Wise Quotes

We may simply not be wise enough to do some of the kinds of engineering things that people are talking about doing.

A wise woman recognizes when her life is out of balance and summons the courage to act to correct it, she knows the meaning of true generosity, happiness is the reward for a life lived in harmony, with a courage and grace.

To the wise, life is a problem; to the fool, a solution.

The weak have remedies, the wise have joys; superior wisdom is superior bliss.

There is no one thoroughly despicable. We cannot descend much lower than an idiot; and an idiot has some advantages over a wise man.

Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.

No man was ever wise by chance.

Speech was given to the ordinary sort or men, whereby to communicate their mind; but to wise men, whereby to conceal it.

Wise it is to comprehend the whole.

It is wise to direct your anger towards problems - not people; to focus your energies on answers - not excuses.

I'd like to be wise. You have to go through a lot to get there, but I'm willing to go through a lot.

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.

I'm not trying to sound like I turned into some kind of wise man, but it's nice to realize that your little pocket of the world isn't the whole world.

I'm not very wise to many things.

If suffering brings wisdom, I would wish to be less wise.

You are wise, witty and wonderful, but you spend too much time reading this sort of stuff.

Business wise, I have always learned valuable lessons so I don't regret any decisions I have made.

It is a good rule never to see or talk to the man whose words have wrung your heart, or helped it, just as it is wise not to look down too closely at the luminous glow which sometimes shines on your path on a summer night, if you would not see the ugly worm below.

No man is wise enough by himself.

A wise and frugal Government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned. This is the sum of good government, and this is necessary to close the circlue of our felicities.

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.

No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.

It behoves thee to love God wisely; and that may thou not do but if thou be wise.

By now all rock bands are wise enough to be suspicious of music industry scum.

A word to the wise is infuriating.

Search well and be wise, nor believe that self-willed pride will ever be better than good counsel.

Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling to their knees in adoration of the sweet baby, the incarnation of perfect love.

A fool's paradise is a wise man's hell!

I find that it isn't wise to attempt to judge people on their public persona, and even on the music they make. Because I've met so many people whose music I cannot stand, and they're very nice. At the same time, I've met people whose music I've loved, and they're not the person you've invested all this emotion in.

Wise people say nothing in dangerous times.