Wise Quotes

4345 quotes by 2190 authors

Once again we find ourselves enmeshed in the Holiday Season, that very special time of year when we join with our loved ones in sharing… — Dave Barry
It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of… — Archibald Alexander Hodge
No one is wise by birth, for wisdom results from one own's efforts. — Tirumalai Krishnamacharya
If we study Japanese art, we see a man who is undoubtedly wise, philosophic and intelligent, who spends his time doing what? He studies a… — Vincent Van Gogh
To find someone who will love you for no reason, and to shower that person with reasons, that is the ultimate happiness. — Robert Breault
The wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings. Let food be your medicine. — Hippocrates
Your choice of people to associate with, both personally and business-wise, is one of the most important choices you make. If you associate with turkeys,… — Brian Tracy
A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again.But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from… — Roy H. Williams
This Advent we look to the Wise Men to teach us where to focus our attention. We set our sights on things above, where God… — Mark Zimmermann
A person is wise who does not only know what is right and wrong, but also he knows very well his own power not to… — Nirmala Srivastava
No man is wise enough by himself. — Plautus
A very wise old teacher once said: I consider a day's teaching wasted if we do not all have one hearty laugh. — Gilbert Highet
The wise teacher knows that 55 minutes of work plus 5 minutes laughter are worth twice as much as 60 minutes of unvaried work. — Gilbert Highet
If forty million people say a foolish thing it does not become a wise one. — W. Somerset Maugham
Union of the weakest develops strength not wisdom. Can all men, together, avenge one of the leaves that have fallen in autumn? But the wise… — Wallace Stevens
Any fool can carry on, but a wise man knows how to shorten sail in time. — Joseph Conrad
Make men wise, and by that very operation you make them free. Civil liberty follows as a consequence of this; no usurped power can stand… — William Godwin
The wise stand out because they see themselves as part of the Whole. They shine because they don't want to impress. They achieve great things… — Laozi
Affliction comes to us all, not to make us sad, but sober; not to make us sorry, but to make us wise; not to make… — Henry Ward Beecher
Every evil is some good spelt backwards, and in it the wise know how to read Wisdom. — Coventry Patmore

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