Quotes about Understanding
If God gives you a watch, are you honoring Him more by asking Him what time it is or by simply consulting the watch?
— AW Tozer
The primary wisdom is intuition.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Wisdom and understanding are synonymous words; they consist of two propositions, which are not distinct in sense, but one and the same thing variously expressed.
— John Tillotson
Never question another man's motive. His wisdom, yes, but not his motives.
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
When a man understands the art of seeing, he can trace the spirit of an age and the features of a king even in the knocker on a door.
— Victor Hugo
Body cannot teach wisdom; God only.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own: [I hate a sage who is not wise for himself]
— Euripides
God created the visible world so that, through its visible objects, men could understand his spiritual teachings and the marvels of his wisdom
— Paulo Coelho
A sense of our own folly is a great step towards being wise, when it leads us to rely on the wisdom of the Lord.
— Charles Spurgeon
All delay is helpful, but it does produce wisdom.
— Publilius Syrus
Forgive everyone for your own sins and be sure to tell them you love them which you do.
— Jack Kerouac
If the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, then growing in our knowledge of God is always practical.
— Kevin DeYoung