Wise Quotes · Page 92

The wise is one only. It is unwilling and willing to be called by the name of Zeus.

— Heraclitus

One day after many, many lifetimes, we get wise. We decide that the fun in life is to give.

— Frederick Lenz

Of writing well the source and fountainhead is wise thinking.

— Horace

The fool who thinks he is wise is just a fool. The fool who knows he is a fool is wise indeed.

— Gautama Buddha

He who can properly summarize many ideas in a brief statement, is a wise man.

— Euripides

I wish I could say I was wise and clever, but I'm really not.

— Sheila Hancock

A wise man fights to win, but he is twice a fool who has no plan for possible defeat.

— Louis L'Amour

Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action.

— Anonymous

If it was wise, manly, and patriotic for us to establish a free government, it is equally wise to attend to the…

— James Monroe

Dolgan: ’Tis a wise thing to know what is wanted, and wiser still to know when ‘tis achieved. Rhuagh: True. And still…

— Raymond E. Feist

I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of…

— Saint Augustine

You dream only when you can't have something. You can't have that thing because you do not try hard, if you try…

— Zabi Khojazada

A wise woman knows importance of speaking life into her man. If you LOVE him: BELIEVE in him, ENCOURAGE him and be…

— Anonymous

A world is supported by four things: the learning of wise, the justice of great, the prayers of the righteous and the…

— Frank Herbert

The ideas of the wise have been tested by centuries. Everything medium is lost and only original, deep and useful things are…

— Leo Tolstoy

Socialized medicine, some still cry, but it's long been socialized, with those covered paying for those who are underinsured. American medicine is…

— Anna Quindlen

When I ask candidates to tell me about their weaknesses, I am hoping for a wise, honest, and self-confident answer. When I…

— Eric Sink

Whether this will prove a blessing or a curse, will depend upon the use our people will make of the blessings which…

— Patrick Henry

This is the first nation that organized government on the basis of universal liberty with a free Church and a free State.…

— Oscar Straus

What I am thinking and doing day by day is resistlessly shaping my future - a future in which there is no…

— Horatio Dresser

When one tries to increase his knowledge by doing mental gymnastics over books without waiting upon God and looking to the guidance…

— Watchman Nee

Gundar seemed to come to a decision. "Well, as my old mam used to say, if it looks like a duck and…

— John Flanagan

When you realize that your history books and your science books and your literature books are not the result of experts sitting…

— Diane Ravitch

You are the only woman who has a sense of gaiety, a wise tolerance - no more, you seem to urge me…

— Henry Miller

Lots of old people don't become wise, but you don't get wise unless you age.

— Joan Erikson

Those who are wise won't be busy, and those who are too busy can't be wise.

— Lin Yutang

Self-pity is our worst enemy and if we yield to it, we can never do anything wise in this world.

— Helen Keller

Philip Martin has written a wise, compassionate, and nurturing guide through the self-oppression of depression.

— Harold H. Bloomfield

Until the day when a wise black man can become our ambassador in Paris, we will forever be a pre-Brazil.

— Nelson Rodrigues

The wise person understands that his own happiness must include the happiness of others.

— Dennis Weaver

Men may be born free; they cannot be born wise; and it is the duty of the university to make the free…

— Adlai Stevenson I

A wise man can always be a fool, but a fool can never be a wise man.

— Rexon Wilson

“a wise person finds more joy in serving others than in pursuing possessions, power, performance, or prestige.”

— Kenneth D. Boa

Remember, if youre headed in the wrong direction, God allows U-turns!

— Allison Gappa Bottke

Never give up on yourself. Then you will never give up on others.

— Pema Chodron

Building on and improving your weaknesses is the best way to a wise life.

— Senoraroy

Man is wise ... when he recognizes no greater enemy than himself.

— Marguerite de Navarre

“Wise people are those who help others to become better than they are.”

— Gift Gugu Mona

The tongue of a fool is the key of his counsel, which, in a wise man, wisdom hath in keeping.

— Socrates

Tinted Distances is the achievement of a wise and discerning poet.

— Claudia Emerson