The ideas of the wise have been tested by centuries. Everything medium is lost and only original, deep and useful things are… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
“The bright side of making many silly, stupid, heartbreaking, dreadful mistakes in life is, that when you start sharing the lessons you… — Joan Marques Copy Share Image
Man was designed in a way in which he must eat in order to give him a solid reason to go to… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
Keep alive within you and bring under wise control that courage which makes you long to undertake great works, which others might… — Mary Euphrasia Pelletier Copy Share Image
Again and again I find that my own inner counselor, my secret dreaming self, is not only wise and helpful but usually… — Sheldon B. Kopp Copy Share Image
Innate is a segment of the All-Wise; Educated is an offspring of innate, a servant for its lifetime only. Educated continues with… — Daniel D. Palmer Copy Share Image
Whatever be the motives which induce men to write,--whether avarice or fame,--the country becomes more wise and happy in which they most… — Oliver Goldsmith Copy Share Image
A wise man shall overrule his stars and have a greater influence upon his own content than all the constellations and planets… — Jeremy Taylor Copy Share Image
Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The best-informed man is not necessarily the wisest. Indeed there is a danger that precisely in the multiplicity of his knowledge he… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
A woman may possess the wisdom and chastity of Minerva, and we give no heed to her, if she has a plain… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image
With the realization of ones own potential and self-confidence in ones ability, one can build a better world. According to my own… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
I was raised with traditional stories of leadership: Robert E. Lee, John Buford at Gettysburg. And I also was raised with personal… — Stanley A. McChrystal Copy Share Image
It is chilling to think that the same people who persecuted the wise women and men of Europe, its midwives and healers,… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
The thing with our thoughts is that they become words and then actions, so it's important we observe them and choose them… — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
Lady, lady, never start Conversation toward your heart; Keep your pretty words serene; Never murmur what you mean. Show yourself, by word… — Dorothy Parker Copy Share Image
Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent. — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
He who thinks with difficulty believes with alacrity. A fool is a natural proselyte, but he must be caught young, for his… — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
I think you have a moral responsibility when you've been given far more than you need, to do wise things with it… — J. K. Rowling Copy Share Image
If you'd like to have a better incarnation, then have one now. If that's your attitude, just let go and meditate and… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
May I consider the wise man rich, and may I have such wealth as only the self-restrained man can bear or endure. — Socrates Copy Share Image
There is no fire like passion No crime like hatred, No sorrow like separation, No sickness like hunger, And no joy like… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
“When we choose to stay down, we are in reality confusing wisdom with cowardice. When we choose to stand back up, we… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
He that thinks he is the happiest man, really is so. But he that thinks he is the wisest, is generally the… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Health-wise, I couldn't have said what my life expectancy would've been if I'd just carried on doing solid blocks of stand-up. — Johnny Vegas Copy Share Image
Celestial spirit that doth roll; The heart's sepulchral stone away, Be this our resurrection day, The singing Easter of the soul -… — Richard Le Gallienne Copy Share Image
Fear holds dominion over mortality Only because, seeing in land and sky So much the cause whereof no wise they know, Men… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes. Elves seldom give unguarded advice, for advice… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
“If he is indeed wise he does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
Chastisement is designed for our good, to promote our highest interests. Look beyond the rod to the All-wise hand that wields it! — Arthur W. Pink Copy Share Image
The wise Jewish Israeli must work with the moderate Muslim and the Christian leader of the free world against the crazy Muslims. — Tzipi Livni Copy Share Image
There is an old saying, or should be, that it is a wise economist who recognizes the scope of his own generalizations. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
The wise ones bet heavily when the world offers them that opportunity. They bet big when they have the odds. And the… — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
“For it is written that "if the wise man appears always stupid, his failures do not disappoint, and his success gives pleasant… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
The big banks advise cities about whether privatization is a wise choice. They also control the ability of states and cities to… — Bethany McLean Copy Share Image
Of themselves diseases come upon men continually by day and by night, bringing mischief to mortals silently; for wise Zeus took away… — Hesiod Copy Share Image
If writers were too wise, perhaps no books would get written at all. It might be better to ask yourself 'Why?”'afterwards than… — Zora Neale Hurston Copy Share Image
One who is wise and disciplined, always kind and intelligent, humble and free from pride. One like this will be praised. — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
In life's last scene what prodigies surprise, Fears of the brave, and follies of the wise! From Marlborough's eyes the streams of… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Our wise men flattered us into the adoption of the banking system under the idea that boundless wealth would result from the… — John Tyler Copy Share Image
