"When I was foolish, I detested sagacity. I ate the fruits of my foolishness and ignorance. I thank God because I was once foolish. It was from my foolishness that I learnt and understood the true savour of sagacity."

Wisdom, Learning, Gratitude, Experience

9

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"When I was foolish, I detested sagacity. I ate the fruits of my foolishness and ignorance. I thank God because I was once foolish. It was from my foolishness that I learnt and understood the true savour of sagacity."

Exlpore more Wisdom quotes

"True wisdom often comes from the experience of failure-not from success."

Debasish Mridha, American Author

Wisdom, Failure, Experience, Growth

"I'm not much of a believer in the so-called character study; I think that in the end, the story should always be the boss."

Stephen King, American Author

Wisdom, Writing, Truth, Power

"It is by a mathematical point only that we are wise, as the sailor or fugitive slave keeps the polestar in his eye; but that is sufficient guidance for all our life. We may not arrive at our port within a calculable period, but we would preserve the true course."

Henry David Thoreau, American Author

Wisdom, Truth, Guidance, Stars

"The intelligent are candles, the virtuous are torches, the wise are lamps, and the enlightened are stars."

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

Wisdom, Intelligent, Candles, Virtuous, Torches

"Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler's heart, kill your darlings."

Stephen King, American Author

Wisdom, Writing, Editing, Ego, Courage

"A healthy amount of fear and respect might be a good idea."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

Wisdom, Fear, Respect, Life, Caution

"Because of ignorance and negligence we lost the most precious value-life."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

Wisdom, Ignorance, Negligence, Value, Life

"To correct a natural indifference I was placed half-way between misery and the sun. Misery kept me from believing that all was well under the sun, and the sun taught me that history wasn't everything."

Albert Camus, French Philosopher

Wisdom, History, Indifference, Misery, Sun

"When an ordinary man attains knowledge, he is a sage; when a sage attains understanding, he is an ordinary man."

Anonymous, Unknown Unknown

Wisdom, Knowledge, Understanding, Life

"Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise."

Benjamin Franklin, American Politician

Wisdom, Health, Wealth, Discipline

Explore more quotes by Ogwo David Emenike

"Patience and persistence are the keys... The keys to unlock doors of success... With these two virtues, you grow in reasoning and experience."

Success

"With teamwork we are able to multiply our output and minimize individual input."

Teamwork

"The commencement of true happiness is the realization that your happiness begins with you."

Happiness

"Whatever will be, will be, if and only if you let it be."

Acceptance

"Every man is the craftsman of his future, whether he hone it himself or allow fate do it."

Destiny

"The courage of one can change the course of all."

Courage

"Relaxation is good, holidays are necessary, but there is nothing as rewarding and healthy as doing what you love and loving what you do. Our honest toil should inspire and satisfy us."

Happiness

"Holding on, holding out and holding fast when the going is tough constitutes a winning mindset."

Mindset

"Happiness does not completely depend on comforts or opulence. Even a pauper can be happier than a prince."

Happiness

"If your failure is not a lesson, it's indeed a failure."

Learning