Wise Quotes

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I believe that President Clinton considered the legal merits of the arguments for the pardon as he understood them, and he rendered his judgment, wise… — John Podesta
No Man is wise at all Times, or is without his blind Side. — Desiderius Erasmus
The true task of spiritual life is not found in faraway places or unusual states of consciousness. It is here in the present. It asks… — Jack Canfield
Education does not necessarily make one wise? — Benjamin Carson
But I hope that by the decision and authority of wise princes that sometime devout and learned men from the churches of other nations and… — Philipp Melanchthon
Wise is what you want to be. Smart is easy compared to wise. — Jerry Seinfeld
I've always used the technique of the cuento. I am an oral storyteller, but now I do it on the printed page. I think if… — Rudolfo Anaya
A wise Providence consoles our present afflictions by joys borrowed from the future. — Hosea Ballou
Wise anger is like fire from a flint: there is great ado to get it out; and when it does come, it is out again… — Edward Everett Hale
I don't have the best family history heart-wise, so I really try to keep my heart strong. — Kelly Ripa
Wonder is retained by wise pondering. — Ravi Zacharias
Smart men walked on the moon, daring men walked on the ocean floor, but wise men walk with God. — Leonard Ravenhill
RHETORIC The art of making life less believable; the calculated use of language, not to alarm but to do full harm to our busy minds… — Ben Marcus
In honesty you have to admit to a wise man that prayer is not for the wise, not for the prudent, not for the sophisticated.… — Frederick Buechner
It is not the reading of many books which is necessary to make a man wise or good; but well reading of a few. — Richard Baxter
He is wise who knows the sources of knowledge - where it is written and where it is to be found. — Archibald Alexander Hodge
Nature is beneficent. I praise her and all her works. She is silent and wise. She is cunning, but for good ends. She has brought… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Waking up is unpleasant, you know. You are nice and comfortable in bed. It is irritating to be woken up. That's the reason the wise… — Anthony de Mello
I will ever be grateful for the wise counsel of a strong and inspired father when he taught, "If you always say no to the… — Harold G. Hillam
To go into temptation to find how strong you are, is as wise as to go before a mirror, with closed eyes, to find how… — Ivan Panin

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