Wise Person Quotes
55 quotes by 47 authors
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A wise person decides slowly but abides by these decisions.
— Arthur Ashe
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A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.
— Lord Acton
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The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.
— Jean de la Bruyere
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What should a wise person do when given a blow? Same as Cato when he was attacked; not fire up or revenge the insult., or…
— Seneca the Younger
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The wise person questions himself, the fool others.
— Henri Arnold Seyrig
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The wise person understands that his own happiness must include the happiness of others.
— Dennis Weaver
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The greatest event for the world is the arrival of a new and wise person.
— Thomas Carlyle
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Security isn't what the wise person looks for - it's opportunity.
— Earl Nightingale
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Wise leaders generally have wise counselors because it takes a wise person themselves to distinguish them.
— Diogenes
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Believe nothing just because a so-called wise person said it. Believe nothing just because a belief is generally held. Believe nothing just because it is…
— Gautama Buddha
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As a mountain is unshaken by the wind, so the heart of a wise person is unmoved by all the changes on this earth.
— Gautama Buddha
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By three things the wise person may be known. What three? He sees a shortcoming as it is. When he sees it, he tries to…
— Gautama Buddha
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Scratch the surface in a typical boardroom and we're all just cavemen with briefcases, hungry for a wise person to tell us stories.
— Alan Kay
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Anyone can find fault. It is the wise person who finds that which encourages another in the turmoils and strifes of the day.
— Edgar Cayce
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A wise person speaks carefully and with truth, for every word tht passes between one's teeth is meant for something.
— Molefi Kete Asante
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We think a wise person is someone who solves problems. Truth is, a wise person is someone who avoids problems.
— Prem Rawat
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A wise person is full of questions. A dull person is full of answers.
— Paulo Coelho
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The wise person doesn't ask, "What have I achieved?" but rather, "What have I contributed?"
— Marianne Williamson
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We see only the script and not the paper on which the script is written. The paper is there, whether the script is on it…
— Ramana Maharshi
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A wise person once wrote, “Resentment is like drinking poison and hoping the other person would die.†But the only one dying is ourselves.
— Debbie Ford
Who Wrote These Wise Person Quotes
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