Abu Bakr Quotes

A man of knowledge lives by acting, not by thinking about acting.

Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice.

Without knowledge we cannot act; with it we can and will.

Theories are patterns without value. What counts is action.

A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.

To understand the theory which underlies all things is not sufficient. Theory is but the preparation for practice.

Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use.

It is not the knowing that is difficult, but the doing.

Knowledge is potential power. It transforms itself into actual power the moment you decisively act on it.

Knowledge without follow-through is worse than no knowledge.

Education without execution is extinction

It is not difficult to know a thing; what is difficult is to know how to use what you know

Insight must precede application.

It is not enough to have knowledge; one must apply it. It is not enough to have wishes; one must also accomplish it.

Books are as useful to a stupid person as a mirror is useful to a blind person.

Experience is the child of thought, and thought is the child of action.

My definition of an educated man is the fellow who knows the right thing to do at the time it has to be done. You can be sincere and still be stupid.

Knowledge is not just power - it is control.

Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.

Knowledge, may it be said, is higher than magic and is more to be sought. It is quite possible to see what is happening and yet not know what is forward, for while seeing is believing, it does not follow that either seeing or believing is knowing.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

I'm not very wise to many things.

Oh, how fine it is to know a thing or two.

To learn something but not to do is really not to learn. To know something but not to do is really not to know.

Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge.