Wise Quotes

4345 Wise quotes by 2060 unique authors

It's a wise thing to hold back. — Julian Clary
The only things standing between you and the compassionate, wise, and creative person you want to be are matters of choice. Your choice. No one… — Gary Zukav
I'm doing great heart-wise. I get a complete stress test once a year, and those have gone well. I have stents in two arteries, and… — Alberto Salazar
My mother went to university, my father didn't. But they are very educated, very wise people. My father went to the military, so he's worldly. — Chuck D
I find that it isn't wise to attempt to judge people on their public persona, and even on the music they make. Because I've met… — Steven Morrissey
The care of a wise and good man for his only son is inferior to the regard of the great Parent of the universe for… — John Woolman
They're mutually incompatible I feel; being a wise thief and a wise father. — Andre Braugher
I love that period, between the '20s and the '60s. I love doing period pieces, and those eras are my favorite period in time, music… — Laz Alonso
Usually my characters, though young, tend to be street-wise. — Rachel Cohn
I'm not really wise. But I can be cranky. — Andy Griffith
Demeanor-wise, Reagan was a conservative, but a pragmatic conservative, and he found silver linings in things. He liked to be a mediator. He didn't like… — Douglas Brinkley
My mom didn't write, but she loved to read. She liked books 'that made you a little nervous.' Stephen King, Dean Koontz and Peter Straub… — Michael Easton
The problem with much of the debate over this issue is that we confuse two separate matters: immigration policy (how many people we admit) and… — Tom Tancredo
The modern horror audience is wise to our tricks this lets it in on the gag. — Robert Englund
Final cut is overrated. Only fools keep insisting on always having the final word. The wise swallow their pride in order to get to the… — Wim Wenders
Of writing well the source and fountainhead is wise thinking. — Horace
Statistics is a science which ought to be honourable, the basis of many most important sciences; but it is not to be carried on by… — Thomas Carlyle
A wise man in China asked his gardener to plant a shrub. The gardener objected that it only flowered once in a hundred years. "In… — John Charles Polanyi
The ego is entranced by ... names and ideas... However names and concepts only block your perception of this Great Oneness. Therefore it is wise… — Laozi
During times like these, the wise are influential. — Joni Mitchell
See the judge upon the bench who tries the case as best he can, see the wise and wicked ones who feed upon life's sacred… — Gordon Lightfoot
The peculiar circumstances of the moment may render a measure more or less wise, but cannot render it more or less constitutional. — John Marshall
Like Muslims we assume that God will judge us "on balance." If our good deeds outweigh our bad deeds, we will arrive safely in heaven.… — R C Sproul
If we walk with the wise, we will grow wise. — Steven Curtis Chapman
Timeless is the creature who is wise. And timeless is the prisoner in disguise. — Stevie Nicks

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