Wise Quotes · Page 64

“The wise are like a sprouting seed; they go forward and upward, never backward or downward.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.

— William Blake

The love of money as a possession...will be recognised for what it is, a somewhat disgusting morbidity.

— John Maynard Keynes

Let men be wise by instinct if they can, but when this fails be wise by good advice.

— Sophocles

Coffee which makes the politician wise, and see through all things with his half-shut eyes.

— Alexander Pope

When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading: Henny Youngman. He was a wise man who invented beer

— Plato

“It’s not that I’ve been invited to the hole I’m standing in. It’s that I accepted the invitation.”

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Every time a man cowers, he loses his inner peace, shrinks before himself and magnifies the oppressor.”

— Augusto Branco

A wise man knows when to go 'head and back off so you gotta pick and choose your fights. I know how…

— Rasheed Wallace

There are many ways to grow football-wise. You go slow or are pushed to go faster, otherwise you get left behind. For…

— Wayne Rooney

Mould your thoughts towards positivity whenever negative thoughts sorround you , peoples negative thoughts do get heard when they are spoken loud…

— Senoraroy

We all have that inner voice that is wise, even if we don't always follow it. It's that voice I'm trying to…

— Ray LaMontagne

Alone among all creatures, the species that styles itself wise, Homo sapiens, has an abiding interest in its distant origins, knows that…

— John Noble Wilford

“Nobility is a lie. A pretence that high standing comes from anything more than money or martial prowess. Any dolt can play…

— Anthony Ryan

Currently, I'm working with a company called DRL Promotions with my partners Dan Wise and Luis De Cubas. We're currently representing over…

— Roberto Duran

We are wise women, we are giggling girls. We both carry a smile to show when we're pleased, we both carry a…

— Ani DiFranco

“The truly wise man is the one who can keep external events from changing him in any way. To do this, he…

— Fernando Pessoa

Since all of us desire to be happy, and since we evidently become so on account of our use—that is our good…

— Socrates

For Texas, a wise and prudent administration in the commencement of her national existence will be universally expected, imposing upon me the…

— Sam Houston

My message to the serious programmer is this: spend a part of your working day examining and refining your own methods. Even…

— Robert W. Floyd

We strain to listen to the ghosts and echoes of our inexpressibly wise past, and we have an obligation to maintain these…

— Ken Burns

And then it hit me. One of those evil thoughts siblings get because, well, that's what we do. Looking over my shoulder…

— Jennifer Rardin

The wisdom of the masses is not always wise. You could put a lot of things to a vote-you could have put…

— Jon Stewart

Once again I find myself fighting off my emotions. He has me against the ropes hitting me with failure, false hope, tears,…

— Jasari

People can do all kinds of things that maybe aren't wise in hindsight because of jealousy.

— Kristin Bauer van Straten

A wise Providence consoles our present afflictions by joys borrowed from the future.

— Hosea Ballou

A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul.

— Minna Antrim

Make-up wise Charlotte Tilbury, Estee Lauder, and Bobbi Brown are my favourites.

— Vogue Williams

What is hope? Hope is wishing for a thing to come true; faith is believing that it will come true.

— Norman Vincent Peale

Without an acquaintance with the rules of propriety, it is impossible for the character to be established

— Confucius

Prejudice is not so much dependent upon natural antipathy as upon education.

— David Ruggles

A fool despises good counsel, but a wise man takes it to heart.

— Confucius

Wise men say only fools rush in. But I can't help falling in love with you.

— Elvis Presley

Heaven sends down its good and evil symbols and wise men act accordingly.

— Confucius

“If wisdom is a place, you should be the wisest one to live there..”

— Munia Khan

“In peace, as a wise man, he should make suitable preparation for war.”

— Horace

“The wise are who they are. They work with what they've got and do what they can do.”

— Benjamin Hoff

It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest.

— Norman Douglas

Passion is a young man's game. Young people can be passionate. Older people gotta be more wise.

— Bob Dylan

The truth is that you are innately good, wise, and powerful. You were created in and for good.

— Anonymous