Wiser Quotes

561 quotes by 445 authors

More than the diamond Koh-i-noor, which glitters among their crown jewels, they prize the dull pebble which is wiser than a man, whose poles turn… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Don't get older just to get wiser. If you get older, you will be wiser, I believe that - if you dare. But get older… — Maya Angelou
Even feigning surprise, pretending it was unexpected and saying a ritual thanks, is surely wiser than just expecting everything so carelessly. — Barbara Kingsolver
Thou mayest as well expect to grow stronger by always eating as wiser by always reading. Too much overcharges Nature, and turns more into disease… — R. Buckminster Fuller
It is long ere we discover how rich we are. Our history, we are sure, is quite tame: we have nothing to write, nothing to… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I see a wiser person than when I was younger: having babies, and passing 30, were the turning points. What women in their 40s -… — Thandie Newton
There's no such thing as turning back the hands of time, and it makes me crazy that we live in a society where that's sold… — Cameron Diaz
I mean Iâ€™m 16 and 17 years wiser now. So if I could do it when I was 18 with a guy, I can certainly… — Charlie Hunnam
You must not quote to me what I once said. I am wiser now. — Romy Schneider
It is safer and wiser to cure unhealthy rivalry than to suppress it. — Obafemi Awolowo
The best leaders are clear. They continually light the way, and in the process, let each person know that what they do makes a difference.… — Robert K. Greenleaf
Is it possible to grow wiser without knowing it? One hopes so. We all hope so. — Edward Abbey
Had the news of salvation by Jesus Christ been inscribed on the face of the sun and the moon, in characters that all nations would… — Thomas Paine
O Divine Providence, I ask not for more riches but more wisdom with which to make wiser use of the riches you gave me at… — Napoleon Hill
Everyone must concede that there is in existence something wiser than himself. Now there is a challenge, there is a challenge which few even investigate.… — Vernon Howard
It's possible to fight intolerance, stupidity and fanaticism when they come separately. When you get all three together it's probably wiser to get out, if… — P.D. James
Judgment of the people is often wiser than the wisest men. — Lajos Kossuth
Most men appear wiser in their doubts than in their belief. — Norm MacDonald
No wise man can have a contempt for the prejudices of others; and he should even stand in a certain awe of his own, as… — William Hazlitt
It is great, and there is no other greatness-to make one nook of God's Creation more fruitful, better, more worthy of God; to make some… — Thomas Carlyle

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