Wisdom Quotes

"The keys to the kingdom are entrusted not to the strong, but to those who remain humble."

"In denying myself, I found myself; in losing my life, I gained life eternal."

"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom."

"Many are the plans in a person's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails."

"The beginning of all wisdom is self-knowledge."

"The law was given to show us our need for grace, not to be our master."

"To live is to choose; to choose wisely is to live well."

"The wilderness teaches what the palace cannot—that dependence on God is our greatest strength."

"In the multiplication of words there is sin; in the discipline of speech there is wisdom."

"What the world calls weakness, the Lord calls strength; what it calls foolishness, He calls wisdom."

"For now we see through a glass, darkly."

"The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control."

"All things are lawful for me, but not all things are beneficial."

"I have much more to say to you, but you cannot bear it now."

"God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise."

"The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil."

"Do not despise prophecy."

"The spiritual man judges all things, but himself is judged of no man."

"Whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, think on these things."

"The path to wisdom often winds through valleys of doubt and despair."

"A question asked in sincerity deserves an answer given in honesty."

"The most useful thing to know is how to think rightly about God."

"As a man thinks in his heart, so is he."

"A theologian must have a devout heart, a patient spirit, and a sincere love of truth."

"The true measure of a man is not what he knows, but what he does with what he knows."

"Come, let us reason together, for the appeal to force is the last refuge of the incompetent."

"An excess of any good thing becomes bad."

"The beginning of wisdom is to admit ignorance."

"We are not our own; therefore, neither our reason nor our will should predominate in our deliberations and actions."

"True wisdom teaches us to know ourselves as sinners dependent upon divine mercy."