Quotes about Wise

There shall be a glorious reward to faithful ministers: to those who have been successful: Dan. xii. 3, "And they that be wise shall shine as the brightness of the firmament; and they that turn many to righteousness as the stars forever and ever;" and also to those who have been faithful, and yet not successful: Isa. xlix. 4, "Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nought: yet surely my judgment is with the Lord, and my reward with my God.

13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by his good behavior his works in the humility of wisdom.

words of the reckless pierce like swords,             but the tongue of the wise brings healing. (Proverbs 12:18, NIV)

Fools do not acknowledge God, the proud reject Him, the wise embrace Him, and the righteous worship Him.

Still anyone who trusts a serpent deserves its bite. The wise see a creature for what it is, not what it says it may be.

Get up in the morning and invite good things into your life. "I am blessed. I am strong. I am talented. I am wise. I am disciplined. I am focused. I am prosperous.

The silver swan, who living had no note,When death approached unlocked her silent throat;Leaning her breast against the reedy shore,Thus sung her first and last, and sung no more:Farewell, all joys; O death, come close mine eyes;More geese than swans now live, more fools than wise.

It's gude to be merry and wise,It's gude to be honest and true;It's gude to be off with the old love,Before you are on with the new.

He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit.Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise.

God chooses the foolish and weak things of the world to shame the wise and the strong, to show his power and our weakness without him. God's power is perfect in our weakness

to confound the wise; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty. And base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen, yea, and things which are not, to bring to nought things that are.

Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.