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" Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it. "

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" Knowledge without justice ought to be called cunning rather than wisdom. "

" No single person can possess the wisdom to chart our course. "

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" Whatever position I occupied, it was the result of colleagues - of my comrades in the movement - who had decided in their wisdom to use me for the purpose of focusing the attention of the country and the international community on me. "

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" Surely wisdom will come as we listen to learn from children, parents, partners, neighbors, Church leaders, and the Lord. "

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" All human wisdom works and has worries and grief as reward. "

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" I always want to be a messenger, a person that, you know, that's not afraid to pass on wisdom. "

" A great memory is never made synonymous with wisdom, any more than a dictionary would be called a treatise. "

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" Lord, give us the wisdom to utter words that are gentle and tender, for tomorrow we may have to eat them. "

" It is while you are patiently toiling at the little tasks of life that the meaning and shape of the great whole of life dawn on you. "

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" The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out. "

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" Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means. "

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" My mom calls me an older soul because, growing up, she taught me stuff real early. Now I spend most of my time chasing wisdom, chasing understanding. "

" A cardinal rule in budgeting and saving is to pay yourself first. Once your paycheck hits your account, wisdom has it that you should move some amount to savings even before you pay the bills. "

" Through the years, I, like you, have experienced pressures and disappointments that would have crushed me had I not been able to draw upon a source of wisdom and strength far greater than my own. He has never forgotten or forsaken me, and I have come to know for myself that Jesus is the Christ and that this is His Church. "