Wise Quotes · Page 76

The rich man can afford to be happy and wise; the poor man is wiser still, for he understands sadness.

— William Henry Chase

Show Me The Funny' was not very successful ratings wise, but the right people saw me.

— Ellie Taylor

It is wise to persuade people to do things and make them think it was their own idea.

— Nelson Mandela

Stupid speaks loudly; he makes noise like pigs! Wise man speaks calmly; he makes sound like quiet lakes!

— Mehmet Murat Ildan

If you live cautiously, your friends will call you wise. You just won't move many mountains

— Bill Johnson

A person is both wise and wealthy when you master the art of appreciating what you already have.

— Zelig Pliskin

Thus we play the fool with the time and the spirits of the wise sit in the clouds and mock us.

— William Shakespeare

A fool is known by his speech; and a wise man by silence.

— Pythagoras

The unconscious process moves spiral-wise around a center, gradually getting closer, while the characteristics of the center grow more and more distinct.

— Carl Jung

I found eternal peace in a Shinto shrine. I've been to Shinto shrines and God is everywhere. Christ is one of the…

— Norman Vincent Peale

To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake; and all but foolish men know, that the only…

— Thomas Carlyle

That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident.

— William Hazlitt

Once you become very powerful and advanced, you must be willing to go back to school and start over, and go to…

— Frederick Lenz

“A compass calibrated by my greed is a rather shrewd way to legitimize my agenda. However, true north on a compass such…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Too often, opinion is a lens polished by the grit of bias. And as I stare through my own lens, I might…

— Craig D. Lounsbrough

Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted, than when we read…

— Philip Gilbert Hamerton

That has not yet been put to the test. I got my fourth-degree black belt this winter. When I make martial arts…

— Nora Roberts

We are not meant to stay wounded. We are supposed to move through our tragedies and challenges and to help each other…

— Caroline Myss

There are some disabling myths about what art is, how to do it, what is good art, and what art is for,…

— Peter London

The Lord, before His Incarnation, let mankind experience all the bitterness of sin, all their powerlessness to eradicate it; and when all…

— John of Kronstadt

Every child who, rather than being born, is condemned unjustly to being aborted, bears the face of Jesus Christ, bears the face…

— Pope Francis

I believe that water is the only drink for a wise man: wine is not so noble a liquor; and think of…

— Henry David Thoreau

For the multitude of worldly friends profiteth not, nor may strong helpers anything avail, nor wise counselors give profitable counsel, nor the…

— Thomas a Kempis

It's easy to do nothing, it's easy to just sit there and watch as time go by. But it's also a lot…

— Emanuel Sebastiao

Our defense is not in our armaments, nor in science, nor in going underground. Our defense is in law and order.

— Albert Einstein

“I know I am wise. [But] I’m not the beginning and end of wisdom.”

— Dr. Noerine Kaleeba

The first step towards madness is to think oneself wise.

— Fernando de Rojas

This is not the time for wise words but it is the time for wise actions

— Bokamoso Bruce Tlhwaele

When proven wrong, the wise man will correct himself and the ignorant will keep arguing.

— Ali ibn Abi Talib

Anger may glance into the breast of a wise man, but rests only in the bosom of fools.

— David C. Stark

The wise never stop learning and unlearning. To stop would mean death or delusion.

— Philip Arnold

Being the strongest means never letting anybody stronger get in your way.

— Michael Malara

Even a fool is thought wise if he keeps silent, and discerning if he holds his tongue

— Bible

You cried when He took away your drop of water, not knowing He'd saved for you, the sea.

— Yasmin Mogahed

He is wise who knows the sources of knowledge - where it is written and where it is to be found.

— Anonymous

Wise men say, and not without reason, that whosoever wished to foresee the future might consult the past.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

“It only needs a desire, not words; to start a conversation.”

— Pratik Akkawar

“It's always easy to conquer the hungry with a piece of bread. Only the wise can conquer the strong”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

A wise girl knows her limits, a smart girl knows that she has none.

— Marilyn Monroe

We must not be wise and prudent according to the flesh. Rather, we must be simple, humble and pure.

— Francis of Assisi