Quotes about wise
wise kids nimble
Kids are more nimble than wise... Nancy Gibbs
wise simple able
The complexities of adult life get in the way of the truth. The great philosophers have always been able to clear away the complexities and see simple distinctions - simple once they are stated, vastly difficult before. If we are to follow them we too must be childishly simple in our questions - and maturely wise in our replies. Mortimer Adler
wise fool misery
Remember that in all miseries lamenting becomes fools, and action, wise folk. Philip Sidney
wise minerva virtuous
O you virtuous owle, The wise Minerva's only fowle.
wise men judging
To the disgrace of men it is seen that there are women both more wise to judge what evil is expected, and more constant to bear it when it happens.
wise giving advice
Who will ever give counsel, if the counsel be judged by the event, and if it be not found wise, shall therefore be thought wicked?
wise thinking dull
A dull head thinks of no better way to show himself wise, than by suspecting everything in his way.
wise pain suffering
Youth might be wise; we suffer less from pains than pleasures. Philip James Bailey
wise ignorance errors
The truth is perilous never to the true, Nor knowledge to the wise; and to the fool, And to the false, error and truth alike, Error is worse than ignorance.
wise effectiveness together
The most efficient way to produce anything is to bring together under one management as many as possible of the activities needed to turn out the product. Peter Drucker
wise business work
The productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager.
wise travel return
On their return from a trip, it is wise to see friends promptly, before they've had time to get their pictures developed. Peg Bracken
wise simple one-day
One day you will wake up and there won’t be any more time to do the things you’ve always wanted. Do it now. The simple things are also the most extraordinary things, and only the wise can see them. Paulo Coelho
wise mother book
Make each day truly new, dressing it with the blessings of heaven, bathing it in wisdom and love and putting yourself under the protection of Mother Nature. Learn from the wise, from the sacred books, but do not forget that every mountain, river, plant or tree also has something to teach.
wise jobs smart
Fishing is a hard job. Fishing at night. Rain. Day, night. You have to be wise and smart. And quick. Mariano Rivera
wise school home
When I'm at school in the city, I don't feel particularly worldly or wise. It's only when I come back home that I remember exactly why I left. Megan McCafferty
wise home water
If you are energy-efficient and water-wise at home, then take all your good habits abroad with you. Sheherazade Goldsmith
wise men years
You know, it’s amazing to me the wounds we carry for eternity. But what has fascinated me most these last few years is how the right person can heal them. I remember a wise man once said to me that everyone deserves to be loved. Even you. (Zarek) Sherrilyn Kenyon
wise people house
You are incredibly wise. (Kat) Only when it comes to other people. It’s easy to see how to fix their lives. It’s much harder to see the cracks in your own house. (Acheron)
wise peace men
He looked down at her. "Have you found that peace?" Yes, she had. But it was so corny and cliched that she couldn't bring herself to admit it. "A wise man once told me that peace has to come from within. We have to learn to like ourselves before we can find our place in the world.
wise kings fun
You can party, but I better not catch you drunk. (Wulf) (Chris rolled his eyes, then bent down to said to Cassandra’s stomach...) Be wise, little guy, stay in there where Lord King Neurotic can’t kill all your fun. (Chris)
wise wisdom men
There are more fools than wise men, and even in a wise man there is more folly than wisdom. Nicolas Chamfort
wise mean rude
What's your status?" she asked him. "Healthy, wealthy, and wise. What's yours?" "Ha. Mean, crafty, and rude. Nora Roberts
wise men color
You bring the color and the life. It's a lucky man who is offered that color and life, and a wise one who values it.
wise normal stomach
If you tell me I'm sensible in addition to normal and wise, I'm going to punch you in the stomach.
wise art winter
That has not yet been put to the test. I got my fourth-degree black belt this winter. When I make martial arts noises, thousands flee in terror. Don't test me." "Can you hear that? It's my knees knocking." "They're wise to fear me.
wise hands skills
You are wise as well as short." "I can also break bricks with my bare hands." "That's a handy skill if you ever find yourself walled up in the basement of an abandoned house by a psychopath.
wise character men
But wise is the man who disdains no character, but with searching glance explores him to the root and cause of all. Nikolai Gogol
wise prescriptions
All the great religions contain wise prescriptions relating to the conduct of life, which hold good now as they did when they were promulgated. Nikola Tesla
wise rap hip-hop
My duration's infinite, money-wise or physiology. Nas
wise smart school
I suspect the I.Q., SAT, and school grades are tests designed by nerds so they can get high scores in order to call each other intelligent...Smart and wise people who score low on IQ tests, or patently intellectually defective ones, like the former U.S. president George W. Bush, who score high on them (130), are testing the test and not the reverse. Nassim Nicholas Taleb
wise fool dangerous
Education makes the wise slightly wiser, but it makes the fool vastly more dangerous.
wise stupid political
The best test of whether someone is extremely stupid (or extremely wise) is whether financial and political news makes sense to him.