Quotes about Insight
Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.
— Anonymous
Dare to be wise.
— Anonymous
Give a man a truth and he will think for a day. Show a man to reason and he will think for a lifetime.
— Anonymous
Prudence is foresight and far-sightedness. It's the ability to make immediate decisions on the basis of their longer-range effects.
— John Ortberg
We must believe what is good and true about the prophets, that they were sages, that they did understand what proceeded from their mouths, and that they bore prudence on their lips.
— Origen
Authentic spiritual authority is what puts you in touch with reality.
— John Ortberg
Foresight has been a distinguishing characteristic of all truly great political, religious, and social betterment leaders.
— John Mott
To understand God's thoughts we must study statistics, for these are the measure of his purpose.
— Florence Nightingale
Perhaps it was the approach of death that had opened his eyes wide and made him see so clearly.
— Francine Rivers
If you rely only on your eyes, your other senses weaken.
— Frank Herbert
He realized suddenly that it was one thing to see the past occupying the present, but the true test of prescience was to see the past in the future. Things persisted in not being what they seemed.
— Frank Herbert
You don't see much of any path unless you are Janus, looking simultaneously backward and forward.
— Frank Herbert