Wise Quotes

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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
What a recovery of the wisdom of the Mother brings to all of us is the knowledge of inseparable connection with the entire creation and… — Andrew Harvey
Who is Silvia What is she, That all our swains commend her Holy, fair, and wise is she. — William Shakespeare
He who is virtuous is wise; and he who is wise is good; and he who is good is happy. — Boethius
Everyone needs a spiritual guide: a minister, rabbi, counselor, wise friend, or therapist. My own wise friend is my dog. — Gary A. Kowalski
Weapons are instruments of fear; they are not a wise man's tools. He uses them only when he has no choice. — Laozi
Wine has been to me a firm friend and a wise counselor. — Duff Cooper
Were anyone wondering how Sen. Harry Reid intended to manage life in the minority, it took one day of the 114th Congress to get the… — Kimberley Strassel
Our defense is not in our armaments, nor in science, nor in going underground. Our defense is in law and order. — Albert Einstein
It's a wise man who profits by his own experience, but it's a good deal wiser one who lets the rattlesnake bite the other fellow. — Josh Billings
Were we faultless, we would not derive such satisfaction from remarking the faults of others. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
It is true that wealth won't make a man virtuous, but I notice there ain't anybody who wants to be poor just for the purpose… — Josh Billings
Time is the least thing we have. — Ernest Hemingway
What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul I suppose this depends somewhat upon the size… — Josh Billings
It is the habit of mediocre minds to condemn all that is beyond their grasp. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We must not return to the practice of hiding our defects so they may not be seen. That would be neither honest nor revolutionary. — Che Guevara

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