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" The all-seeing eye of God beheld our deplorable state; infinite pity touched the heart of the Father of mercies; and infinite wisdom laid the plan of our recovery. "

David Brainerd

Father

Moving On

Wisdom

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" Earthly wisdom is doing what comes naturally. Godly wisdom is doing what the Holy Spirit compels us to do. "

Charles Stanley

Doing

Holy Spirit

" Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. "

" After all my possessions had been burned, God gave me the wisdom to return to Jerusalem. "

Shmuel Yosef Agnon

God

Possessions

" We live in a culture that doesn't acknowledge or validate human intuition and doesn't encourage us to rely on our intuitive wisdom. "

" Money can be taken away from you, by the IRS or by pistol. That's why I always measure riches in terms of wisdom. No one can ever take from you what you know. "

" Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut, that held its ground. "

" We should always look upon ourselves as God's servants, placed in God's world, to do his work; and accordingly labour faithfully for him; not with a design to grow rich and great, but to glorify God, and do all the good we possibly can. "

" To keep your secret is wisdom; to expect others to keep it is folly. "

William Samuel Johnson

Expect

Wisdom

Keep

" When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps. "

" I learned some valuable lessons about the legislative process, the importance of bipartisan cooperation and the wisdom of taking small steps to get a big job done. "

" The greater the step forward in knowledge, the greater is the one taken backward in search of wisdom. "

Stephen Gardiner

Wisdom

Knowledge

" This age thinks better of a gilded fool Than of a threadbare saint in wisdom's school. "

" To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly. "

" In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause. "

" They would need to be already wise, in order to love wisdom. "

" Given the unprecedented ignorance of the Bible in contemporary America, it is likely that more young Americans will only know the Noah of 'Noah.' We can only hope that the film offers even a fraction of the wisdom of the original. "

" He dares to be a fool, and that is the first step in the direction of wisdom. "

James Huneker

Fool

Direction

" O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive! "

" Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself. "

" My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate. "

" Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity. "

" Logic is the beginning of wisdom, not the end. "

" There is a trade off - as you grow older you gain wisdom but you lose spontaneity. "

" Instead of looking at life as a narrowing funnel, we can see it ever widening to choose the things we want to do, to take the wisdom we've learned and create something. "

" It is good even for old men to learn wisdom. "

" I reject most conventional wisdom. "

" However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it be not the effect of wisdom and intention. "

Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Effect

Wisdom

Intention

" Mainstream media tend to just mouth the conventional wisdom, to see everything through the filter of right and left. "

" The wheel that squeaks the loudest is the one that gets the grease. "

" Robots have already surpassed human beings in calculation and memory, but I have no doubt that the time will come when they will surpass in wisdom as well. "