Wise Quotes · Page 162

We possess within us a force of incalculable power, which if we direct it in a conscious and wise manner, gives us…

— Emile Coue

Disease generally begins that equality which death completes; the distinctions which set one man so much above another are very little perceived…

— Samuel Johnson

There is nothing more becoming any wise man, than to make choice of friends, for by them thou shalt be judged what…

— Walter Raleigh

Wealth is certainly a most desirable thing, but poverty has its sunny side, and one of the sweet uses of adversity is…

— Louisa May Alcott

If we Christians would join the Wise Men, we must close our eyes to all that glitters before the world and look…

— Martin Luther

If the choice is given to us of liberty or security, we must scorn the latter with the proper contempt of free…

— James Farley

The one person who most blocks you from a full, happy, and successful life is you. They are therefore wise who make…

— Norman Vincent Peale

Wise, compassionate and accessible, David Benner's The Gift of Being Yourself is truly a gift to the dedicated seeker. The author draws…

— Margaret Guenther

Life does not require us to be consistent, cruel, patient, helpful, angry, rational, thoughtless, loving, rash, open-minded, neurotic, careful, rigid, tolerant, wasteful,…

— Richard Bach

Happiness is impossible, and even inconceivable, to a mind without scope and without pause, a mind driven by craving, pleasure, or fear.…

— George Santayana

You can have no wise laws nor free enforcement of wise laws unless there is free expression of the wisdom of the…

— William Allen White

These blossoms, gathered in familiar paths, With dear companions now passed out of sight, Shall not be laid upon their graves. They…

— Lucy Larcom

The only real difference between a wise man and a fool, Moore knew, was that the wise man tended to make more…

— Tom Clancy

I believe in free will. Of those that, like us, are in a privileged situation at least. For you, for me: people…

— J. K. Rowling

All our language about the future ... is like a set of signposts pointing into a bright mist ... the New Testament…

— N. T. Wright

Once again we find ourselves enmeshed in the Holiday Season, that very special time of year when we join with our loved…

— Dave Barry

I'm learning how much I have to learn, how little I know, how fragile my understanding is. I'm learning to be thankful…

— Jon Foreman

Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents…

— John Ruskin

The socially redeeming aspect of golf lies in the vast number of lawyers and bankers and managers who play it, and when…

— Garrison Keillor

A silent man is easily reputed wise. A man who suffers none to see him in the common jostle and undress of…

— Frederick William Robertson

Through the sacred art of pausing, we develop the capacity to stop hiding, to stop running away from our experience. We begin…

— Tara Brach

Society is a more level surface than we imagine. Wise men or absolute fools are hard to be met with, as there…

— William Hazlitt

A physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he take it ill to be railed at…

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Examining this water...I found floating therein divers earthy particles, and some green streaks, spirally wound serpent-wise...and I judge that some of these…

— Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Heaven is for thee too high To know what passes there; be lowly wise. Think only what concerns thee and thy being;…

— John Milton

The trombones crunched redgold under my bed, and behind my gulliver the trumpets three-wise silverflamed, and there by the door the timps…

— Anthony Burgess

Reading is not just about learning to recognize and pronounce words, but also about how to hear and understand them... It is…

— Marcus Borg

Some princes, so as to hold securely the state, have disarmed their subjects, others have kept their subject towns distracted by factions...Our…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

No matter how upset we get, be wise, breathe and walk away. Never say anything to hurt another, do not become your…

— Anonymous

The man who does not learn to wait upon the Lord and have his thoughts molded by Him will never possess that…

— Dixon Edward Hoste

The fact is, I see no compelling reason why we should not unilaterally get rid of our nuclear weapons. To maintain them…

— Paul Nitze

Whereas young people become accomplished in geometry and mathematics, and wise within these limits, prudent young people do not seem to be…

— Aristotle

If You Have A Lemon, Make A Lemonade That is what a great educator does. But the fool does the exact opposite.…

— Dale Carnegie

The opposition is indispensable. A good statesman, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opponents than from his…

— Walter Lippmann

Philostratus, in his Life of Apollonius Tyaneus represents the latter as informing King Phraotes that "the Oneiropolists, or Interpreters of Visions, are…

— Anna Kingsford

When every hope is gone, 'when helpers fail and comforts flee,' I find that help arrives somehow, from I know not where.…

— Mahatma Gandhi

For lo! the board with cups and spoons is crowned.The berries crackle, and the mill turns round ... At once they gratify…

— Alexander Pope

I remeber asking a wise man, once . . . 'Why do Men fear the dark?' . . . 'Because darkness' he…

— R. Scott Bakker

If we would know true love and understanding one for another, we must realize that communication is more than a sharing of…

— Marvin J. Ashton

A man goes to the village to visit the wise man and he says to the wise man, “I feel like there…

— Jon Gordon