Being wise Quotes

Do you want to be wise? Choose wise friends

— Charles R. Swindoll

If things were to be done twice, all would be wise.

— George Herbert

It is one thing to be clever and another to be wise.

— Anonymous

It is not possible to love and be wise.

— Josephine Tey

To be wise is to be eternally curious.

— Frederick Buechner

To think to be wise alone is a very great folly.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It's better to be wise than to be smart.

— Alan Alda

Man must suffer to be wise.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

It is easy to be wise on behalf of others than to be so for ourselves.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Why did the wise guys always accuse other people of being wise guys?

— Robert Cormier

All extremes does perfect reason flee, And wishes to be wise quite soberly.

— Moliere

Turn on the prudent Ant, thy heedful eyes, Observe her labours, Sluggard, and be wise.

— Samuel Johnson

Delay not till tomorrow to be wise; tomorrow's sun to thee may neve rise.

— William Congreve

It behoves thee to love God wisely; and that may thou not do but if thou be wise.

— Richard Rolle

Learned we may be with another man's learning: we can only be wise with wisdom of our own.

— Michel de Montaigne

It's what I'd like from my life - to live and learn, be wise and to go on without bitterness.

— Heather Small

Ah Fate, cannot a man Be wise without a beard? East, West, from Beer to Dan, Say, was it never heard That…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

I am rather inclined to silence, and whether that be wise or not, it is at least more unusual nowadays to find…

— Abraham Lincoln

She hoped to be wise and reasonable in time; but alas! Alas! She must confess to herself that she was not wise…

— Jane Austen

If you are a sparrow, don't attack the eagle; be wise! If you are an eagle, don't attack the sparrow; be just!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

Legislation can neither be wise nor just which seeks the welfare of a single interest at the expense and to the injury…

— Andrew Johnson

It is safe to look within. As I move through the layers of other people's opinions and beliefs, I see within myself…

— Louise Hay

A prince who is not himself wise cannot be wisely advised. . . . Good advice depends on the shrewdness of the…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

Difficulties are just God's errands. If we are sent upon them, it is an evidence of His confidence. Therefore, let us be…

— Ardeth Kapp

Adults always wonder what to say and how to say it when they're talking to a child. You want to be wise,…

— Robert Crais

He told me not to seek revenge, but to seek the Buddha,' said the fox spirit, sadly. 'Wise counsel,' said the fox…

— Neil Gaiman

Madison understood that if you want to protect rights from government abuse, you would be wise not to give government the power…

— Roger Pilon

It is important that when pursing our own self-interest we should be 'wise selfish' and not 'foolish selfish'. Being foolish selfish means…

— Anonymous

We think it would be wise in you to try to git [sic] influence by offering to print a paper in favor…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

My description of wisdom has nothing to do with benevolence and righteousness, it is to do with being wise in one's own…

— Zhuangzi

I read when I get up in the morning, when I can during the day and every single evening. Most of my…

— Shimon Peres

If thou seest anything in thyself which may make thee proud, look a little further and thou shalt find enough to humble…

— Francis Quarles

Advice, as it always gives a temporary appearance of superiority, can never be very grateful, even when it is most necessary or…

— Samuel Johnson

The industries closest to Google - media, advertising, and entertainment - are affected first. But the avalanche that is Google and the…

— Jeff Jarvis

We could almost say that being willing to be a fool is one of the first wisdoms. So acknowledging foolishness is always…

— Chogyam Trungpa

What the essential difference between man and woman is, that they should be thus attracted to one another, no one has satisfactorily…

— Henry David Thoreau

The most realistic distinction between the investor and the speculator is found in their attitude toward stock-market movements. The speculator's primary interest…

— Benjamin Graham

Everybody, one day will die, and be forgetton. Act and behave in a way that will make life interesting and fun, fuck…

— Zyzz

My sweet rose, my delicate flower, my lily of lilies, it is perhaps in prison that I am going to test the…

— Oscar Wilde

This world belongs to the strong, my friend! The ritual of our existence is based on the strong getting stronger by devouring…

— Ken Kesey