Quotes about wise
wise wisdom circles
The next best thing to being wise oneself is to live in a circle of those who are. C. S. Lewis
wise real giving
If human life is in fact ordered by a beneficent being whose knowledge of our real needs and of the way in which they can be satisfied infinitely exceeds our own, we must expect a priori that his operations will often appear to us far from beneficent and far from wise, and that it will be our highest prudence to give him our confidence in spite of this.
wise literature fruit
Where wise actions are the fruit of life, wise discourse is the pollination. Bryant H. McGill
wise men fools-day
As a wise man once said, "April Fools Day is for amateurs. You NEVER need an excuse to mess with people's heads." Al Yankovic
wise sweat upset
I am convinced that wise planning is good. But plans, like material possessions, must always be held loosely. Yes - always! Plan wisely, but be ready for God to rearrange things and take you along paths that may feel dangerous to you. Don't sweat it; He knows what He's doing. And He isn't obligated to inform you ... or request permission to upset your neat little agenda! Charles R. Swindoll
wise men giving
Satire, whilst envy and ill-humor sway The mind of man, must always make her way; Nor to a bosom, with discretion fraught, Is all her malice worth a single thought. The wise have not the will, nor fools the power, To stop her headstrong course; within the hour Left to herself, she dies; opposing strife Gives her fresh vigor, and prolongs her life. Charles Churchill
wise home men
There's a strange something, which without a brain Fools feel, and which e'en wise men can't explain, Planted in man, to bind him to that earth, In dearest ties, from whence he drew his birth.
wise believe men
A wise man has told us that "men are once for all so made that they prefer a rational world to believe in and live in." Jane Addams
wise has-beens merry
I would much rather have been merry than wise. Jane Austen
wise ifs
If you are wise, live as you can; if you cannot, live as you would. Baltasar Gracian
wise fashion knowledge
Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance.
wise wisdom character
The wise have a solid sense of silence and the ability to keep a storehouse of secrets. Their capacity and character are respected.
wise skills luck
There are rules to luck, not everything is chance for the wise; luck can be helped by skill.
wise mistake men
Folly consists not in committing Folly, but in being incapable of concealing it. All men make mistakes, but the wise conceal the blunders they have made, while fools make them public. Reputation depends more on what is hidden than on what is seen. If you can’t be good, be careful.
wise thanking-him advice
The wise persono would rather see others needing him than thanking him.
wise wisdom impatient
The wise are always impatient, for he that increases knowledge increases impatience of folly.
wise opportunity men
Keep the extent of your abilities unknown.The wise man does not allow his knowledge and abilities to be sounded to the bottom, if he desires to be honored at all. He allows you to know them but not to comprehend them. No one must know the extent of his abilities, lest he be disappointed. No one ever has an opportunity of fathoming him entirely. For guesses and doubts about the extent of his talents arouse more veneration than accurate knowledge of them, be they ever so great.
wise practice society
When any practice has become the fixed rule of the society in which we live, it is always wise to adhere to that rule, unless it call upon us to do something that is actually wrong. One should not offend the prejudices of the world, even if one is quite sure that they are prejudices. Anthony Trollope
wise men long
SAGE. A wise and Holy man who died a long time ago. No one modern qualifies. Diana Wynne Jones
wise wisdom sin
He who doesn't sin, is the greatest sinner of all. Desiderius Erasmus
wise world this-world
In this world only the paranoid survive. Dean Koontz
wise vacation knowing
The ant is knowing and wise, but he doesn't know enough to take a vacation. Clarence Day
wise men wish
If you wish to get rich, save what you get. A fool can earn money; but it takes a wise man to save and dispose of it to his own advantage. Brigham Young
wise song taken
I wanted to talk about a lot of stuff that I've been through. Party-wise, it's taken me almost a decade to party enough to accumulate enough experiences that I could sing about and put in one song! Brendon Urie
wise kings men
Quietude, which some men cannot abide because it reveals their inward poverty, is as a palace of cedar to the wise, for along its hallowed courts the King in his beauty deigns to walk. Charles Spurgeon
wise men blessing
Get a friend to tell you your faults, or better still, welcome an enemy who will watch you keenly and sting you savagely. What a blessing such an irritating critic will be to a wise man, what an intolerable nuisance to a fool!
wise lying son
Is not the gospel its own sign and wonder? Is not this a miracle of miracles, that 'God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish'? Surely that precious word, 'Whosoever will, let him come and take the water of life freely' and that solemn promise, 'Him that cometh unto Me, I will in no wise cast out,' are better than signs and wonders! A truthful Saviour ought to be believed. He is truth itself. Why will you ask proof of the veracity of One who cannot lie?
wise helping-others persons
The wise person understands that his own happiness must include the happiness of others. Dennis Weaver
wise people facts
The fact is that not only do people get more wise and more conservative as they get older, they get more kind and more generous, too. Dennis Prager
wise men differences
One great difference between a wise man and a fool is, the former only wishes for what he may possibly obtain; the latter desires impossibilities. Democritus
wise country home
The wise man belongs to all countries, for the home of a great soul is the whole world
wise fighting men
Where have all the good men gone, and where are all the gods? Where's the street-wise Hercules, to fight the rising odds? Bonnie Tyler
wise blow men
The deepest words of the wise man teach us the same as the whistle of the wind when it blows or the sound of the water when it is flowing. Antonio Machado