It is from books that wise men derive consolation in the troubles of life. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Wise people believe in cause and effect, Shallow minded people believe in luck. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Wise people know the difference between what they desire and what they actually deserve. — Senora Roy Copy Share Image
Wise people are foolish if they cannot adapt to foolish people. — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
“How wise people thought themselves when they often knew nothing about what they were talking!” — Amy Steedman Copy Share Image
In my whole life, I have known no wise people who didn't read all the time - none ... ZERO. — Charlie Munger Copy Share Image
To be idle is a short road to death and to be diligent is a way of life; foolish people are idle,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The problem with wise people. They always know what is wrong. So I never employ an expert in full bloom.” — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around. — John Ortberg Copy Share Image
Most people are grateful because they are happy. Wise people are happy because they're grateful. — Roger N. Walsh Copy Share Image
“A smart man knows when it is time to keep quiet, and when to speak. Moreover, a wise man considers the consequences… — Eraldo Banovac Copy Share Image
You should always look like a star. Otherwise people will lose a little of the esteem they have for you. — Peggy Lee Copy Share Image
There is nothing selfish about enjoying yourself. In fact, as wise people have long said and psychologists have since discovered, happiness makes… — Roger N. Walsh Copy Share Image
If you're famous, you have to [be overly generous], otherwise people say, "Eric Idle came in and only left me $4." I… — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
I had grown up in a humanist atmosphere, and war to me was never anything but horror, mutilation and senseless destruction, and… — George Grosz Copy Share Image
I think reality TV now needs a big kick up the a - to get creative and be meaningful, I think. Otherwise,… — Gordon Ramsay Copy Share Image
“The wise person is there not to be walked over but to stand up for the actual truth, to call the other… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
I have always taken the view that sometimes war may be justified, as police action can be justified, to protect the weak… — N. T. Wright Copy Share Image
Results have nothing at all whatever to do with the private fun of being an author. There lies the answer to the… — J. E. Buckrose Copy Share Image
As Benjamin Franklin said, 'Those things that hurt, instruct.' It is for this reason that wise people learn not to dread but… — M. Scott Peck Copy Share Image
O people, you should know that he who is upset because of a false wording that is said about him is not… — Zahid Abas Copy Share Image
To have a young person speak back, to hand him the microphone for his first-person utterances, you'd have to have an imagined… — Fred D'Aguiar Copy Share Image
“I’ve come to believe that wise people don’t tell us what to do; they start by witnessing our story. They take the… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
“Wise people throughout history have been those who saw that while life is real, life’s problems are an illusion, they are thought-created.… — Richard Carlson Copy Share Image
“But my poor Saul, there’s no help for you, you’re heading straight for it. What about all those marvelous people we know,… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
“When someone is honestly 55 percent right, that’s very good and there’s no use wrangling. And if someone is 60 percent right,… — Czeslaw Milosz Copy Share Image
Ah! but the moods lie in his nature, my boy, just as much as his reflections did, and more. A man can… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Lastly, we must be holy, because without holiness on earth - we will never be prepared to enjoy Heaven. ...I do not… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
“The common and continual mischief's [sic] of the spirit of party are sufficient to make it the interest and the duty of… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“Publicity is just a foolish act done by wise people confidently, to fool the world.” — Pratik Akkawar Copy Share Image
The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used to failing. — Albert Schweitzer Copy Share Image
My mother went to university, my father didn't. But they are very educated, very wise people. My father went to the military,… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Everyone makes mistakes. The wise are not people who never make mistakes, but those who forgive themselves and learn from their mistakes. — Ajahn Brahm Copy Share Image
“Wise people, after they have listened to the laws, become serene, like a deep, smooth, and still lake.” — Various Copy Share Image
Wise people say it is folly to think anybody perfect; and as to likes and dislikes, we should be friendly to all,… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image
Do you like him much?" "I told you I liked him a little. Where is the use of caring for him so… — Charlotte Bronte Copy Share Image