Wise Quotes

Be wise; soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise.

If you young fellows were wise, the devil couldn't do anything to you, but since you aren't wise, you need us who are old.

A wise governor told me a long time ago, political capital you don't get more of by keeping it. You get it by using it.

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.

A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult.

He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise.

A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.

The hallway of every man's life is paced with pictures; pictures gay and pictures gloomy, all useful, for if we be wise, we can learn from them a richer and braver way to live.

Extreme nationalism and Bolshevism have broken up the old world, a new world is in the making. It is literally true that old things are passing away; all things may become new, granted we have wise, unselfish, and determined guides.

I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should seem a fool, but be wise.

We need to seek wise leaders who will seek common ground among Americans instead of dividing us further for political gain. As citizens, we must embrace those who embrace ideas, thoughtfulness, civility and kindness to others no matter what their political beliefs.

A wise unselfishness is not a surrender of yourself to the wishes of anyone, but only to the best discoverable course of action.

The well bred contradict other people. The wise contradict themselves.

A wise ruler ought never to keep faith when by doing so it would be against his interests.

A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their comparisons of title, wealth, and place, he consider but as harness.

A wise traveler never despises his own country.

The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man sees in it, on the contrary, the potent Law of Laws.

The wise learn many things from their enemies.

Of the 25 songs we've recorded there were 24 that we wanted to have on an album. That wouldn't have worked. So when one of our wise managers suggested the idea of considering two different album, it cleared the way for us.

I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise.

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.

The Dalai Lama. He is a very wise man of great inner peace who believes that happiness is the purpose of our lives. Through his teachings and leadership, he continues to make this world a better place in which to live.

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

We pursued the wrong policies. George Bush is not on the ballot. Bill Clinton is not on the ballot. Mitt Romney is on the ballot, and Barack Obama is on the ballot. And Mitt Romney is proposing tax reform, regulatory reform, a wise budget strategy and trade. The president has proposed tax increases.

A beautiful woman delights the eye; a wise woman, the understanding; a pure one, the soul.

I'm not sure they understand everything about racing cars. I am not sure that this is wise.

It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods.

Be quick to learn and wise to know.

Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.