Wise Quotes

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I think 'one man, one vote,' just unrestricted democracy, would not be wise. There needs to be some kind of protection for the minority which… — Pat Robertson
The problems of our day loom ominously before us. Surrounded by the sophistication of modern living, we look heavenward for that unfailing sense of direction,… — Thomas S. Monson
This Sabbath day has been designated as a day of thanksgiving, a day of gratitude-even a day of prayer. We pause, we ponder, we reflect… — Thomas S. Monson
If youâ€™re a parent in 2013, you have to get your hands on this book. Wise, engrossing, and so real that I fear Senior has… — Curtis Sittenfeld
Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man. — William Penn
He that winneth souls is wise (Proverbs 11:30) - Those are the best educated ministers, who win the most souls. — Charles Grandison Finney
If the universe is so bad...how on earth did human beings ever come to attribute it to the activity of a wise and good Creator? — C.S. Lewis
Today, certain people file for bankruptcy, businesses and individuals, and it no longer has the stigma it once had. Now it's almost considered wise, a… — David Dinkins
Everything in Irenaeus is bathed in a warm and radiant joy, a wise and majestic gentleness. His words of struggle are hard as iron and… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
A wise architect observed that you could break the laws of architec75tural art provided you had mastered them first. That would apply to religion as… — Reinhold Niebuhr
I wish to have as my epitaph: 'Here lies a man who was wise enough to bring into his service men who knew more than… — Andrew Carnegie
The wise man lacked nothing but needed a great number of things, whereas the fool, on the other hand, needs nothing (for he does not… — Seneca the Younger
It is wise to listen, not to me but to the Word, and to confess that all things are one. — Heraclitus
I had grown up in a humanist atmosphere, and war to me was never anything but horror, mutilation and senseless destruction, and I knew that… — George Grosz
Africa has her mysteries, and even a wise man cannot understand them. But a wise man respects them — Miriam Makeba
If Jesus is the Son of God, his teachings are more than just good ideas from a wise teacher; they are divine insights on which… — Lee Strobel
Fools call wise men fools. A wise man never calls any man a fool. — Thomas A. Edison
Even a cursory reading of the book of Ecclesiastes shows that culture is a stationary bike that each generation climbs on in hopes of getting… — Mark Driscoll
Justice requires that to lawfully constituted Authority there be given that respect and obedience which is its due; that the laws which are made shall… — Pope Pius XI
She spoke and loosened from her bosom the embroidered girdle of many colors into which all her allurements were fashioned. In it was love and… — Homer

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