Wise Quotes

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The key to success in life is using the good thoughts of wise people. — Leo Tolstoy
Everyday is a new life to a wise man. — Dale Carnegie
If the devil were wise enough and would stand by in silence and let the gospel be preached, he would suffer less harm. For when… — Martin Luther
Wise women tuck Godly wisdom into the words they speak and even more into the words they choose not to speak. — Lysa TerKeurst
Wise people build their lives around what is eternal and squeeze in what is temporary. Not the other way around. — John Ortberg
Be neither silly, nor cunning, but wise — Benjamin Franklin
The wise soul feareth not death; rather she sometimes striveth for death, she goeth beyond to meet her. Yet eternity maintaineth her substance throughout time,… — Giordano Bruno
I will laugh at the world! Never will I allow myself to become so important, so wise, so dignified, so powerful, that I forget how… — Og Mandino
Poetry is innocent, not wise. It does not learn from experience, because each poetic experience is unique. — Karl Shapiro
Live, be, move, rejoice -- you are alive! Without the heart's wise rhythm, we could not exist. — Michael Jackson
The wise person doesn't ask, "What have I achieved?" but rather, "What have I contributed?" — Marianne Williamson
Just as it is agreed that we all wish to be happy, so it is that we all wish to be wise, since no one… — Saint Augustine
It is a common observation that any fool can get money; but they are not wise that think so. — Charles Caleb Colton
Most people are grateful because they are happy. Wise people are happy because they're grateful. — Roger N. Walsh
All places that the eye of heaven visits Are to a wise man ports and happy havens. Teach thy necessity to reason thus; There is… — William Shakespeare
Develop the wise art of being radically truthful and remaining considerate, thoughtful, and safe. — Claude Steiner
Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise." He planned his routine around waking up at 5 a.m. and… — Benjamin Franklin
In the West the wise are usually thought of as leaders. In the East, the wise are very often though of as followers. — Frederick Lenz
The wise man is one who knows what he does not know. — Laozi
Praise of power leads to weakness; Love of things leads to loss; The wise one leads by filling people's hearts; He destroys illusion and disturbs… — Laozi

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