--- title: "11 Said Wisdom Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Said Wisdom quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Said Wisdom sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96a/howard-pyle-15114_children_it-may-be-said-he-that-the-wisdom-of-lit_3130119.png" --- > [“It may be," said he, "that the wisdom of little children flies higher than our heavy wits can follow.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-pyle/it-may-be-said-he-that-the-wisdom-of-little-children-flies-higher/) [Howard Pyle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-pyle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96a/howard-pyle-15114_children_it-may-be-said-he-that-the-wisdom-of-lit_3130119.png) > [“Blue Horse said to me... wisdom is not a path, it is a tree.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-e-turner/blue-horse-said-to-me-wisdom-is-not-a-path-it-is-a-tree/) [Nancy E. Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-e-turner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f12/nancy-e-turner-9527_journey_blue-horse-said-to-me-wisdom-is-not-a-pa_3042843.png) > [Jesus never uttered a loftier or a grander truth than when he said that wisdom cometh out of the mouths of babes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mahatma-gandhi/jesus-never-uttered-a-loftier-or-a-grander-truth-than-when-he-said/) [Mahatma Gandhi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mahatma-gandhi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13d/mahatma-gandhi-23_babe_jesus-never-uttered-a-loftier-or-a-grand_1208081.jpg) > [“Wisdom Sufian said: 'The wisdom which is invisible but which sustains is a hundred times better than the appearance of wisdom, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/idries-shah/wisdom-sufian-said-the-wisdom-which-is-invisible-but-which-sustains/) [Idries Shah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/idries-shah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a3/idries-shah-450_life_wisdom-sufian-said-the-wisdom-which-is-i_650931.jpg) > [“Wisdom is the ability to make wise decisions and pursue them. The bible said "wisdom is the principal thing". This means it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/israelmore-ayivor/wisdom-is-the-ability-to-make-wise-decisions-and-pursue-them-the/) [Israelmore Ayivor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/israelmore-ayivor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6cc/israelmore-ayivor-79_1_wisdom-is-the-ability-to-make-wise-decis_668837.jpg) > [Aristotle once said that wisdom (the ability to make good decisions) is a combination of experience plus reflection. The more time that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-tracy/aristotle-once-said-that-wisdom-the-ability-to-make-good-decisions-is/) [Brian Tracy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-tracy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd0/brian-tracy-216_ability_aristotle-once-said-that-wisdom-the-abil_3039013.jpg) > [“I am fortitude,” said faith. “I am contentment,” said peace. “I am delight,” said joy. “I am goodness,” said virtue. “I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matshona-dhliwayo/i-am-fortitude-said-faith-i-am-contentment-said-peace-i-am-delight/) [Matshona Dhliwayo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matshona-dhliwayo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e74/matshona-dhliwayo-52_africa-quotes_i-am-fortitude-said-faith-i-am-contentme_2418602.jpg) > [Write about just one thing, I have said, and there is wisdom in this advice...And yet, there is wisdom also in William…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-calkins/write-about-just-one-thing-i-have-said-and-there-is-wisdom-in-this/) [Lucy Calkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-calkins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/029/lucy-calkins-46668_advice_write-about-just-one-thing-i-have-said-a_642940.jpg) > [“The king said, ‘What wisdom have you gained from this event?’ The scholar replied: ‘I now understand that if anyone were to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/idries-shah/the-king-said-what-wisdom-have-you-gained-from-this-event-the-scholar/) [Idries Shah](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/idries-shah/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/741/idries-shah-450_wisdom_the-king-said-what-wisdom-have-you-gaine_2965726.jpg) > [Much has seen said of the wisdom of old age. Old age is wise, I grant, for itself, but not wise for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-c-bryant/much-has-seen-said-of-the-wisdom-of-old-age-old-age-is-wise-i-grant/) [William C. Bryant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-c-bryant/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fdb/william-c-bryant-3570_action_much-has-seen-said-of-the-wisdom-of-old_2977591.png) > [“There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/there-was-a-little-city-and-few-men-within-it-and-there-came-a-great/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2d/anonymous-1_poor-man_there-was-a-little-city-and-few-men-with_1605296.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/said-wisdom/#itemlist", "name": "Said Wisdom Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“It may be,\" said he, \"that the wisdom of little children flies higher than our heavy wits can follow.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Howard Pyle" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-pyle/it-may-be-said-he-that-the-wisdom-of-little-children-flies-higher/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96a/howard-pyle-15114_children_it-may-be-said-he-that-the-wisdom-of-lit_3130119.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96a/howard-pyle-15114_children_it-may-be-said-he-that-the-wisdom-of-lit_3130119.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96a/howard-pyle-15114_children_it-may-be-said-he-that-the-wisdom-of-lit_3130119.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It may be,\" said he, \"that the wisdom of little children flies higher than our heavy wits can follow.” — Howard Pyle", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Blue Horse said to me... wisdom is not a path, it is a tree.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nancy E. 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