Wisdom Quotes

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When we have entered into divine covenants, the Holy Ghost is our comforter, our guide, and our companion. The fruits of the Holy Spirit are… — D. Todd Christofferson
I promise you, if you will heed the voice of warning of the Holy Ghost and will follow His direction, you will be blessed with… — L. Tom Perry
The poor long for riches, the rich long for heaven, but the wise long for a state of tranquility. — Rama Swami
Bankers know that history is inflationary and that money is the last thing a wise man will hoard — Will Durant
Even the saddest things can become, once we have made peace with them, a source of wisdom and strength. — Frederick Buechner
Science at best is not wisdom; it is knowledge. Wisdom is knowledge tempered with judgment. — Peter Ritchie Calder
If you will believe me, you who are young, yours is the golden season of life. As you have heard it called, so it verily… — Thomas Carlyle
The effect of a representative democracy is to refine and enlarge the public views, by passing them through the medium of a chosen body of… — James Madison
I do not admire 'the people,' as such. No one really does. Their folk wisdom is usually false, their instincts predatory. Even their sense of… — Gore Vidal
Miracles start to happen when you give as much energy to your dreams as you do to your fears. — Richard Wilkins
When gratitude replaces judgment, peace spreads throughout your body, gentleness embraces your soul, & wisdom fills your mind. — Neale Donald Walsch
The mystic and the physicist arrive at the same conclusion; one starting from the inner realm, the other from the outer world. The harmony between… — Fritjof Capra
I will not cede more power to the state. I will not willingly cede more power to anyone, not to the state, not to General… — William F. Buckley, Jr.
The elective franchise, if guarded as the ark of our safety, will peaceably dissipate all combinations to subvert a Constitution, dictated by the wisdom, and… — Thomas Jefferson
Tap into people's dignity and they will do anything for you. Ignore it, and they won't lift a finger. — Thomas Friedman
The good news is that the bad news can be turned into good news when you change your attitude. — Robert H. Schuller
All saints have past and all sinners have a future. — Anton Chekhov
The world is made of stairs, and there are those who go up and those who go down. — Ed McBain
It's not the having, it's the getting. — Elizabeth Taylor
[T]he delegation of the government, in [a republic], to a small number of citizens elected by the rest . . . [is] to refine and… — James Madison

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