Wise Quotes · Page 85

“No shortcut to wisdom. No tollways to be wise.”

— Toba Beta

I never had a dog that showed a human fear of death. Death, to a dog, is the final unavoidable compulsion, the…

— James Thurber

'Tis better to be fortunate than wise.

— John Webster

Oh, Vanity of vanities! How wayward the decrees of Fate are; How very weak the very wise, How very small the very…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.

— George Bernard Shaw

A wise man learns more from his enemies, than a fool from his friends.

— Anonymous

Could the straggling thoughts of individuals be collected, they would frequently form materials for wise and able men to improve into useful…

— Thomas Paine

Rain was coming down in sheets. I could hear it, on the concrete outside and on the old building above me. It…

— Jim Butcher

A word to the wise is -- unnecessary.

— Evan Esar

You count snouts,” Straha said. “Whichever side can persuade most snouts to join it prevails. It does not have to be clever.…

— Harry Turtledove

Let us be poised, and wise, and our own, today. Let us treat men and women well; treat them as if they…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The older I get and the more iconic the piece, I believe that it's wise to watch a bit and become inspired…

— Annaleigh Ashford

I alone know I am wise because I alone know I know nothing.

— Socrates

“Wisdom is not in having resources, it's in knowing how to use them, when to use them & if to use them.”

— TemitOpe Ibrahim

A wise man's heart directs him toward the right, but a foolish man's heart directs him toward the left.

— Solomon

Everything ends, and Everything matters. Everything matters not in spite of the end of you and all that you love, but because…

— Ron Currie Jr

It is never too late, no matter how old you get because anytime or any point in your life you can always…

— George Eliot

There's only one proper way a song should go, but you've got to be patient enough to let them come together time…

— Ben Harper

“If you were destined to be a poet, then you won't brainstorm for lines that rhymes. If you were destined to be…

— Michael Bassey Johnson

Temperance is love surrendering itself wholly to Him who is its object; courage is love bearing all things gladly for the sake…

— Saint Augustine

Love will fly if held too lightly Love will die if held too tightly . . .

— Oscar Wilde

I don't try to approach things any differently, songwriting-wise, regardless of what I'm doing. I try to write whatever the best thing…

— Chris Stapleton

The desire to reach for the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise.

— Maya Angelou

In examinations, the foolish ask questions the wise cannot answer.

— Oscar Wilde

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

Even a fool is wise after an event.

— Albert Einstein

Care more than others think wise.

— Howard Schultz

All knowledge is interesting to a wise man, and the knowledge of nature is interesting to all men.

— Matthew Arnold

Wise elders will likely be those individuals who stay both mentally and physically vital throughout life.

— Louis Cozolino

Anybody who told you to be yourself simply couldn't have given you worse advice...

— Russell Lynes

Each song had a different way of coming about. In some, the music was written first while others it was the lyrics.…

— Elena Tonra

Stories have always been incredibly comforting and can help illuminate things that are hard to understand other wise.

— Alison Sudol

You don't have to learn to be wise. If you just flow you can be successful. Mother Nature will carry you.

— Harbhajan Singh Yogi

God gave us two ears and one mouth, so we can hear twice as much as we say

— Anonymous

My loving children, my children who were created with God's beauty, my wise children, whatever difficulty you may have, do not ever…

— Muhammad Raheem Bawa Muhaiyaddeen

Manufactured meaning has already been implanted in the unconscious through language and subliminal messages. This is why it is not wise to…

— Terry Cole-Whittaker

A Mind Blowing Quote Perfect 4 Everyone..!! *Twice I Did Good,But Dat I Heard Never. Once I Did Bad Nd Dat I…

— Babloo

That's why I'm very wise [in] the way I choose the remixes 'cuz I know that the song has to transcend well.…

— Cedric Gervais

The truth is already in front of us. Wise will believe but others are blinded by faith.

— Malcolm Ribeiro

For the wise have always known that no one can make much of his life until self-searching has become a regular habit,…

— Bill W