It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
Man’s mind stretched to a new idea never goes back to its original dimensions.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (1809-1894) was an American physician, poet, and polymath. Noted for his advocacy for medical reforms, he was also an acclaimed writer among his peers.
From Psalm 37:3-4: “Trust in the Lord and do good; live in the land and enjoy security. Take delight in the Lord, and He will give you the desires of your heart.”
Trusting Father’s plans
Accepting His grace
Breathing in wisdom
Worry no longer gives chase
Taking faithful steps
Embracing His ways
Walking with Father
His patience teaches each day
Lending mercy’s peace
Expressing His love
Filling heart with hope
Father’s joy breathes from above
Leaving sinful flesh
Departing from night
Honoring Father
His righteousness leads with light
Sowing truthful seeds
Viewing empty tomb
Trusting risen Christ
Redemption’s fruits fully bloom
From Psalm 37:29: “The righteous shall inherit the land and live in it forever.”
I embrace emerging experience. I participate in discovery. I am a butterfly. I am not a butterfly collector. I want the experience of the butterfly.
Wisdom is having things right in your life and knowing why.
William Stafford (1914-1993) was an American poet.
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.
When you catch an adjective, kill it. No, I don’t mean utterly, but kill most of them–then the rest will be valuable. They weaken when they are close together. They give strength when they are far apart.
Mark Twain (1835-1910) was an American author and humorist. He has often been praised as one of America’s greatest humorists, and American writer William Faulkner called him “the father of American Literature.”
Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.
Silence does not always mark wisdom.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834) was an English poet, theologian, and philosopher. He was considered to be one of the founders of the Romantic Movement in England.
Gene Autry (1907-1998) was an American actor and singer. Most of his roles in film and television revolved around his love of the West and the American cowboy. During the 1940s, he wrote up his “Cowboy Commandments.”
Grandpa shares wisdom
Now, enjoy life’s tomorrow’s—
Grandson’s eager ear
Overnight’s deep snow
Children’s appetite for fun—
Now, nowhere in sight
Dad making breakfast
Eggs now scrambled left, then right—
Last night’s football game
God doesn’t build skyscrapers; men build skyscrapers. And they all have the touch of genius, human genius. But you cannot find a man who can make a star. And when God steps in, His working is like the difference between a skyscraper and a star.
From Job 28:24: “For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.”
Charles Swindoll (born 1934) is an American pastor and Christian author.
The caterpillar does all the work, but the butterfly gets all the publicity.
We have multiplied our possessions but reduced our values. We talk too much, love too seldom, and hate too often. We’ve learned how to make a living but not a life. We’ve added years to life, not life to years.
George Carlin (1937-2008) was an American comedian, social critic, and writer.
To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.
Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.
Marilyn vos Savant (born 1946) is an American magazine columnist.
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