“Wisdom is learning what to overlook.”– William James Related Quotes “What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages. Our best institutions are like young trees growing upon the roots of the old trunks that have crumbled away.”– Henry Ward Beecher “Honesty is the first chapter in the book of wisdom.”– Thomas Jefferson “Lord, bless me with the ability to achieve all that I can, and the wisdom to realize it doesn’t all have to be by tomorrow!”– William Eardley IV