Quotes about wise
wise decision choices
Your fans, they count on you to make wise decisions and wise choices. That's why they're your fan base. If you continually let them down, they're going to go find someone else to be fans of. Ludacris
wise moments ends
Wise is the person at either end. Who can in due measure spare as well as spend. Lucian
wise strong disappointment
If you use disappointments as sort of mid- semester exams, for learning, you will learn that every disappointment you overcome makes you stronger- and wiser. The greatest success stories have been lived by those who had to grow strong and wise in that very way. Loretta Young
wise grief sorrow
Grief should be the instructor of the wise; Sorrow is Knowledge. Lord Byron
wise men bars
Your thief looks Exactly like the rest, or rather better; 'Tis only at the bar, and in the dungeon, That wise men know your felon by his features. Lord Byron
wise art moving
Do proper homage to thine idol's eyes; But no too humbly, or she will despise Thee and thy suit, though told in moving tropes: Disguise even tenderness if thou art wise. Lord Byron
wise laughter men
Nothing can confound a wise man more than laughter from a dunce. Lord Byron
wise growing-up blessed
It was there [Dijon], I now understand, that I started to grow up, to study, to make love, to eat and drink, to be me and not what I was expected to be. It was there that I learned it is blessed to receive, as well as that every human being, no matter how base, is worthy of my respect and even my envy because he knows something that I may never be old or wise or kind or tender enough to know. M. F. K. Fisher
wise wisdom maturity
A young fellow ought to be wiser than he should seem to be; and an old fellow ought to seem wise whether he really be so or not. Lord Chesterfield
wise men advice
A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income. Lord Chesterfield
wise may matter
Violent measures are always dangerous, but, when necessary, may then be looked on as wise. They have, however, the advantage of never being matter of indifference; and, when well concerted, must be decisive. Lord Chesterfield
wise men mind
A wise man will live as much within his wit as his income.... Bear this truth always in your mind, that you may be admired for your wit, if you have any; but that nothing but good sense and good qualities can make you be loved. Lord Chesterfield
wise wisdom passion
Wise people may say what they will, but one passion is never cured by another. Lord Chesterfield
wise philosophy care
Not to care for philosophy is to be a true philospher. Lord Chesterfield
wise men thinking
Young men are as apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are to think themselves sober enough. They look upon spirit to be a much better thing than experience; which they call coldness. They are but half mistaken; for though spirit without experience is dangerous, experience without spirit is languid and ineffective. Lord Chesterfield
wise wisdom sometimes
He who hesitates is sometimes wise. Malcolm Forbes
wise thinking planning-ahead
Thinking well to be wise: planning well, wiser: doing well wisest and best of all. Malcolm Forbes
wise want enough
Since you have to do the things you have to do, be wise enough to do some of the things you want to do. Malcolm Forbes
wise men faithful
The business conduct of the disciples of wise men is truthful and faithful.... He does not allow himself to be made a surety or a guarantor and does not accept the power of attorney.... He lends money and is gracious. He shall not take away business from his fellow man. Maimonides
wise moving air
For the elements have the property of moving back to their place in a straight line, but they have no properties which would cause them to remain where they are, or to move other-wise than in a straight line, These rectilinear motions of these four elements when returning to their original place are are of two kinds, either centrifugal,vziz.>the motion of the air and the fire; or centripedal,viz.> the motion of the earth, and the water; and when the elements have reached their original place, they remain at rest. Maimonides
wise kings men
A wise man is a greater asset to a nation than a king. Maimonides
wise lying mean
Every man whose character traits all lie in the mean is called a wise man. Maimonides
wise two bombs
We do not need an atomic bomb. The Iranian nation is wise. It won't build two atomic bombs while you have 20,000 warheads. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
wise simple men
For a bowl of water give a goodly meal; For a kindly greeting bow thou down with zeal; For a simple penny pay thou back with gold; If thy life be rescued, life do not withhold. Thus the words and actions of the wise regard; Every little service tenfold they reward. But the truly noble know all men as one, And return with gladness good for evil done. Mahatma Gandhi
wise mother fighting
I learned from my illiterate but wise mother that all rights to be deserved and preserved came from duty well done. Thus the very right to live accrues to us only when we do the duty of citizenship of the world. From this one fundamental statement, perhaps it is easy enough to define the duties of Man and Woman and correlate every right to some corresponding duty to be first performed. Every other right can be shown to be a usurpation hardly worth fighting for. Mahatma Gandhi
wise loss self
I cannot conceive of a greater loss than the loss of one's self-respect. Mahatma Gandhi
wise spiritual wealth
Seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity. Mahatma Gandhi
wise fake-people peace
It is better to be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of nonviolence to cover impotence. Mahatma Gandhi
wise falling-in-love love-you
Isn't Bunson's training evil geniuses?" "Yes, mostly." "Well, is that wise? Having a mess of seedling evil geniuses falling in love with you willy-nilly? What if they feel spurned?" "Ah, but in the interim, think of the lovely gifts they can make you. Monique bragged that one of her boys made her silver and wood hair sticks as anti-supernatural weapons. With amethyst inlay. And another made her an exploding wicker chicken." "Goodness, what's that for?" Dimity pursed her lips. "Who doesn't want an exploding wicker chicken? Gail Carriger
wise waiting unexpectedness
The unexpectedness of life, waiting round every corner, catches even wise women unawares (...) To avoid corners altogether is, after all, to refuse to live. Freya Stark
wise travel art
You will, if you're wise and know the art of travel, let yourself go on the stream of the unknown and accept whatever comes in the spirit in which the gods may offer it. Freya Stark
wise mother father
My mother went to a school called 'The Club of the Three Wise Monkeys'. And my grandmother, my father's mother, had a gold charm for her made with the speak no, see no, hear no evil monkeys. And I was fascinated by that charm. I'd sit in my mother's lap and play with it all the time. Mackenzie Phillips
wise years evil
I became fascinated with the concept of speak no, see no, hear no evil. And - and the actual depiction of three wise monkeys. And I began collecting it over the years. And I kind of figured that I might be the - the fourth monkey, the feel no evil monkey. Mackenzie Phillips