
- Francis Bacon on Wisdom
- A short saying often contains much wisdom.
- A wholesome oblivion of one's neighbours is the beginning of wisdom.
- Richard Le Gallienne on Wisdom
- A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.
- Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson on Wisdom
- After 25-plus years as a lawyer, prosecutor, and defense attorney, I have developed a deep appreciation for both the wisdom of the law and the role that jurists play in framing the rights and responsibilities that define our society.
- Eliot Spitzer on Wisdom
- After a gig I always head back to the hotel, remembering granny's words of wisdom. I cancel the late-night pizza and watch the Jonathan Ross show instead.
- Jimmy Carr on Wisdom
- After all my possessions had been burned, God gave me the wisdom to return to Jerusalem.
- Shmuel Y. Agnon on Wisdom
- After the knowledge of, and obedience to, the will of God, the next aim must be to know something of His attributes of wisdom, power, and goodness as evidenced by His handiwork.
- James Prescott Joule on Wisdom
- Age does not bring you wisdom, age brings you wrinkles.
- Estelle Getty on Wisdom
- Age is a terrible avenger. The lessons of life give you so much to work with, but by the time you've got all this great wisdom, you don't get to be young anymore.
- Elizabeth Wurtzel on Wisdom
- All free governments are managed by the combined wisdom and folly of the people.
- James A. Garfield on Wisdom
- All human wisdom is summed up in two words wait and hope.
- Alexandre Dumas on Wisdom
- All human wisdom works and has worries and grief as reward.
- Johann Georg Hamann on Wisdom
- All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man.
- Henry David Thoreau on Wisdom
- Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it.
- George Santayana on Wisdom
- Along with success comes a reputation for wisdom.
- Although it has been said by men of more wit than wisdom, and perhaps more malice than either, that women are naturally incapable of acting prudently, or that they are necessarily determined to folly, I must by no means grant it.
- Mary Astell on Wisdom
- Always keep an open mind and a compassionate heart.
- Phil Jackson on Wisdom
- Always keep your mind as bright and clear as the vast sky, the great ocean, and the highest peak, empty of all thoughts. Always keep your body filled with light and heat. Fill yourself with the power of wisdom and enlightenment.
- Morihei Ueshiba on Wisdom
- Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.
- Og Mandino on Wisdom
- Analysts may be correct that the presidential election won't primarily turn on entitlements reform, but by choosing Paul Ryan as his running mate, Mitt Romney can, contrary to conventional wisdom, make it a winning issue and lay the foundation for a reform mandate when he wins.
- David Limbaugh on Wisdom
- And I love that even in the toughest moments, when we're all sweating it - when we're worried that the bill won't pass, and it seems like all is lost - Barack never lets himself get distracted by the chatter and the noise. Just like his grandmother, he just keeps getting up and moving forward... with patience and wisdom, and courage and grace.
- Michelle Obama on Wisdom
- And I pray thee, loving Jesus, that as Thou hast graciously given me to drink in with delight the words of Thy knowledge, so Thou wouldst mercifully grant me to attain one day to Thee, the fountain of all wisdom and to appear forever before Thy face.
- Venerable Bede on Wisdom
- And it is no less true, that personal security and private property rest entirely upon the wisdom, the stability, and the integrity of the courts of justice.
- Joseph Story on Wisdom
- 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.
- Rowan D. Williams on Wisdom
- And, if we have any evidence that the wisdom which formed the plan is in the man, we have the very same evidence, that the power which executed it is in him also.
- Thomas Reid on Wisdom
- Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.
- Joseph Addison on Wisdom
- Any successful nominee should possess both the temperament to interpret the law and the wisdom to do so fairly. The next Supreme Court Justice should have a record of protecting individual rights and a strong willingness to put aside any political agenda.
- Bennie Thompson on Wisdom
- Around '93, '94, the conventional wisdom about the Internet was that it was a toy for academics and researchers. So it was very, very underestimated for about two years.
- Marc Andreessen on Wisdom
- As a parent and a citizen, I'll take a Bill Gates (or Warren Buffett) over Steve Jobs every time. If we must have billionaires, better they should ignore Jobs's example and instead embrace the morality and wisdom of the great industrialist-philanthropist Andrew Carnegie.
- Eric Alterman on Wisdom
- As an instrument for practical action, law is responsive to the wisdom of its time, which may be wrong, but it carries forward, sometimes in opposition to this wisdom or passion, a memory of received values.
- Edward Levi on Wisdom
- As far as feeling freedom in my career now versus five years ago... I think if I feel any more free it's simply because of the experiences that I've had, and the wisdom I've accumulated from that time.
- Mary Chapin Carpenter on Wisdom
- As great as Ed is, the wisdom out here is that he can't carry a movie. They'll pay him $3 million to be the second banana in Julia Roberts things. But they won't put up $3 million for an Ed Harris movie.
- George A. Romero on Wisdom
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